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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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Filmography (Movies)
Lusitanian Illusion
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:22/04/2010
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:21/03/2006
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:12/12/2005
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:03/02/2004
Complicated Women
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/05/2003
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/04/1996
That's Entertainment, Part II
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:16/05/1976
That's Entertainment!
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:21/06/1974
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/01/1972
The Gallant Hours
Character:Narration (American scenes)
Release Date:13/06/1960
Your Witness
Character:Adam Heyward
Release Date:06/03/1950
Breakdowns of 1949
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/1949
Once More, My Darling
Character:Collier Laing
Release Date:10/09/1949
June Bride
Character:Carey Jackson
Release Date:29/10/1948
The Secret Land
Character:Narrator
Release Date:22/10/1948
The Saxon Charm
Character:Matt Saxon
Release Date:28/09/1948
Ride the Pink Horse
Character:Lucky Gagin
Release Date:08/10/1947
Lady in the Lake
Character:Phillip Marlowe
Release Date:19/12/1946
They Were Expendable
Character:Lt. John Brickley
Release Date:07/12/1945
Unfinished Business
Character:Tommy Duncan
Release Date:27/08/1941
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Character:Joe Pendleton
Release Date:07/08/1941
Rage in Heaven
Character:Philip Monrell
Release Date:07/03/1941
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Character:David
Release Date:31/01/1941
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Character:Self
Release Date:24/10/1940
Busman's Honeymoon
Character:Lord Peter Wimsey
Release Date:22/07/1940
The Earl of Chicago
Character:Robert Kilmount
Release Date:05/01/1940
From the Ends of the Earth
Character:Self
Release Date:28/05/1939
Fast and Loose
Character:Joel Sloane
Release Date:17/02/1939
Three Loves Has Nancy
Character:Malcolm 'Mal' Niles
Release Date:02/09/1938
Hollywood Goes to Town
Character:Self
Release Date:07/07/1938
Hollywood Handicap
Character:Himself
Release Date:28/05/1938
Yellow Jack
Character:John O'Hara
Release Date:19/05/1938
The First Hundred Years
Character:David Conway
Release Date:12/03/1938
Live, Love and Learn
Character:Bob Graham
Release Date:29/10/1937
The Romance of Celluloid
Character:Self
Release Date:27/08/1937
Ever Since Eve
Character:Freddy Matthews
Release Date:15/07/1937
Night Must Fall
Character:Danny
Release Date:30/04/1937
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Character:Lord Arthur Dilling
Release Date:19/02/1937
Piccadilly Jim
Character:James Crocker, Jr.
Release Date:14/08/1936
Trouble for Two
Character:Prince Florizel
Release Date:29/05/1936
Petticoat Fever
Character:Dascom Dinsmore
Release Date:20/03/1936
Starlit Days at the Lido
Character:Self
Release Date:28/09/1935
No More Ladies
Character:Sheridan 'Sherry' Warren
Release Date:14/06/1935
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
Character:
Release Date:12/04/1935
Vanessa: Her Love Story
Character:Benjamin Herries
Release Date:01/03/1935
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
Character:Richard 'Dickie' Kurt
Release Date:04/01/1935
Forsaking All Others
Character:Dillon 'Dill" Todd
Release Date:23/12/1934
Hide-Out
Character:Jonathan 'Lucky' Wilson
Release Date:24/08/1934
Riptide
Character:Tommie L. Trent
Release Date:29/03/1934
The Mystery of Mr. X
Character:Nicholas Revel
Release Date:23/02/1934
Fugitive Lovers
Character:Paul Porter, aka Stephen Blaine
Release Date:05/01/1934
Going Hollywood
Character:Himself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
Release Date:22/12/1933
Night Flight
Character:Auguste Pellerin
Release Date:06/10/1933
Another Language
Character:Victor Hallam
Release Date:28/07/1933
When Ladies Meet
Character:Jimmie
Release Date:23/06/1933
Hell Below
Character:Lieut. Thomas Knowlton USN
Release Date:08/06/1933
Made on Broadway
Character:Jeff
Release Date:19/05/1933
Faithless
Character:William 'Bill' Wade
Release Date:15/10/1932
Blondie of the Follies
Character:Larry Belmont
Release Date:01/09/1932
Letty Lynton
Character:Hale Darrow
Release Date:30/04/1932
But the Flesh Is Weak
Character:Max Clement
Release Date:09/04/1932
Lovers Courageous
Character:Willie Smith
Release Date:23/01/1932
Private Lives
Character:Elyot Chase
Release Date:12/12/1931
The Man in Possession
Character:Raymond Dabney
Release Date:04/07/1931
Shipmates
Character:John Paul Jones
Release Date:25/04/1931
Strangers May Kiss
Character:Steve
Release Date:04/04/1931
The Easiest Way
Character:Jack Madison
Release Date:07/02/1931
Inspiration
Character:André Montell
Release Date:31/01/1931
War Nurse
Character:Wally O'Brien
Release Date:22/11/1930
Love in the Rough
Character:Kelly
Release Date:05/09/1930
The Voice of Hollywood
Character:
Release Date:30/08/1930
Our Blushing Brides
Character:Tony Jardine
Release Date:19/07/1930
Estrellados
Character:Self (Guest Appearance at Premiere)
Release Date:07/07/1930
The Sins of the Children
Character:Nick Higginson
Release Date:27/06/1930
The Big House
Character:Kent Marlowe
Release Date:14/06/1930
The Divorcee
Character:Don
Release Date:19/04/1930
Free and Easy
Character:Larry
Release Date:22/03/1930
Their Own Desire
Character:John 'Jack' Douglas Cheever
Release Date:27/12/1929
Untamed
Character:Andy McAllister
Release Date:23/11/1929
So This Is College
Character:Biff
Release Date:08/11/1929
Three Live Ghosts
Character:William Foster
Release Date:15/09/1929
The Single Standard
Character:Party Boy (uncredited)
Release Date:27/07/1929
Television Appearances
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