Linda Leighton

Linda Leighton

Born: February 9, 1917
Died: December 26, 2005
in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Movies for Linda Leighton...

Title: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Character: Evie Wales
Released: September 20, 1962
Type: TV
A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.
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Title: Behind Closed Doors
Character: Leona
Released: October 2, 1958
Type: TV
Behind Closed Doors is an American drama series set during the Cold War hosted by and occasionally starring Bruce Gordon in the role of Commander Matson. The series, which aired on NBC from October 2, 1958, to April 9, 1959, focuses, among other themes, on how the former Soviet Union stole American missile secrets and proposes steps to prevent further espionage. Behind Closed Doors is based on the files and experiences of Rear Admiral Ellis M. Zacharias, who offers comments at the end of each segment. Behind Closed Doors, a Screen Gems production, replaced Jackie Cooper's sitcom The People's Choice, followed the NBC quiz show, Twenty-One, and preceded the The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show. Its competition was The Pat Boone Chevy Show on ABC and Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater western anthology series on CBS.
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Title: Perry Mason
Character: Sarah Thomas
Released: September 21, 1957
Type: TV
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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Title: Perry Mason
Character: Mrs. Hyatt
Released: September 21, 1957
Type: TV
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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Mobs, Inc.
Title: Mobs, Inc.
Character: Mary Higgins
Released: March 21, 1956
Type: Movie
Captain Braddock of the Los Angeles Racket Squad schools a group of cadet policemen by telling them of three precarious and dangerous cases of con artistry. Included are tracking down a dance hall girl, who, together with a big operative, are thwarted in attempting a robbery; a racketeer fleecing a book publisher on a Trans-Atlantic voyage, and the tripping up of the plans of a phony land syndicate.
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Where Danger Lives
Title: Where Danger Lives
Character: Airport Announcer (uncredited)
Released: November 16, 1950
Type: Movie
A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman and apparently becomes involved in the death of her husband. They head for Mexico trying to outrun the law.
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Armored Car Robbery
Title: Armored Car Robbery
Character: Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
Released: June 8, 1950
Type: Movie
While executing an armored car heist in Los Angeles, icy crook Dave Purvis shoots policeman Lt. Phillips before he and his cronies make off with the loot. Thinking he got away scot-free, Purvis collects his money-crazy mistress, Yvonne, then disposes of his partners and heads out of town. What Purvis doesn't know is that Phillips' partner, tough-as-nails Lt. Cordell, is wise to the criminal's plans and is closing in on his prey.
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Impact
Title: Impact
Character: Telephone Operator
Released: March 20, 1949
Type: Movie
After surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the crime.
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Jungle Goddess
Title: Jungle Goddess
Character: Helen Phillips
Released: August 13, 1948
Type: Movie
When a plane carrying the daughter of a millionaire crashes in an African jungle, two pilots set out to collect the reward. They discover that she has become the goddess of a primitive tribe. An insurgent witch doctor and fierce wild animals make escape from the jungle difficult for the trio.
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Brick Bradford
Title: Brick Bradford
Character: June Salisbury
Released: December 18, 1947
Type: Movie
Brick Bradford, soldier-of-fortune and time-machine traveler, is hired to protect the Interceptor Ray, an anti-guided missile weapon. His task takes him to the Moon, where he is captured by subjects of Queen Khana, but is spared because Queen Khana kinda likes him. Back on earth, Brick, Sandy and June get into The Time To (Brick's spinning time-machine) and spin back to the 18th Century where they have to fight off pirates and island natives.
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Bandits of Dark Canyon
Title: Bandits of Dark Canyon
Character: Joan Shaw
Released: December 15, 1947
Type: Movie
As prisoner Ed Archer is being transferred, the stage is attacked and crashes. Archer escapes the attackers but Ranger Rocky Lane catches up with him. As Rocky is bringing him in, Archer is attacked again. Somebody wants Archer killed and Rocky, now suspecting Archer is innocent, decides to find out who and why.
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The Haunted Mine
Title: The Haunted Mine
Character: Jenny Durant
Released: March 2, 1946
Type: Movie
U.S. Marshals "Nevada Jack" McKenzie and "Sandy" Hopkins, working undercover, investigate a plot to rob a widow and her daughter of a mine which they know to be filled with gold-laden ore, but the widow believes it has played out. A hermit, hanging around the mine and killing, impartially, anyone who enters the mine, impedes the investigation somewhat.
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Wild Horse Rustlers
Title: Wild Horse Rustlers
Character: Ellen Walden
Released: February 12, 1943
Type: Movie
Tom Cameron learns that his twin brother is with a group of German spies. They intend to thwart the government's efforts to round up horses for military service.
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The Sundown Kid
Title: The Sundown Kid
Character: Lynne Parsons
Released: December 28, 1942
Type: Movie
A Pinkerton agent masquerades as a criminal in order to infiltrate a gang of counterfeiters that is using wealthy widow Lucy Randall as a front. Arriving at the gang's hideout the Dawson ranch, Red discovers that the counterfeiting ring is headed by Mrs. Randall's attorney J. Richard Spencer and Dawson himself.
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Code of the Outlaw
Title: Code of the Outlaw
Character: Sue Dayton
Released: January 30, 1942
Type: Movie
After a payroll robbery the Mesquiteers catch up with the gang. But the members escape, the gang leader is killed, and they end up with only the leaders young son who is quickly sent to a work farm. They adopt the boy hoping to learn where the money is. Just as their kindness is about to pay off a gang member takes the boy away forcing him to retrieve the money. - Written by Maurice VanAuken
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Cowboy Serenade
Title: Cowboy Serenade
Character: Millie Jackson
Released: January 30, 1942
Type: Movie
Gene Autry heads a cattlemen's association and calls on the inexperienced Jim Agnew to negotiate the sale of five hundred heads of cattle. Jim ends up losing the cattle in a crooked poker game, however, and Gene and his sidekick Frog set out to find the cheating gamblers. It soon becomes clear that the leader of the gamblers is none other than Asa Lock, the dastardly father of Gene's romantic interest Stephanie.
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Strike Up the Band
Title: Strike Up the Band
Character: Student
Released: September 27, 1940
Type: Movie
Jimmy and Mary get a group of kids together to play in a school orchestra. A huge contest between schools is coming up and they have a hard time raising money to go to Chicago for the contest.