Leon Ames: Leon Ames. Actor: Peggy Sue Got Married. Leon Ames was born Harry Wycoff in Portland, Indiana, to Cora Alice (DeMoss) and Charles Elmer Wycoff. He had always wanted to be an actor and he did it the hard way, serving a long apprenticeship in touring amateur theatre companies -- even selling shoes for a while on 42nd Street in the 1920s. It took him until 1933 to make his debut...
Known For: Peggy Sue Got Married (Barney Alvorg), Meet Me in St. Louis (Mr. Alonzo Smith), Tora! Tora! Tora! (Frank Knox), On Moonlight Bay (George Winfield)