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Florenz Ames

Acting Born Sep 6, 1883 Rochester, New York, USA 24 credits

Biography

A relative newcomer to television at a time when most people would be looking toward retirement, Florenz Ames started out as a song and dance man in vaudeville, often performing on smaller stages with his wife Alice "Adelaide" Winthrop; as "Ames and Winthrop" they appeared in a revue called "Alice in Blunderland" with Winthrop in the title role and Ames playing the other roles. He moved onto the Broadway stage and appeared in a number of shows from before World War I until the Korean War, including the original productions of "Of Thee I Sing" and "Oklahoma!" as well as a number of Gilbert & Sullivan operas.

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Full filmography

  • Four Star Playhouse (1952) as Mr. Hapewell
  • Four Star Playhouse (1952) as Mr. Scratch
  • Screen Director's Playhouse (1955) as J.B. Vandemeer
  • Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Pa
  • Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Pop
  • Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Uetick
  • Lux Video Theatre (1950)
  • Broken Arrow (1956) as Emperor Joshua Norton
  • Hey, Jeannie! (1956) as Mr. Hesby
  • The Hardy Boys (1956) as Silas Applegate
  • Viva Zapata! (1952) as Senor Espejo
  • The Fastest Gun Alive (1956) as Joe Fenwick
  • Teacher's Pet (1958) as J. L. Ballentine
  • Texas Lady (1955) as Wilson
  • The Big Caper (1957) as Dutch Paulmeyer
  • The King and Four Queens (1956) as Josiah Sweet, Undertaker
  • The Deadly Mantis (1957) as Prof. Anton Gunther
  • Man with the Gun (1955) as Doc Hughes (uncredited)
  • He Laughed Last (1956) as George Eagle
  • That Certain Feeling (1956) as Senator Winston
  • The Human Jungle (1954) as Leonard Ustick
  • The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure (1956) as Silas Applegate
  • The Girl He Left Behind (1956) as Mr. Hillaby
  • The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm (1957) as Silas Applegate