Joseph Leon

Joseph Leon

Born: June 8, 1918
Died: March 25, 2001

Movies for Joseph Leon...

Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Title: Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Character: Hank
Released: July 8, 1988
Type: Movie
Arthur loses his fortune for staying with Linda, right as the two were preparing to adopt a child. As their marriage suffers, Arthur plans for a way to get his money back, but first he must sober up and get a real job.
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Title: The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
Character: Cab Driver #2
Released: February 8, 1987
Type: TV
Ann, a former chorus girl marries above herself into a rich society family, but her mother-in-law regards her with great suspicion from the start. When Ann shoots her husband dead, claiming she thought he was a prowler, the older Mrs. Grenville decides to back the woman she despises, to protect the family image.
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Brewster's Millions
Title: Brewster's Millions
Character: Stamp Store Proprietor
Released: May 22, 1985
Type: Movie
Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit 300 million dollars if he can successfully spend 30 million dollars in 30 days without anything to show for it, and without telling anyone what he's up to... A task that's a lot harder than it sounds!
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Cold Feet
Title: Cold Feet
Character: Harold Fenton
Released: March 24, 1984
Type: Movie
When each is unlucky at love, a TV writer-director and a research scientist begin seeing each other.
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Daniel
Title: Daniel
Character: Selig Mindish
Released: August 26, 1983
Type: Movie
The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in New York in the 1960s, Daniel is involved in the antiwar protest movement and contrasts his experiences to the memory of his parents and his belief that they were wrongfully convicted.
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Sophie's Choice
Title: Sophie's Choice
Character: Dr. Blackstock
Released: December 8, 1982
Type: Movie
Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns that she is a Holocaust survivor. Flashbacks reveal her harrowing story, from pre-war prosperity to Auschwitz. In the present, Sophie and Nathan's relationship increasingly unravels as Stingo grows closer to Sophie and Nathan's fragile mental state becomes ever more apparent.
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Skokie
Title: Skokie
Character: Hershkowitz
Released: November 17, 1981
Type: Movie
A dramatization of the controversial trial concerning the right for Neo-Nazis to march in the predominantly Jewish community of Skokie, Illinois.
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He Knows You're Alone
Title: He Knows You're Alone
Character: Ralph the Tailor
Released: August 29, 1980
Type: Movie
A reluctant bride-to-be is stalked by a serial killer who only kills brides and the people around them. While her friends get whacked one by one, a hard-boiled renegade cop whose bride had been killed years before tries to hunt the killer down before it is too late.
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My Old Man
Title: My Old Man
Character: Shimmy
Released: December 7, 1979
Type: Movie
An unlucky horse trainer, Frank Butler, wins big at the track and buys his 16-year old daughter a horse to salvage their relationship. When Frank is hurt prior to the opening race, Jo must go it alone.
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Shaft
Title: Shaft
Character: Byron Leibowitz
Released: June 25, 1971
Type: Movie
Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
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The People Next Door
Title: The People Next Door
Character: Price Whitehead
Released: August 26, 1970
Type: Movie
A married couple struggle with the realities of their imperfect marriage as they fight to save and rehabilitate their teenage daughter from a life of drug addiction and ultimate committal to a mental ward.
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The Cool Ones
Title: The Cool Ones
Character: Carbone
Released: April 12, 1967
Type: Movie
A young, millionaire rock promoter creates a new boy/girl team for his teen TV dance show. Will the ambitious go-go dancer and has-been pop star fall in love for real?
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Act One
Title: Act One
Character: Max Seigel
Released: December 26, 1963
Type: Movie
This autobiographical story traces the career of playwright Moss Hart. Moss struggles as a dramatic writer until he concentrates his efforts on writing comedy. He suffers through a series of professional and romantic failures before a meeting with George S. Kaufman which changes his fortunes.
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Sweet Smell of Success
Title: Sweet Smell of Success
Character: Joe Robard (uncredited)
Released: July 4, 1957
Type: Movie
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.