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Your Witness

as Adam Heyward

1950
June Bride

as Carey Jackson

1948
The Secret Land

as Narrator

1948
Ride the Pink Horse

as Lucky Gagin

1947
Lady in the Lake

as Phillip Marlowe

1947
They Were Expendable

as Lt. John Brickley

1945
Mr. & Mrs. Smith

as David

1941
Here Comes Mr. Jordan

as Joe Pendleton

1941
Unfinished Business

as Tommy Duncan

1941
Busman's Honeymoon

as Lord Peter Wimsey

1940
Fast and Loose

as Joel Sloane

1939
Three Loves Has Nancy

as Malcolm 'Mal' Niles

1938
Ever Since Eve

as Freddy Matthews

1937
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

as Lord Arthur Dilling

1937
Night Must Fall

as Danny

1937
Piccadilly Jim

as James Crocker, Jr.

1936
No More Ladies

as Sheridan 'Sherry' Warren

1935
Biography of a Bachelor Girl

as Richard 'Dickie' Kurt

1935
Hide-Out

as Jonathan 'Lucky' Wilson

1934
Forsaking All Others

as Dillon 'Dill" Todd

1934
When Ladies Meet

as Jimmie

1933
Hell Below

as Lieut. Thomas Knowlton USN

1933
Lovers Courageous

as Willie Smith

1932
Strangers May Kiss

as Steve

1931
The Easiest Way

as Jack Madison

1931
Shipmates

as John Paul Jones

1931
The Big House

as Kent Marlowe

1930
The Divorcee

as Don

1930
War Nurse

as Wally O'Brien

1930
Robert Montgomery Robert Montgomery

Birthday

1904-05-21

Place of Birth

Fishkill Landing [now Beacon], New York, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Montgomery (born Henry Montgomery Jr.; May 21, 1904 – September 27, 1981) was an American film and television actor, director, and producer. He was also the father of actress Elizabeth Montgomery. Montgomery settled in New York City to try his hand at writing and acting. He established a stage career, and became popular enough to turn down an offer to appear opposite Vilma Bánky in the film This Is Heaven (1929). Sharing a stage with George Cukor gave him an entry to Hollywood and a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he debuted in So This Is College (also 1929). Montgomery initially played exclusively in comedy roles, but portrayed a character in his first drama film in The Big House (1930). MGM was initially reluctant to assign him in such a role, until "his earnestness, and his convincing arguments, with demonstrations of how he would play the character" won him the assignment. From The Big House on, he was in constant demand. Appearing as Greta Garbo's romantic interest in Inspiration (1930) started him toward stardom with a rush. Norma Shearer chose him to star opposite her in The Divorcee (1930), Strangers May Kiss (1931), and Private Lives (1931), which led him to stardom. In another challenging role, Montgomery played a psychopath in the chiller Night Must Fall (1937), for which he received an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination. After World War II broke out in Europe in September, 1939, and while the United States was still officially neutral, Montgomery enlisted in London for American field service and drove ambulances in France until the Dunkirk evacuation. He then returned to Hollywood and addressed a massive rally on the MGM lot for the American Red Cross in July 1940. Montgomery returned to playing light comedy roles, such as Alfred Hitchcock's Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) with Carole Lombard. He continued his search for dramatic roles. For his role as Joe Pendleton, a boxer and pilot in Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941), Montgomery was nominated for an Oscar a second time. After the U.S. entered World War II in December 1941, he joined the United States Navy, rising to the rank of lieutenant commander, and served on the USS Barton (DD-722) which was part of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. In 1945, Montgomery returned to Hollywood, making his uncredited directing debut with They Were Expendable, where he directed some of the PT boat scenes when director John Ford was unable to work for health reasons. Montgomery's first credited film as director and his final film for MGM was the film noir Lady in the Lake (1947), in which he also starred, which received mixed reviews. Adapted from Raymond Chandler's detective novel and sanitized for the censorship of the day, the film is unusual because it was filmed entirely from Marlowe's vantage point. Montgomery only appeared on camera a few times, three times in a mirror reflection. Active in Republican politics and concerned about communist influence in the entertainment industry, Montgomery was a friendly witness before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947. Montgomery has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for movies at 6440 Hollywood Boulevard, and another for television at 1631 Vine Street.
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