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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