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George Montgomery
Born · August 29, 1916
Died · December 12, 2000 (84 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Brady, Montana, USA
Bio
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.
Ransom
Inspector Marks
0.0
1988
Children's Island
The President · (1 episode)
0.0
1985
Wild Wind
Major Nestorovic
4.2
1985
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Self
0.0
1979
The Six Million Dollar Man
Christopher Bell / Garth · (1 episode)
7.2
1974
The Daredevil
Paul Tunney
6.0
1972
Alias Smith and Jones
(1 episode)
6.9
1971
The Odd Couple
Griff · (1 episode)
7.8
1970
Satan's Harvest
Cutter Murdock
5.6
1970
Ride the Tiger
0.0
1970
Strangers at Sunrise
Grant Merrick
4.0
1969
Warkill
Col. John Hannegan
7.0
1968
Bomb at 10:10
Steve Corbett / Stiv Korbet
4.8
1967
Hostile Guns
Gid McCool
5.1
1967
Hallucination Generation
Eric
3.2
1966
Battle of the Bulge
Sgt. Duquesne
6.9
1965
Django the Condemned
Pat O'Brien
2.0
1965
Hell of Borneo
John Dirkson
6.0
1964
Guerillas in Pink Lace
Murphy
5.5
1964
Samar
Dr. John David Saunders
0.0
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (2 episodes)
5.1
1961
The Steel Claw
Capt. John Larsen
4.7
1961
King of the Wild Stallions
Randy Burke
6.0
1959
Watusi
Harry Quartermain
5.7
1959
Cimarron City
Mayor Matt Rockford · (26 episodes)
5.0
1958
Badman's Country
Pat Garrett
5.4
1958
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
Capt. Matt Sloane
6.0
1958
Man from God's Country
Dan Beattie
4.8
1958
Black Patch
Clay Morgan
5.5
1957
Pawnee
Paul 'Pale Arrow' Fletcher
6.4
1957
Street of Sinners
John Dean
7.0
1957
Gun Duel In Durango
Will Sabre
5.4
1957
Last of the Badmen
Dan Barton
5.0
1957
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self · (5 episodes)
5.3
1956
Huk!
Greg Dickson
4.9
1956
Canyon River
Steve Patrick
6.4
1956
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Cimarron City · (1 episode)
5.0
1956
Claire
Dr. Stanley Wayne
0.0
1956
Robbers' Roost
Jim 'Tex' Wall
5.8
1955
Seminole Uprising
Cam Elliott
4.9
1955
The Return of Gentleman Jim
Jim Corbett
0.0
1955
Masterson of Kansas
Bat Masterson
5.8
1954
Battle of Rogue River
Maj. Frank Archer
5.7
1954
The Lone Gun
Cruze
5.3
1954
Gun Belt
Billy Ringo
6.3
1953
Fort Ti
Capt. Jed Horn
6.5
1953
Jack McCall, Desperado
Jack McCall
5.3
1953
General Electric Theater
Jim Corbett · (1 episode)
6.0
1953
General Electric Theater
Buchanan Smith · (1 episode)
6.0
1953
The Pathfinder
Pathfinder
4.0
1952
This Is Your Life
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
1952
Cripple Creek
Bret Ivers / Iverson
5.7
1952
Indian Uprising
Capt. Chase McCloud
6.2
1952
The Texas Rangers
Johnny Carver
5.7
1951
The Sword of Monte Cristo
Captain Renault
3.5
1951
The Iroquois Trail
Nat Cutler / Hawkeye
5.8
1950
Dakota Lil
Tom Horn / Steve Garrett
5.0
1950
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest · (1 episode)
6.7
1950
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
Davy Crockett
4.9
1950
Belle Starr's Daughter
Marshal Tom Jackson
4.4
1948
Studio One
Bakeland · (1 episode)
4.7
1948
The Girl from Manhattan
Rev. Tom Walker
5.0
1948
Lulu Belle
George Davis
4.6
1948
The Brasher Doubloon
Philip Marlowe
5.9
1947
Three Little Girls in Blue
Van Damm Smith
6.5
1946
Take It or Leave It
(archive footage) (uncredited)
4.0
1944
Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure
Lt. Warren
0.0
1944
Bomber's Moon
Capt. Jeffrey Dakin
5.5
1943
Coney Island
Eddie Johnson
5.3
1943
China Girl
Johnny Williams
5.4
1942
Orchestra Wives
Bill Abbot
5.8
1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Joe Dawson
5.8
1942
Roxie Hart
Homer Howard
6.9
1942
Cadet Girl
Tex Mallory
0.0
1941
Riders of the Purple Sage
Lassiter
0.0
1941
Last of the Duanes
Buck Duane
6.0
1941
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
Self
0.0
1941
Accent on Love
John Worth Hyndman
6.0
1941
The Cowboy and the Blonde
Lank Garrett
0.0
1941
Charter Pilot
Charlie Crane
6.0
1940
Young People
Mike Shea
4.6
1940
Hi-Yo Silver
Jim Clark
0.0
1940
Star Dust
Ronnie
4.7
1940
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
Tommy Bates
4.9
1939
South of the Border
Bandit
5.0
1939
Saga of Death Valley
Henchman
6.2
1939
The Arizona Kid
Soldier
5.8
1939
In Old Monterey
Soldier
5.3
1939
Wall Street Cowboy
Cowhand
6.5
1939
In Old Caliente
Henchman
5.0
1939
S.O.S Tidal Wave
5.7
1939
The Night Riders
Mob Member
5.6
1939
Frontier Pony Express
Lieutenant Harris
4.8
1939
Southward Ho!
7.0
1939
Rough Riders' Round-up
Patrolman Joe
6.0
1939
The Mysterious Miss X
Policeman
5.3
1939
Army Girl
Soldier
6.0
1938
The Lone Ranger
Jim Clark
0.0
1938
Springtime in the Rockies
Cowhand at Dance (uncredited)
6.5
1937