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