George Montgomery
Age: 84 | From:
Person Details
Birthday: 1916-08-29 09:27:52
Death: 2000-12-12 09:27:52
Aliases: Douglas K. Stone
Gender: Male
Place of birth:
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 85
TV Involvements: 6
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
What's My Line?
(1950) Self - Mystery Guest
Studio One
(1948) Bakeland
This Is Your Life
(1952) Self
Battle of the Bulge
(1965) Sgt. Duquesne
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
(1956) Self
Man from God's Country
(1958) Dan Beattie
Cimarron City
(1958) Mayor Matt Rockford
Cripple Creek
(1952) Bret Ivers / IversonActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Inspector Marks | |
| 1985 | The President | |
| Major Nestorovic | ||
| 1979 | Self | |
| 1972 | Paul Tunney | |
| 1971 | N/A | |
| 1970 | Griff | |
| Cutter Murdock | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1969 | N/A | |
| 1968 | Col. John Hannegan | |
| 1967 | Steve Corbett / Stiv Korbet | |
| Gid McCool | ||
| 1966 | Eric | |
| 1965 | Sgt. Duquesne | |
| Pat O'Brien | ||
| 1964 | Murphy | |
| John Dirkson | ||
| 1962 | Dr. John David Saunders | |
| 1961 | Self | |
| Capt. John Larsen | ||
| 1959 | Randy Burke | |
| Harry Quartermain | ||
| 1958 | Mayor Matt Rockford | |
| Pat Garrett | ||
| Capt. Matt Sloane | ||
| Dan Beattie | ||
| 1957 | Clay Morgan | |
| Paul 'Pale Arrow' Fletcher | ||
| John Dean | ||
| Will Sabre | ||
| Dan Barton | ||
| 1956 | Self | |
| Greg Dickson | ||
| Steve Patrick | ||
| Self - Cimarron City | ||
| 1955 | Jim 'Tex' Wall | |
| Cam Elliott | ||
| 1954 | Bat Masterson | |
| Maj. Frank Archer | ||
| Cruze | ||
| 1953 | Billy Ringo | |
| Capt. Jed Horn | ||
| Jack McCall | ||
| Jim Corbett | ||
| Buchanan Smith | ||
| 1952 | Pathfinder | |
| Self | ||
| Bret Ivers / Iverson | ||
| Capt. Chase McCloud | ||
| 1951 | Johnny Carver | |
| Captain Renault | ||
| 1950 | Nat Cutler / Hawkeye | |
| Tom Horn / Steve Garrett | ||
| Self - Mystery Guest | ||
| Davy Crockett | ||
| 1948 | Marshal Tom Jackson | |
| Bakeland | ||
| Rev. Tom Walker | ||
| George Davis | ||
| 1947 | Philip Marlowe | |
| 1946 | Van Damm Smith | |
| 1944 | Himself | |
| Lt. Warren | ||
| 1943 | Capt. Jeffrey Dakin | |
| Eddie Johnson | ||
| 1942 | Johnny Williams | |
| Bill Abbot | ||
| Joe Dawson | ||
| Homer Howard | ||
| 1941 | Tex Mallory | |
| Lassiter | ||
| Buck Duane | ||
| Self | ||
| John Worth Hyndman | ||
| Lank Garrett | ||
| 1940 | Charlie Crane | |
| Mike Shea | ||
| Jim Clark | ||
| Ronnie | ||
| 1939 | Tommy Bates | |
| Bandit | ||
| Henchman | ||
| Soldier | ||
| Soldier | ||
| Cowhand | ||
| Henchman | ||
| N/A | ||
| Mob Member | ||
| Lieutenant Harris | ||
| N/A | ||
| Patrolman Joe | ||
| Policeman | ||
| 1938 | Soldier | |
| Jim Clark | ||
| 1937 | Cowhand at Dance (uncredited) | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Director | |
| 1964 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1962 | Director | |
| 1961 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Writer | |
| 1964 | Screenplay | |
| 1962 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Special Effects | |
| 1938 | Stunts | |
| Stunts | ||
| 1935 | Stunts | |
| Actor's Assistant | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Art
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1944 | Set Decoration | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
