Leon Alton (1907 - 1995) ليون ألتون

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An American actor born in New York State, USA on August 23, 1907 as Benjamin Wolff Stermer and died in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA on August 25, 1995. He married two wives and had two children. His most important works include Target (1958), Adventures of...Read more Superman (1957), Harbor Command (1958), and Lock Up (1960). He acted on theatre, film, and television starting from the 1920s to the 1980s. He began his career in theatrical work as an actor and dancer in the local theater and vaudeville. He moved to Broadway theater and worked in many musicals, taking advantage of his dancing talent. He continued to work until the early forties and used his talents as a dancer to appear in many famous Hollywood films. When musicals began to lose popularity, he found regular work in Hollywood films, using his appearance to play the roles of bankers or distinguished city dwellers, and by the end of the sixties, he was able to appear in many films, such as True Grit (1969) and Airport 70 (1970). He appeared on most television programs at the time, and when his career began to fade in the beginning of the seventies, he contented himself with additional roles as salesman, traveler, reporter, gambler, barman, bartender, court clerk, soldier, and policeman, until he made his last work Dynasty (1983). He died in 1995 at the age of 88.

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The Tingler (1959)

Period of Adjustment (1962)

Go Naked in the World (1961)

Désirée (1954)

Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)

The Notorious Landlady (1962)

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  • An American actor born in New York State, USA on August 23, 1907 as Benjamin Wolff Stermer and died in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA on August 25, 1995. He married...Read more two wives and had two children. His most important works include Target (1958), Adventures of Superman (1957), Harbor Command (1958), and Lock Up (1960). He acted on theatre, film, and television starting from the 1920s to the 1980s. He began his career in theatrical work as an actor and dancer in the local theater and vaudeville. He moved to Broadway theater and worked in many musicals, taking advantage of his dancing talent. He continued to work until the early forties and used his talents as a dancer to appear in many famous Hollywood films. When musicals began to lose popularity, he found regular work in Hollywood films, using his appearance to play the roles of bankers or distinguished city dwellers, and by the end of the sixties, he was able to appear in many films, such as True Grit (1969) and Airport 70 (1970). He appeared on most television programs at the time, and when his career began to fade in the beginning of the seventies, he contented himself with additional roles as salesman, traveler, reporter, gambler, barman, bartender, court clerk, soldier, and policeman, until he made his last work Dynasty (1983). He died in 1995 at the age of 88.

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  • Nationality:
  • US
  • Birth Name:
  • Benjamin Wolff Stermer
  • Birth Country:
  • US
  • Birth City:
  • New York
  • Death Country:
  • US
  • Death City:
  • California

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