Leon Janney

Acting

Leon Janney

Born — Died

1917-04-01 — 1980-10-28

Place of birth

Ogden, Utah, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

21 titles

Known for

The Last Mile poster
6.5

Jail house tensions mount as a killer's execution approaches.

The Last Mile

1959

Charly poster
6.5

An experiment on a simpleton turns him into a genius. When he discovers what has been done to him he struggles with whether or not what was done to him was right.

Charly

1968

The Doorway to Hell poster
6.5

A vicious crime lord decides that he has had enough and much to the shock of his colleagues decides to give the business to his second in command and retire to Florida after marrying his moll. Unfortunately, he has no idea that she and the man are lovers.

The Doorway to Hell

1930

How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business? poster
2.9

Playboy magazine darling (and one-time playmate of Hugh Hefner) Barbi Benton is Naughty Cheerleader Lynne Keefe, a small-town, small-brained babe who gets caught up big-time in the sex business. As a high school cheerleader who can really twirl a baton back in hometown Scranton, Lynne gets knocked up by a horny hunk on a motorcycle who then dumps her, sending her into a sexual spiral that takes her to The Catskills, Boston, New York, Miami and Rome.

How Did a Nice Girl Like You Get Into This Business?

1970

Quality Street poster
6.9

A fresh young beauty becomes an old maid waiting for her suitor to return from the Napoleonic wars. When he returns, clearly disappointed, she disguises herself as her own niece in order to test his loyalty.

Quality Street

1927

The Wind poster
7.3

When Letty Mason relocates to West Texas, she finds herself unsettled by the ever-present wind and sand. Arriving at her new home at the ranch of her cousin, Beverly, she receives a surprisingly cold welcome from his wife, Cora. Soon tensions in the family and unwanted attention from a trio of suitors leave Letty increasingly disturbed.

The Wind

1928

Film credits

1930s · 11 titles

The Doorway to Hell poster
6.5

A vicious crime lord decides that he has had enough and much to the shock of his colleagues decides to give the business to his second in command and retire to Florida after marrying his moll. Unfortunately, he has no idea that she and the man are lovers.

The Doorway to Hell

1930

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee poster
4.5

Mr. and Mrs. Warner Bros. Pictures and their precocious offspring, Little Miss Vitaphone, host a dinner in honor of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee, attended by most of the major players and song writers under contract to WB at that time.

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

1930

Bear Shooters poster
5.6

The gang decides to go camping with a little bear hunting on the side. A pair of poachers decides to try and scare them off with a gorilla suit but the gang decides to try and capture the gorilla instead.

Bear Shooters

1930

Penrod and Sam poster
7.0

Best pals Penrod and Sam are leaders of a super-secret neighborhood society, the In-Or-In Boys Club. Troubles arise when a pompous prig tries to join the club and when the boys lose their clubhouse in a land sale. But there’s also plenty of time to play pranks, put on a carnival, experience the pangs of first love, and romp with Duke, the world’s best dog.

Penrod and Sam

1931

Father's Son poster
9.0

Young Bill Emory is a typical mischievous, rambunctious boy, but his father William is a strict disciplinarian, and Bill is constantly being punished for simple childhood transgressions. Finally Bill can take no more of his father's excessive punishments and runs away. Complications ensue.

Father's Son

1931

Old English poster
6.3

An old man unethically provides an income for his two grandchildren.

Old English

1930

No artwork available
NR

The kids go on a camping trip and run into some bootleggers. This here is the Spanish language version of BEAR SHOOTERS.

Los cazadores de osos

1930

Their Mad Moment poster
7.5

Dorothy Mackaill stars in this old-fashioned melodrama set in the Basque country of Spain. She is Emily Stanley, betrothed to foppish Englishman Sir Harry Congers, but in love with Basque peasant Esteban Cristera. Deciding on a final fling before wedlock, Emily goes to Esteban's village in the mountains, but is wounded in a car accident. Recuperating, she learns about the hardships endured by Basque women from Esteban's grandmother and former girlfriend, Stancia, and decides to return to Sir Harry in Biarritz.

Their Mad Moment

1931

Police Court poster
5.8

A once great stage and screen actor has fallen from fame because of his alcoholism; his young son is determined to see his father "make good" again.

Police Court

1932

No artwork available
9.0

This is the German-language version of 1930's "The Way of All Men", shot by Warner Bros. in Hollywood with a German-speaking cast.

The Costume Falls

1931

The Big Benefit poster
8.0

A grab-bag of singers and dancers, featuring New York-based performers such as Rae Samuels, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, The Four Mullen Sisters, and the team of Evans & Mayer. Dancers Pops & Louie (Albert Whitman and Louis Williams) are also along.

The Big Benefit

1933

1920s · 6 titles