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- 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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