- (1933 - 1958) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1933) Stage Play: It Pays to Sin. Written by Louis Macloon and George Redman from the Hungarian by Johann Vaszary. Directed by Monty Collins. Morosco Theatre: 3 Nov 1933- Nov 1933 (closing date unknown/3 performances). As "Dr. David Janossy" (credited as "Leon Waycoff").
- (1958) Stage Play: Winesburg, Ohio. Drama. Written by Christopher Sergel from the book by Sherwood Anderson. Scenic Design by Oliver Smith. Lighting Design by Jean Rosenthal. Directed by Joseph Anthony. National Theatre: 5 Feb 1958- 15 Feb 1958 (13 performances). Cast: 'Wallace Acton Ed Crowley"), Leon Ames (as "Dr. Reefy"), Sandra Church (as "Helen White"), Crahan Denton (as "Will Henderson"), Martin Fried (as "Newsboy"), Jeff Harris (as "Art"), Lois Holmes (as "Mrs. Wilson"), Arthur Hughes (as "Old Pete"), Lee Kinsolving (as "Seth"), Dorothy McGuire (as "Elizabeth Willard"), Claudia McNeil (as "Mary"), Woodrow Parfrey (as "Mr. Wilson"), Ben Piazza (as "George Willard"), Joseph Sullivan (as "Salesman"), Anthony Tuttle (as "Turk"), James Whitmore, Ian Wolfe (as "Parcival"), Roland Wood (as "Hop Higgins"). Produced by Yvette Schumer, S.L. Adler and The Saba Company.
- (1943) Stage Play: Slightly Married. Farce. Written by Aleen Leslie. Scenic Design by Phil Raiguel. Cort Theatre: 25 Oct 1943- 30 Oct 1943 (8 performances). Cast: Leon Ames (as "Brian Quin"), Mona Barrie (as "Josie Dowling"), Scotty Beckett (as "Stanley Quin"), Kate Harrington (as "Hortense"), Robert Horton (as "Ambulance Driver") [Broadway debut], Kathryn Keya (as "Lisa Ward"), Leona Maricle (as "Audrey Quin"), Isabel O'Madigan (as "Grandma Jamison"), Patty Pope (as "Margaret Quin"), Tom Seidel (as "Terry Jamison"), Teddi Sherman (as "Bella"), Jimmie Smith (as "Keith Morehouse"). Produced by Melville Burke.
- The Russian People (1942). Written by Konstantine Simonov and adapted by Clifford Odets. Directed by Harold Clurman. Guild Theatre: 29 Dec 1942- 31 Jan 1943 (39 performances). Cast included: Luther Adler. Produced by the Theatre Guild, Inc.
- Little Darling (1942). Written by Eric Hatch. Biltmore Theatre: 27 Oct 1942- 14 Nov 1942 (23 performances). Cast included: Barbara Bel Geddes.
- Guest in the House (1942). Written by Hagar Wilde and Dale Eunson from a story by Katherine Albert. Plymouth Theatre: 24 Feb 1942- 4 Jul 1942 (153 performances). As "Douglas Proctor." Cast included: Richard Barbee, Pert Kelton, Walter Beck.
- (1941) Stage Play: The Land Is Bright. Written by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Technical Assistant to Mr. Mielziner: George Jenkins. Press Representative: John Peter Toohey and Ben Kornzweig. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Music Box Theatre: 28 Oct 1941- 3 Jan 1942 (79 performances). Cast: Leon Ames, Diana Barrymore (as "Linda Kincaid"), Walter Beck (as "Dorset"), Constance Brigham, Grover Burgess (as "Ollie Pritchard"), Flora Campbell, Russell Conway, John Draper, Herbert Duffy, Ruth Findlay (as "Deborah Hawks") [final Broadway role], Jack Hartley, Muriel Hutchison, James La Curto, Louise Larabee, Hugh Marlowe, Roderick Maybee (as "Jesse Andrews"), Charles McClelland, Arnold Moss (as "Count Waldemar Czarniko/Count Waldemar Czarniko II"), Phyllis Povah (as "Ellen Kincaid"), William Roerick (as "Theodore Kincaid"), Edith Russell, Robert Shayne (as "Jerry Hudson"), Elaine Shepard, Martha Sleeper (as "Tana Kincaid"), G. Albert Smith (as "Dan Frawley"), K.T. Stevens, Norman Stuart, Ralph Theodore (as "Lacey Kincaid"), Lili Valenty, Dick Van Patten (as "Timothy Kincaid") [credited as "Dickie Van Patten"]. Produced by Max Gordon.
- (1940) Stage Play: The Male Animal. Comedy. Written by James Thurber and Elliott Nugent. Directed by Herman Shumlin. Cort Theatre: 9 Jan 1940- 3 Aug 1940 (243 performances). Cast: Leon Ames (as "Joe Ferguson"), Richard Beckhard, John Boruff (as "Newspaper Reporter"), Matt Briggs, Don DeFore (as "Wally Myers"), Ruth Matteson, Elliott Nugent (as "Tommy Turner"), Minna Phillips (as "Mrs. Blanche Damon"), Amanda Randolph, Robert Scott, Ivan Simpson, Gene Tierney (as "Patricia Stanley"), Regina Wallace. Produced by Herman Shumlin. Note: Filmed as The Male Animal (1942), The Male Animal (1958))
- (1937) Stage Play: Thirsty Soil. Written by Raymond Bond. Directed by Harry Hayden. 48th Street Theatre: 3 Feb 1937- Feb 1937 (closing date unknown/13 performances).
