7.0
7.0
Warkill
1968
as Col. John Hannegan
George Montgomery
Also known as: George Montgomery Letz
Acting
Born:August 29, 1916
Died:December 12, 2000(aged 84)
Birthplace:Brady, Montana, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:University of Montana, Great Falls High School
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CommunityBiography
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 (73 movies)
7.0
7.0
Street of Sinners
1957
as John Dean
6.9
6.9
Battle of the Bulge
1965
as Sgt. Duquesne
6.9
6.9
Roxie Hart
1942
as Homer Howard
6.5
6.5
Three Little Girls in Blue
1946
as Van Damm Smith
6.5
6.5
Fort Ti
1953
as Capt. Jed Horn
6.4
6.4
Canyon River
1956
as Steve Patrick
6.3
6.3
Pawnee
1957
as Paul 'Pale Arrow' Fletcher
6.3
6.3
Gun Belt
1953
as Billy Ringo
6.3
6.3
Orchestra Wives
1942
as Bill Abbot
6.2
6.2
Indian Uprising
1952
as Capt. Chase McCloud
6.1
6.1
Coney Island
1943
as Eddie Johnson
6.0
6.0
The Lone Ranger
1938
as Jim Clark
6.0
6.0
Accent on Love
1941
as John Worth Hyndman
6.0
6.0
The Daredevil
1972
as Paul Tunney
6.0
6.0
King of the Wild Stallions
1959
as Randy Burke
6.0
6.0
Charter Pilot
1940
as Charlie Crane
6.0
6.0
Hi-Yo Silver
1940
as Jim Clark
6.0
6.0
Last of the Duanes
1941
as Buck Duane
6.0
6.0
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
1958
as Capt. Matt Sloane
5.9
5.9
The Brasher Doubloon
1947
as Philip Marlowe
5.8
5.8
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
as Joe Dawson
5.8
5.8
Masterson of Kansas
1954
as Bat Masterson
5.8
5.8
Robbers' Roost
1955
as Jim 'Tex' Wall
5.8
5.8
The Iroquois Trail
1950
as Nat Cutler / Hawkeye
5.7
5.7
Jack McCall, Desperado
1953
as Jack McCall
5.7
5.7
Bomber's Moon
1943
as Capt. Jeffrey Dakin
5.7
5.7
Cripple Creek
1952
as Bret Ivers / Iverson
5.7
5.7
Battle of Rogue River
1954
as Maj. Frank Archer
5.7
5.7
The Texas Rangers
1951
as Johnny Carver
5.7
5.7
Last of the Badmen
1957
as Dan Barton
5.7
5.7
Watusi
1959
as Harry Quartermain
5.5
5.5
Guerillas in Pink Lace
1964
Director
5.4
5.4
Gun Duel in Durango
1957
as Will Sabre
5.4
5.4
Black Patch
1957
as Clay Morgan
5.4
5.4
Badman's Country
1958
as Pat Garrett
5.4
5.4
The Lone Gun
1954
as Cruze
5.3
5.3
China Girl
1942
as Johnny Williams
5.1
5.1
Hostile Guns
1967
as Gid McCool
5.0
5.0
Seminole Uprising
1955
as Cam Elliott
5.0
5.0
The Girl from Manhattan
1948
as Rev. Tom Walker
5.0
5.0
Ransom
1988
as Inspector Marks
5.0
5.0
In Old Caliente
1939
as Henchman
5.0
5.0
Hell of Borneo
1964
Screenplay
5.0
5.0
Satan's Harvest
1970
Writer
5.0
5.0
Dakota Lil
1950
as Tom Horn / Steve Garrett
4.9
4.9
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
1950
as Davy Crockett
4.9
4.9
Huk!
1956
as Greg Dickson
4.9
4.9
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
1939
as Tommy Bates
4.8
4.8
Man from God's Country
1958
as Dan Beattie
4.8
4.8
Bomb at 10:10
1967
as Steve Corbett / Stiv Korbet
4.8
4.8
Star Dust
1940
as Ronnie
4.7
4.7
Springtime in the Rockies
1937
as Cowhand at Dance (uncredited)
4.7
4.7
Wall Street Cowboy
1939
as Cowhand
4.7
4.7
The Steel Claw
1961
Writer
4.6
4.6
Young People
1940
as Mike Shea
4.6
4.6
The Mysterious Miss X
1939
as Policeman
4.6
4.6
Lulu Belle
1948
as George Davis
4.1
4.1
Belle Starr's Daughter
1948
as Marshal Tom Jackson
4.0
4.0
Wild Wind
1985
as Major Nestorovic
4.0
4.0
The Sword of Monte Cristo
1951
as Captain Renault
4.0
4.0
The Pathfinder
1952
as Pathfinder
3.3
3.3
Strangers at Sunrise
1969
as Grant Merrick
3.2
3.2
Hallucination Generation
1966
as Eric
2.0
2.0
Django the Condemned
1965
as Pat O'Brien
The Cowboy and the Blonde
1941
as Lank Garrett
Claire
1956
as Dr. Stanley Wayne
Riders of the Purple Sage
1941
as Lassiter
Samar
1962
Writer
Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure
1944
as Lt. Warren
Ride the Tiger
1970
Cadet Girl
1941
as Tex Mallory
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941
as Self
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