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Leon Ames in Song of the Thin Man
Leon Ames (1902 - 1993)
a.k.a. Leon Waycoff
Film Deaths[edit | edit source]
- Song of the Thin Man (1947) [Mitch Talbin]: Shot in the chest by his wife (Patricia Morison) after he pulls his own gun on William Powell.
- The Velvet Touch (1948) [Gordon Dunning]: Hit on the head with a statuette by Rosalind Russell in the theatre office, after he angrily grabs her. His body is later discovered by Claire Trevor.
- From the Terrace (1960) [Samuel Eaton]: Dies (off-screen) shortly after having a heart attack; we learn of his death afterwards when his son (Paul Newman) gets the news.
- Testament (1983) [Henry Abhart]: Dies off-screen of radiation poisoning from a nuclear fallout. His death is revealed when Ross Harris informs Jane Alexander.
TV Deaths[edit | edit source]
- The Jeffersons: The Homecoming, Part 1 (1978) [Henry Willis]: Leon doesn't appear in this episode, but it's revealed that his character from the 1975 episode Jenny's Grandparents died of unspecified natural causes.
- Actors
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- 1902 Births
- 1993 Deaths
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- Death scenes by shooting
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- Death scenes by female killer
- Death scenes by head trauma
- Death scenes by heart attack
- Death scenes by unspecified circumstances
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- Death scenes by illness
- Death scenes by radiation
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