Leon Beaumon

Biography

Leon Beaumon was born Herman Bauman in 1898 on a farm near Youngstown, Ohio, to German immigrant parents. He studied with his two brothers to become a Catholic priest but instead pursued a career in film after an argument with one of his superiors led him to join the industry during Prohibition. In Hollywood, he lived and worked alongside Clark Gable and John Wayne before finding success, and later became an inventor and industrial landlord.