AKA Leon Wycoff

Born: 20-Jan-1902
Birthplace: Portland, IN
Died: 12-Oct-1993
Location of death: Laguna Beach, CA
Cause of death: Stroke

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Character actor, a SAG founder

President and a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild, 1957-8, holding membership card #15.

Wife: Christine Gossett (m. 1938, until his death, one son, one daughter)
Daughter: Shelley
Son: Leon

    Screen Actors Guild President (1957-58)
    Russian Ancestry

    TELEVISION
    Life with Father Clarence Day Sr. (1953-55)
    Mister Ed Gordon Kirkwood (1963-65)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Peggy Sue Got Married (10-Oct-1986)
    Jake Speed (4-Sep-1986)
    Testament (9-Mar-1984)
    Just You and Me Kid (13-Jul-1979)
    Sherlock Holmes in New York (18-Oct-1976)
    Hammersmith Is Out (12-May-1972)
    Tora! Tora! Tora! (23-Sep-1970)
    On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (17-Jun-1970)
    The Monkey's Uncle (23-Jun-1965)
    Son of Flubber (16-Jan-1963)
    The Absent Minded Professor (16-Mar-1961)
    From the Terrace (15-Jul-1960)
    Peyton Place (13-Dec-1957)
    By the Light of the Silvery Moon (26-Mar-1953)
    Angel Face (11-Dec-1952)
    On Moonlight Bay (26-Jul-1951)
    Watch The Birdie (11-Dec-1950)
    The Happy Years (7-Jul-1950)
    Crisis (7-Jul-1950)
    The Big Hangover (26-May-1950)
    Battleground (9-Nov-1949)
    Scene of the Crime (28-Jul-1949)
    Little Women (10-Mar-1949)
    The Velvet Touch (13-Jul-1948)
    A Date with Judy (21-Jun-1948)
    On an Island with You (3-May-1948)
    Song of the Thin Man (28-Aug-1947)
    Undercover Maisie (1-Mar-1947)
    Lady in the Lake (23-Jan-1947)
    The Postman Always Rings Twice (2-May-1946)
    They Were Expendable (20-Dec-1945)
    Yolanda and the Thief (20-Nov-1945)
    Weekend at the Waldorf (5-Oct-1945)
    Anchors Aweigh (14-Jun-1945)
    Son of Lassie (20-Apr-1945)
    The Thin Man Goes Home (25-Jan-1945)
    Meet Me in St. Louis (28-Nov-1944)
    Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (15-Nov-1944)
    Mr. Moto in Danger Island (7-Apr-1939)
    Suez (15-Oct-1938)
    The Mysterious Mr. Moto (14-Oct-1938)
    Charlie Chan on Broadway (18-Sep-1937)
    Reckless (17-Apr-1935)
    A Successful Calamity (17-Sep-1932)
    Murders in the Rue Morgue (21-Feb-1932)

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