Florenz Ames
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.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1883-09-06 · Rochester, New York, USA
- Died
- 1958-02-11
Known for
- Viva Zapata! (1952) — Senor Espejo
- Teacher's Pet (1958) — J. L. Ballentine
- The Deadly Mantis (1957) — Prof. Anton Gunther
- The Fastest Gun Alive (1956) — Joe Fenwick
- Man with the Gun (1955) — Doc Hughes (uncredited)
- The King and Four Queens (1956) — Josiah Sweet, Undertaker
- The Big Caper (1957) — Dutch Paulmeyer
- The Human Jungle (1954) — Leonard Ustick
- Four Star Playhouse (1952) — Mr. Hapewell
- Lux Video Theatre (1950) — Pa
- That Certain Feeling (1956) — Senator Winston
- The Girl He Left Behind (1956) — Mr. Hillaby
- Texas Lady (1955) — Wilson
- Broken Arrow (1956) — Emperor Joshua Norton
- Screen Director's Playhouse (1955) — J.B. Vandemeer
- The Hardy Boys (1956) — Silas Applegate