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<text id=93TT0101>
<title>
Oct. 25, 1993: Died:Leon Ames
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
Oct. 25, 1993 All The Rage:Angry Young Rockers
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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MILESTONES, Page 25
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<p> DIED. LEON AMES, 90, actor; in Corona del Mar, California. On
big screen and small, Ames' warm voice and reassuring manner
made him a favorite for roles requiring a paternal touch, from
Judy Garland's indulgent turn-of-the century dad in Meet Me
in St. Louis (1944) to Kathleen Turner's mystical grandfather
in Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), Ames' last screen role. In
all, he appeared in more than 100 films. His television work
also had a fatherly bent, as in the short-lived series Life
with Father and Father of the Bride. His best-known TV role
was the neighbor Gordon Kirkwood on Mr. Ed. A founder of the
Screen Actors Guild at a clandestine 1933 meeting, Ames served
in a variety of union posts, including national president.
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