George Montgomery
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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
Credits
Battle of the Bulge (1965)
as Sgt. Duquesne
The Sword of Monte Cristo (1951)
as Captain Renault
The Lone Ranger (1938)
as Jim Clark
Roxie Hart (1942)
as Homer Howard
China Girl (1942)
as Johnny Williams
Young People (1940)
as Mike Shea
Gun Belt (1953)
as Billy Ringo
Army Girl (1938)
as Soldier
Coney Island (1943)
as Eddie Johnson
Fort Ti (1953)
as Capt. Jed Horn
Indian Uprising (1952)
as Capt. Chase McCloud
Black Patch (1957)
as Clay Morgan
Claire (1956)
as Dr. Stanley Wayne
Masterson of Kansas (1954)
as Bat Masterson
The Texas Rangers (1951)
as Johnny Carver
Samar (1962)
as Dr. John David Saunders
Orchestra Wives (1942)
as Bill Abbot
The Iroquois Trail (1950)
as Nat Cutler / Hawkeye
The Lone Gun (1954)
as Cruze
Jennie (1940)
as Franz Schermer
Gun Duel in Durango (1957)
as Will Sabre
Cripple Creek (1952)
as Bret Ivers / Iverson
Seminole Uprising (1955)
as Cam Elliott
Lulu Belle (1948)
as George Davis
Battle of Rogue River (1954)
as Maj. Frank Archer
Pawnee (1957)
as Paul 'Pale Arrow' Fletcher
Cadet Girl (1941)
as Tex Mallory
Belle Starr's Daughter (1948)
as Marshal Tom Jackson
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion (1979)
as Self
Riders of the Purple Sage (1941)
as Lassiter
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone (1958)
as Capt. Matt Sloane
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout (1950)
as Davy Crockett
Dakota Lil (1950)
as Tom Horn / Steve Garrett
King of the Wild Stallions (1959)
as Randy Burke
Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
as Joe Dawson
Star Dust (1940)
as Ronnie
Man from God's Country (1958)
as Dan Beattie
Canyon River (1956)
as Steve Patrick
The Cowboy and the Blonde (1941)
as Lank Garrett
Hostile Guns (1967)
as Gid McCool
Badman's Country (1958)
as Pat Garrett
The Pathfinder (1952)
as Pathfinder
Robbers' Roost (1955)
as Jim 'Tex' Wall
The Steel Claw (1961)
as Capt. John Larsen
The Brasher Doubloon (1947)
as Philip Marlowe
Last of the Badmen (1957)
as Dan Barton
The Night Riders (1939)
as Mob Member
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 (1941)
as Self
Rough Riders' Round-up (1939)
as Patrolman Joe
Saga of Death Valley (1939)
as Henchman
Street of Sinners (1957)
as John Dean
Take It or Leave It (1944)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wild Wind (1985)
as Major Nestorovic
The Girl from Manhattan (1948)
as Rev. Tom Walker
The Arizona Kid (1939)
as Soldier
In Old Caliente (1939)
as Henchman
Three Little Girls in Blue (1946)
as Van Damm Smith
Bomber's Moon (1943)
as Capt. Jeffrey Dakin
Huk! (1956)
as Greg Dickson
Southward Ho! (1939)
Actor
Watusi (1959)
as Harry Quartermain
Hi-Yo Silver (1940)
as Jim Clark
South of the Border (1939)
as Bandit
S.O.S Tidal Wave (1939)
Actor
In Old Monterey (1939)
as Soldier
Last of the Duanes (1941)
as Buck Duane
Ransom (1988)
as Inspector Marks
Wall Street Cowboy (1939)
as Cowhand
Bomb at 10:10 (1967)
as Steve Corbett / Stiv Korbet
Frontier Pony Express (1939)
as Lieutenant Harris
Charter Pilot (1940)
as Charlie Crane
Hell of Borneo (1964)
as John Dirkson
Jack McCall, Desperado (1953)
as Jack McCall
The Mysterious Miss X (1939)
as Policeman
Django the Condemned (1965)
as Pat O'Brien
Satan's Harvest (1970)
as Cutter Murdock
The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939)
as Tommy Bates
Hallucination Generation (1966)
as Eric
Ride the Tiger (1970)
Actor
Strangers at Sunrise (1969)
as Grant Merrick
The Daredevil (1972)
as Paul Tunney
Warkill (1968)
as Col. John Hannegan
Springtime in the Rockies (1937)
as Cowhand at Dance (uncredited)
Guerillas in Pink Lace (1964)
as Murphy
Accent on Love (1941)
as John Worth Hyndman
Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure (1944)
as Lt. Warren