- (1937) Stage Play: A House in the Country. Comedy. Written by Melvin Levy. Scenic Design by P. Dodd Ackerman. Directed by Melville Burke. Vanderbilt Theatre: 11 Jan 1937- Jan 1937 (closing date unknown/7 performances). Cast : Leon Ames (as "Mac"), Teddy Bergman (as "Joe"), Elmer Brown (as "Bean"), Louise Campbell, Will Geer (as "Mr. Mooney"), Roy Gordon (as "Mr. Knox"), Alfred Herrick (as "Herman Sigafoos"), Puck Powers (as "President, Frankie's dog"), Tom Powers (as "Frankie Lotzgazel"), Fredrica Slemons (as "Gramma Alladay Lotzgazel"). Produced by Murray Jay Queen.
- (1936) Stage Play: Bright Honor. Comedy. Written by Henry Misrock [earliest Broadway credit]. Scenic Design by W. Oden Waller. Directed by Anthony Brown. 48th Street Theatre: 27 Sep 1936- Oct 1936 (closing date unknown/17 performances). Cast: Leon Ames (as "Gordon Reese"), Junior Bealin (as "Cadet Michael Fenner"), Marshall L. Buchwald (as "Cadet Henry Metchik"), Neal Vernon Buhler (as "Cadet Morris "Moe" Greenblatt"), John D. Coons (as "Cadet Tom Horn"), John Cort (as "Cadet Raymond Fleming"), John Drew Devereaux (as "Cadet Steve Berkhofer"), Charles R. Duncan (as "Cadet George "Red" Johnson"), John T. Dwyer (as "General Dayton M. Warren"), John Foster (as "Cadet Juan Bustillo"), Ruth Gilbert (as "Mildred Shotwell"), Jewel Hart (as "Guest at Dance"), Claire Harvey (as "Guest at Dance"), Frank Harvey (as "Mr. Thomas Briggs"), Patricia Howell (as "Guest at Dance"), Roy Le May (as "Cadet Roger "Peanuts" Bendix"), Jack Maher (as "Cadet Alfred "Fatso" Symonds"), George Makinson (as "Cadet James T. Kingston"), Claire Maynard (as "Guest at Dance"), Perry Meyer (as "Cadet Anthony Mazetti"), Edwin Mills (as "Cadet Jack MacLean"), Bram Nossen (as "Chaplain Arthur Manning"), Helen Peabody (as "Mrs. Dorothy MacLean"), Aileen Poe (as "Mrs. Herbet Selton"), Charles Powers (as "Thomas Briggs Jr."), Elinor Queen (as "Agnes Fenner"), Arthur C. Scanlon (as "Cadet Bruce "Smoothy" Barclay"), Robert Scott (as "Cadet Bob "Dixie" Tyler"), Otis Sheridan (as "Mr. Herbert Selton"), Ann Sherry (as "Guest at Dance"), James Spottswood (as "Captain John J. Stocker"), Frederic Stange (as "Cadet Elmer Gardeuer"), Florence Sundstrom (as "Vivian Caldwell") [Broadway debut], Renee Terry (as "Mary Manning"), Dorothy Tree (as "Joan Clark"), Kathleen Wallace (as "Mrs. Thompson"), Walter Ward (as "Cadet Herbert Selton"), Ralph Welliver (as "Cadet Walter Willard"), Foster J. Williams (as "Peter Thompson"), Ed Wragge (as "Cadet Joe Allen"). Produced by Jack Kirkland and Sam H. Grisman.
- (1958) Stage Play: Howie. Comedy. Written by Phoebe Ephron. Scenic Design and Lighting Design by Frederick Fox. Costume Design by Patton Campbell. Business Manager: Victor Samrock. Company Manager: Ben Rosenberg. Directed by John Gerstad. 46th Street Theatre: 17 Sep 1958- 20 Sep 1958 (5 performances). Cast: Leon Ames (as "Walter Simms"), Patricia Bosworth (as "Sally Simms"), Peggy Conklin (as "Edith Simms") [final Broadway role], John Fiedler (as "Bill Pfeiffer"), Conard Fowkes (as "Joseph McNish"), Stephen Gray (as "Martin"), Maggie Grindell (as "Sylvia"), Abby Lewis (as "Martha Robinson"), Charles McDaniel (as "Announcer"), Robert Paschall Jr. (as "Victor"), Nicholas Pryor (as "Jimmie Keefe"), Gene Saks (as "Professor"), Albert Salmi (as "Howie Dickerson"), John D. Seymour (as "Joe Robinson"), Patricia Smith (as "Barbara Dickerson") [final Broadway role], Barbara Wilkin (as "Wendy"). Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard), James M. Slevin and John Gerstad.
- (1959) He acted in Phoebe Ephron's play, "Howie," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Charles Hohman in the cast.
- (September 3, 1935 to October 22, 1935) He played Lov Bensey in Jack Kirkland's stage adaptation of Erskine Caldwell's novel, "Tobacco Road," at the Selwyn Theatre in Chicago, Illinois with Donald Barry (Dude Lester); Mary Servoss (Ada Lester); Henry Hull (Jeeter Lester); Pauline Drake (Ellie May); Hallene Hilt (Grandma Lester); Herbert A. Pratt (Henry Penbody); Bonita Des Londes (Sister Bessie Rice); Haila Stoddard (Pearl); Howard Banks (Captain Tim); and Fiske O'Hara (George Payne) in the cast.
- (November 30 to December 31, 1966) He acted in Clarence Day's play, "Life with Father," at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California. Mary Greene was director. Albert McCleery was artistic director.
- (April 12 to May 5, 1968) He directed Dale and Katherine Eunson's play, "Southern Comfort," at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California. Albert McCleery was artistic director.
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