Florenz Ames
Actor
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.
Filmography
Teacher's Pet
as J. L. Ballentine 1958
The Deadly Mantis
as Prof. Anton Gunther 1957
The Fastest Gun Alive
as Joe Fenwick 1956
Man with the Gun
as Doc Hughes (uncredited) 1955
The King and Four Queens
as Josiah Sweet, Undertaker 1956
The Big Caper
as Dutch Paulmeyer 1957
The Human Jungle
as Leonard Ustick 1954
That Certain Feeling
as Senator Winston 1956
Texas Lady
as Wilson 1955
The Girl He Left Behind
as Mr. Hillaby 1956
He Laughed Last
as George Eagle 1956
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure
as Silas Applegate 1956