Episode 293 - Leon Ames
Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)
English - June 23, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 65.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 370 ratingsPerforming Arts Arts TV & Film otr oldtimeradio suspense Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Leon Ames broke out with his portrayal of Judy Garland's dad in Meet Me in St. Louis, and he played several outwardly stuffy but inwardly sweet dads - and showed off a dry wit - in movies and TV shows through the 1980s. We'll hear him in his one and only visit to Suspense as a businessman who overhears a murder plot when he plays hooky from the office in "An Evening's Diversion" (originally aired on CBS on July 4, 1946). Then, Ames co-stars with Vanessa Brown in an adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' novel Main Street for The NBC University Theatre (originally aired on NBC on July 30, 1948).