George Montgomery

George Montgomery

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1916-08-27
Deathday: 2000-12-12 (84 years old)

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.

Filmography

all 103

Movies 91

TV Shows 12

self 7

Director 1

Inspector Marks
Ransom

Ransom (1988)

Movie
Major Nestorovic
Wild Wind

Wild Wind (1985)

Movie
Col. John Hannegan
Warkill

Warkill (1968)

Movie
Steve Corbett / Stiv Korbet
Bomb at 10:10

Bomb at 10:10 (1967)

Movie
Sheriff Gid McCool
Hostile Guns

Hostile Guns (1967)

Movie
Dr. John David Saunders / Director / Writer
Samar

Samar (1962)

Movie
Harry Quartermain
Watusi

Watusi (1959)

Movie
Mayor Matt Rockford
Cimarron City

Cimarron City (1958)

TV
Paul 'Pale Arrow' Fletcher
Pawnee

Pawnee (1957)

Movie
Dan Barton alias Jack Bruce
Last of the Badmen

Last of the Badmen (1957)

Movie
Greg Dickson
Huk!

Huk! (1956)

Movie
Self - Cimarron City
The Steve Allen Show

The Steve Allen Show (1956)

TV
Dr. Stanley Wayne
Claire

Claire (1956)

Movie
Sheriff William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson
Masterson of Kansas

Masterson of Kansas (1954)

Movie
Capt. Jed Horn
Fort Ti

Fort Ti (1953)

Movie
Buchanan Smith / Jim Corbett
General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater (1953)

TV
Capt. Chase McCloud
Indian Uprising

Indian Uprising (1952)

Movie
Self - Mystery Guest
What's My Line?

What's My Line? (1950)

TV
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Take It or Leave It

Take It or Leave It (1944)

Movie
Capt. Jeffrey Dakin
Bomber's Moon

Bomber's Moon (1943)

Movie
Johnny Williams
China Girl

China Girl (1942)

Movie
John Worth Hyndman
Accent on Love

Accent on Love (1941)

Movie
Franz Schermer
Jennie

Jennie (1940)

Movie
Cowhand at Dance (uncredited)
Springtime in the Rockies

Springtime in the Rockies (1937)

Movie
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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1916-08-27

Deathday
2000-12-12 (84 years old)

Birth Place
Brady, United States

Relationships
Dinah Shore (1943 - 1963)

Children
Melissa Montgomery

Citizenships
United States

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

Awards
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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