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person_profile-Robert Montgomery

Robert Montgomery Died at age: 77

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Robert Montgomery

Date of Birth:

May 21, 1904

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Sep 27, 1981

Biography of

Robert Montgomery

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Robert Montgomery (born Henry Montgomery Jr.; May 21, 1904 – September 27, 1981) was an American film and television actor, director, and producer. He was also the father of actress Elizabeth Montgomery.

    Montgomery settled in New York City to try his hand at writing and acting. He established a stage career, and became popular enough to turn down an offer to appear opposite Vilma Bánky in the film This Is Heaven (1929). Sharing a stage with George Cukor gave him an entry to Hollywood and a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he debuted in So This Is College (also 1929).

    Montgomery initially played exclusively in comedy roles, but portrayed a character in his first drama film in The Big House (1930). MGM was initially reluctant to assign him in such a role, until "his earnestness, and his convincing arguments, with demonstrations of how he would play the character" won him the assignment. From The Big House on, he was in constant demand. Appearing as Greta Garbo's romantic interest in Inspiration (1930) started him toward stardom with a rush. Norma Shearer chose him to star opposite her in The Divorcee (1930), Strangers May Kiss (1931), and Private Lives (1931), which led him to stardom.

    In another challenging role, Montgomery played a psychopath in the chiller Night Must Fall (1937), for which he received an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination.

    After World War II broke out in Europe in September, 1939, and while the United States was still officially neutral, Montgomery enlisted in London for American field service and drove ambulances in France until the Dunkirk evacuation. He then returned to Hollywood and addressed a massive rally on the MGM lot for the American Red Cross in July 1940. Montgomery returned to playing light comedy roles, such as Alfred Hitchcock's Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) with Carole Lombard. He continued his search for dramatic roles. For his role as Joe Pendleton, a boxer and pilot in Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941), Montgomery was nominated for an Oscar a second time. After the U.S. entered World War II in December 1941, he joined the United States Navy, rising to the rank of lieutenant commander, and served on the USS Barton (DD-722) which was part of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944.

    In 1945, Montgomery returned to Hollywood, making his uncredited directing debut with They Were Expendable, where he directed some of the PT boat scenes when director John Ford was unable to work for health reasons. Montgomery's first credited film as director and his final film for MGM was the film noir Lady in the Lake (1947), in which he also starred, which received mixed reviews. Adapted from Raymond Chandler's detective novel and sanitized for the censorship of the day, the film is unusual because it was filmed entirely from Marlowe's vantage point. Montgomery only appeared on camera a few times, three times in a mirror reflection.

    Active in Republican politics and concerned about communist influence in the entertainment industry, Montgomery was a friendly witness before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947.

    Montgomery has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for movies at 6440 Hollywood Boulevard, and another for television at 1631 Vine Street.

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Robert Montgomery

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Filmography of

Robert Montgomery

Found 71 Movies in total

Lusitanian Illusion

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2010

Jornal Português (1938-1951)

Himself (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2005

Complicated Women

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2003

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1996

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1976

That's Entertainment!

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1974

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1972

The Gallant Hours

Narration (American scenes) ( Actor )

Director

... 1960

Your Witness

Adam Heyward ( Actor )

Director

... 1950

Once More, My Darling

Collier Laing ( Actor )

Director

... 1949

June Bride

Carey Jackson ( Actor )

... 1948

The Secret Land

Narrator ( Actor )

... 1948

The Saxon Charm

Matt Saxon ( Actor )

... 1948

Ride the Pink Horse

Lucky Gagin ( Actor )

Director

... 1947

Lady in the Lake

Phillip Marlowe ( Actor )

Director

... 1946

They Were Expendable

Lt. John Brickley ( Actor )

... 1945

Unfinished Business

Tommy Duncan ( Actor )

... 1941

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Joe Pendleton ( Actor )

... 1941

Rage in Heaven

Philip Monrell ( Actor )

... 1941

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

David ( Actor )

... 1941

Busman's Honeymoon

Lord Peter Wimsey ( Actor )

... 1940

The Earl of Chicago

Robert Kilmount ( Actor )

... 1940

Fast and Loose

Joel Sloane ( Actor )

... 1939

Three Loves Has Nancy

Malcolm 'Mal' Niles ( Actor )

... 1938

Yellow Jack

John O'Hara ( Actor )

... 1938

The First Hundred Years

David Conway ( Actor )

... 1938

Live, Love and Learn

Bob Graham ( Actor )

... 1937

Ever Since Eve

Freddy Matthews ( Actor )

... 1937

Night Must Fall

Danny ( Actor )

... 1937

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

Lord Arthur Dilling ( Actor )

... 1937

Piccadilly Jim

James Crocker, Jr. ( Actor )

... 1936

Trouble for Two

Prince Florizel ( Actor )

... 1936

Petticoat Fever

Dascom Dinsmore ( Actor )

... 1936

No More Ladies

Sheridan 'Sherry' Warren ( Actor )

... 1935

Vanessa: Her Love Story

Benjamin Herries ( Actor )

... 1935

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

Richard 'Dickie' Kurt ( Actor )

... 1935

Forsaking All Others

Dillon 'Dill" Todd ( Actor )

... 1934

Hide-Out

Jonathan 'Lucky' Wilson ( Actor )

... 1934

Riptide

Tommie L. Trent ( Actor )

... 1934

The Mystery of Mr. X

Revel ( Actor )

... 1934

Fugitive Lovers

Paul Porter, aka Stephen Blaine ( Actor )

... 1934

Going Hollywood

Himself - Premiere Clip (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1933

Night Flight

Auguste Pellerin ( Actor )

... 1933

Another Language

Victor Hallam ( Actor )

... 1933

When Ladies Meet

Jimmie ( Actor )

... 1933

Hell Below

Lieut. Thomas Knowlton USN ( Actor )

... 1933

Made on Broadway

Jeff ( Actor )

... 1933

Faithless

William 'Bill' Wade ( Actor )

... 1932

Blondie of the Follies

Larry Belmont ( Actor )

... 1932

Letty Lynton

Hale Darrow ( Actor )

... 1932

But the Flesh Is Weak

Max Clement ( Actor )

... 1932

Lovers Courageous

Willie Smith ( Actor )

... 1932

Private Lives

Elyot Chase ( Actor )

... 1931

The Man in Possession

Raymond Dabney ( Actor )

... 1931

Shipmates

John Paul Jones ( Actor )

... 1931

Strangers May Kiss

Steve ( Actor )

... 1931

The Easiest Way

Jack Madison ( Actor )

... 1931

Inspiration

André Montell ( Actor )

... 1931

War Nurse

Wally O'Brien ( Actor )

... 1930

Love in the Rough

Kelly ( Actor )

... 1930

Our Blushing Brides

Tony Jardine ( Actor )

... 1930

Estrellados

Self (Guest Appearance at Premiere) ( Actor )

... 1930

The Sins of the Children

Nick Higginson ( Actor )

... 1930

The Big House

Kent Marlowe ( Actor )

... 1930

The Divorcee

Don ( Actor )

... 1930

Free and Easy

Larry ( Actor )

... 1930

Their Own Desire

John 'Jack' Douglas Cheever ( Actor )

... 1929

Untamed

Andy McAllister ( Actor )

... 1929

So This Is College

Biff ( Actor )

... 1929

Three Live Ghosts

William Foster ( Actor )

... 1929

The Single Standard

Party Boy (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1929