George Montgomery

George Montgomery

Acting 1916-08-29 Brady, Montana, USA

George Montgomery was boxing champion at the University of Montana, where he majored in architecture and interior design. Dropping out a year later, he decided to take up boxing more seriously, and moved to California, where he was coached by ex-heavyweight world champion James J. Jeffries. While in Hollywood, he came to the attention of the studios (not least, because he was an expert rider) and was hired as a stuntman in 1935. After doing this for four years, George was offered a contract at 20th Century Fox in 1939, but found himself largely confined to leads in B-westerns. He did not secure a part in anything even remotely like a prestige picture, until his co-starring role in Roxie Hart (1942), opposite Ginger Rogers. Next, in Orchestra Wives (1942), he played the perfunctory love interest for Ann Rutherford -- though both, inevitably, ended up playing second trombone to Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. In 1947, George got his first serious break, being cast as Raymond Chandler's private eye Philip Marlowe, in The Brasher Doubloon (1947). Reviewers, however, compared his performance unfavourably with that of Humphrey Bogart and found the film 'pallid' overall. So it was back to the saddle for George. Unable to shake his image as a cowboy actor, he starred in scores of films with titles like Belle Starr's Daughter (1948), Dakota Lil (1950), Jack McCall Desperado (1953) and Masterson of Kansas (1954) at Columbia, and for producer Edward Small at United Artists. When not cleaning up the Wild West with his six-shooter, he branched out into adventure films set in exotic locales (notably as Harry Quartermain in Watusi (1959)). During the 60's, he also wrote, directed and starred in several long-forgotten, low-budget wartime potboilers made in the Philippines. At the height of his popularity, George attracted as much publicity for his acting, as for his liaisons with glamorous stars, like Ginger Rogers, Hedy Lamarr (to whom he was briefly engaged) and singer Dinah Shore (whom he married in 1943). After his retirement from the film business, he devoted himself to his love of painting, furniture-making and sculpting bronze busts, including one of his close friend Ronald Reagan.

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1988 Inspector Marks
1985 Major Nestorovic
1985 The President
1974 Christopher Bell / Garth
1974 Self
1972 Paul Tunney
1970 Cutter Murdock
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1970 Griff
1970 Director
1970 Writer
1969 Grant Merrick
1968 Col. John Hannegan
1967 Gid McCool
1967 Steve Corbett / Stiv Korbet
1966 Special Effects
1965 Sgt. Duquesne
1965 Pat O'Brien
1964 John Dirkson
1964 Murphy
1964 Director
1964 Screenplay
1964 Director
1964 Producer
1962 Dr. John David Saunders
1962 Director
1962 Writer
1961 Capt. John Larsen
1961 Self
1961 Director
1961 Writer
1959 Harry Quartermain
1959 Randy Burke
1958 Capt. Matt Sloane
1958 Dan Beattie
1958 Pat Garrett
1958 Mayor Matt Rockford
1957 Paul 'Pale Arrow' Fletcher
1957 John Dean
1957 Will Sabre
1957 Dan Barton
1957 Clay Morgan
1956 Steve Patrick
1956 Greg Dickson
1956 Dr. Stanley Wayne
1956 Self - Cimarron City
1955 Cam Elliott
1955 Jim 'Tex' Wall
1954 Cruze
1954 Bat Masterson
1954 Maj. Frank Archer
1953 Billy Ringo
1953 Capt. Jed Horn
1953 Jack McCall
1953 Jim Corbett
1953 Buchanan Smith
1952 Bret Ivers / Iverson
1952 Pathfinder
1952 Capt. Chase McCloud
1952 Self
1951 Captain Renault
1951 Johnny Carver
1950 Davy Crockett
1950 Tom Horn / Steve Garrett
1950 Nat Cutler / Hawkeye
1950 Self - Mystery Guest
1948 Rev. Tom Walker
1948 Marshal Tom Jackson
1948 George Davis
1948 Bakeland
1947 Philip Marlowe
1946 Van Damm Smith
1944 (archive footage) (uncredited)
1944 Set Decoration
1943 Eddie Johnson
1943 Capt. Jeffrey Dakin
1942 Bill Abbot
1942 Johnny Williams
1942 Homer Howard
1942 Joe Dawson
1941 John Worth Hyndman
1941 Lank Garrett
1941 Buck Duane
1941 Lassiter
1941 Tex Mallory
1940 Mike Shea
1940 Ronnie
1940 Charlie Crane
1940 Jim Clark
1939 Tommy Bates
1939 Henchman
1939 Cowhand
1939 Policeman
1939 Patrolman Joe
1939 Mob Member
1939 Lieutenant Harris
1939 Henchman
1939 Soldier
1939 Bandit
1939 Soldier
1938 Jim Clark
1938 Soldier
1938 Stunts
1938 Stunts
1937 Cowhand at Dance (uncredited)
1935 Stunts