Job Actor, director
Years active 1929-1960
Known for Light comedy roles and romantic leads; father of actress Elizabeth Montgomery
Top Roles Andy McAllister, Phillip Marlowe, Lucky Gagin, Philip Monrell, Joe Pendleton
Top GenresDrama, Comedy, Romance, Film Adaptation, Mystery, Crime
Top TopicsBased on Play, Pre-Code Cinema, Book-Based
Top Collaborators (Producer), (Director), (Director),
Shares birthday with Raymond Burr, Joseph Janni, Bill Williams  see more..

Robert Montgomery Overview:

Legendary actor, Robert Montgomery, was born Henry Montgomery Jr. on May 21, 1904 in Beacon, NY. Montgomery appeared in over 60 film roles. His best known films include Inspiration (1930), The Divorcee (1930), Strangers May Kiss (1931), Private Lives (1931), Haunted Honeymoon (1940), Alfred Hitchcock's Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941), and Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941). Montgomery hosted an Emmy Award-winning television series, Robert Montgomery Presents (1950-1957), where his daughter Elizabeth Montgomery got her start in acting. Montgomery died at the age of 77 on Sep 27, 1981 in New York City, NY and was cremated and his ashes given to family or friend.

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A debonair leading man, Robert Montgomery played snappy light comedy roles and romantic leads for MGM although he clearly had a yen for stronger stuff and proved chillingly effective as the killer in Night Must Fall. This got him away from the upper-society-bracket characters with which he had become identified, but he drifted away from show business after the forties and seems little remembered. He is the father of actress Elizabeth Montgomery.

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Although Montgomery was nominated for two Oscars, he never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1937Best ActorNight Must Fall (1937)DannyNominated
1941Best ActorHere Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)Joe PendletonNominated
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He was honored with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the categories of Television and Motion Pictures.

BlogHub Articles:

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Carole Lombard and are "Mr and Mrs. Smith" In 1940, Alfred Hitchcock’s third American film, Mr. and Mrs. Smith (released in 1941), was a screwball comedy. Yes, that’s right a screwball comedy. And it starred Carole Lombard, who had recently been proclaimed the R... Read full article


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Pre-code on DVD: and Sally Eilers in Made on Broadway (1933)

By KC on Aug 27, 2019 From Classic Movies

I’m delighted that Warner Archive has kept its promise to continue regularly releasing pre-code titles after the conclusion of its Forbidden Hollywood series. Its recent DVD release of Made on Broadway (1933) is definitely the kind of film that would have fit perfectly into one of those boxed ... Read full article


SUMMER UNDER THE STARS Blogathon: in Night Must Fall (1937)

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Ride the Pink Horse, 1947,

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Apr 19 Posted by aaronwest I?ve talked before about ?regulated differences? before when discussing La Promesse (link) by the Dardennes. When looking at a film noir, the theory still holds weight, or if anything is more relevant. By 1947, noir was starting to be thought of as a genre (would more acc... Read full article


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Robert Montgomery Quotes:

John Douglas Cheever: I was willing you to come to me, and you have. So it's alright, but don't send me away again because I won't go.
Lucia 'Lally' Marlett: Send you away? Do you think I want to send you away, Jacky?
John Douglas Cheever: I've got the little ol' canoe down at the landing; let me run you over to the little ol' love nest.


Carey Jackson: Man's best friend is the apple!


Sheridan 'Sherry': What happened?
Marcia Townsend Warren: Nothing. Surprisingly little happened, considering his affectionate nature. Are all fighters affectionate?
Sheridan 'Sherry': I don't, as a rule, neck them.


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