About
Leon Alton enjoyed a career on stage, screen, and television starting in the 1920s and lasting until the late 1970s. In the 1930s he started out on the Broadway stage appearing in various musicals which lasted until the early 1940s. Then like many Broadway actors and dancers, he seemingly drifted his way to Hollywood where he was able to use his talents as a dancer to appear in many party scenes in a suit dancing in some of the most well known films. Like many dancers though, that was only part of their work as they could not survive on musicals alone and by the mid 1950s musicals started to lose their popularity so he had to find work elsewhere He was never unemployed long. Alton's appearance was ideal for bankers, or distinguished townsman, or whatever was needed. By the late 1950s, he was able to secure some roles in which he received screen credit in shows like Bat Masterson,...
Known for
ColumboSeries • 1971
Perry MasonSeries • 1957
BonanzaSeries • 1959
Get SmartSeries • 1965
The Twilight ZoneSeries • 1959
BatmanSeries • 1966
CheyenneSeries • 1955
The UntouchablesSeries • 1959
Burke's LawSeries • 1963
The Partridge FamilySeries • 1970
MarnieMovie • 1964
Arrest and TrialSeries • 1963
Alcoa TheatreSeries • 1957
Cimarron StripSeries • 1967
Bourbon Street BeatSeries • 1959
Tora! Tora! Tora!Movie • 1970
True GritMovie • 1969
The Love BugMovie • 1968
The Great RaceMovie • 1965
Funny GirlMovie • 1968
Bedknobs and BroomsticksMovie • 1971
BatmanMovie • 1966
NiagaraMovie • 1953
The Computer Wore Tennis ShoesMovie • 1969