George Montgomery

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1916-08-29

Deathday 2000-12-12 (84 years old)

Place of Birth Brady, Montana, USA

Also Known As Douglas K. Stone, George Montgomery Letz, George Letz

George Montgomery

Biography

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.

Known For

Actor

1988
Ransom

as Inspector Marks

1985
Wild Wind

as Major Nestorovic

1985
Children's Island

as The President

1974
The Six Million Dollar Man

as Christopher Bell / Garth

1972
The Daredevil

as Paul Tunney

1970
Satan's Harvest

as Cutter Murdock

1970
1968
Warkill

as Col. John Hannegan

1967
Bomb at 10:10

as Steve Corbett / Stiv Korbet

1967
Hostile Guns

as Gid McCool

1965
Battle of the Bulge

as Sgt. Duquesne

1965
Django the Condemned

as Pat O'Brien

1964
Hell of Borneo

as John Dirkson

1962
Samar

as Dr. John David Saunders

1961
The Steel Claw

as Capt. John Larsen

1959
1959
Watusi

as Harry Quartermain

1958
Badman's Country

as Pat Garrett

1958
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone

as Capt. Matt Sloane

1958
Man from God's Country

as Dan Beattie

1958
Cimarron City

as Mayor Matt Rockford

1957
Black Patch

as Clay Morgan

1957
Pawnee

as Paul 'Pale Arrow' Fletcher

1957
Street of Sinners

as John Dean

1957
Gun Duel In Durango

as Will Sabre

1957
Last of the Badmen

as Dan Barton

1956
Huk!

as Greg Dickson

1956
Canyon River

as Steve Patrick

1956
Claire

as Dr. Stanley Wayne

1956
The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Cimarron City

1955
Robbers' Roost

as Jim 'Tex' Wall

1955
Seminole Uprising

as Cam Elliott

1955
1954
Masterson of Kansas

as Bat Masterson

1954
Battle of Rogue River

as Maj. Frank Archer

1954
The Lone Gun

as Cruze

1953
Gun Belt

as Billy Ringo

1953
Fort Ti

as Capt. Jed Horn

1953
Jack McCall, Desperado

as Jack McCall

1953
1953
General Electric Theater

as Buchanan Smith

1952
The Pathfinder

as Pathfinder

1952
Cripple Creek

as Bret Ivers / Iverson

1952
Indian Uprising

as Capt. Chase McCloud

1952
1951
The Texas Rangers

as Johnny Carver

1951
The Sword of Monte Cristo

as Captain Renault

1950
The Iroquois Trail

as Nat Cutler / Hawkeye

1950
Dakota Lil

as Tom Horn / Steve Garrett

1950
1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1948
Belle Starr's Daughter

as Marshal Tom Jackson

1948
The Girl from Manhattan

as Rev. Tom Walker

1948
Lulu Belle

as George Davis

1948
Studio One

as Bakeland

1947
The Brasher Doubloon

as Philip Marlowe

1946
Three Little Girls in Blue

as Van Damm Smith

1944
Take It or Leave It

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1943
Bomber's Moon

as Capt. Jeffrey Dakin

1943
Coney Island

as Eddie Johnson

1942
China Girl

as Johnny Williams

1942
Orchestra Wives

as Bill Abbot

1942
Roxie Hart

as Homer Howard

1941
Cadet Girl

as Tex Mallory

1941
Last of the Duanes

as Buck Duane

1941
Accent on Love

as John Worth Hyndman

1941
1940
Charter Pilot

as Charlie Crane

1940
Young People

as Mike Shea

1940
Hi-Yo Silver

as Jim Clark

1940
Star Dust

as Ronnie

1939
1939
1939
1939
The Arizona Kid

as Soldier

1939
In Old Monterey

as Soldier

1939
1939
In Old Caliente

as Henchman

1939
The Night Riders

as Mob Member

1939
Frontier Pony Express

as Lieutenant Harris

1939
Rough Riders' Round-up

as Patrolman Joe

1939
1938
Army Girl

as Soldier

1938
The Lone Ranger

as Jim Clark

1937
Springtime in the Rockies

as Cowhand at Dance (uncredited)

Director

1970
Satan's Harvest

as Director

1964
Hell of Borneo

as Director

1964
1962
Samar

as Director

1961
The Steel Claw

as Director

Crew

1966
Hallucination Generation

as Special Effects

1938
1935

Writer

1970
Satan's Harvest

as Writer

1964
Hell of Borneo

as Screenplay

1962
Samar

as Writer

Producer

1964

Art

1944
Strange Affair

as Set Decoration