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Robert Montgomery (I) (1904–1981)

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As a child, Robert Montgomery enjoyed a privileged life, as his father was the president of the New York Rubber Co. When he died, the fortune was gone and Robert worked at a number of jobs. He later went to New York to be a writer, and on the advice of a friend tried acting. He worked with George Cukor on the stage and his first film... See full bio »

Born:

Henry Montgomery Jr.
in Beacon, New York, USA

Died:

(age 77) in New York City, New York, USA
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1960 The Gallant Hours (producer)
 
1950-1957 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series) (producer - 321 episodes)
– Faust '57 (1957) (producer)
– The Weather Lover (1957) (producer)
– The Last Trip of the Hindenburg (1957) (producer)
– One Smart Apple (1957) (producer)
– Sturdevant's Daughter (1957) (producer)
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1953 Eye Witness (TV series) (producer - 13 episodes)
– The Green Glass (1953) (producer)
– My Father's a Murderer (1953) (producer)
– The Baby Sitter (1953) (producer)
– Youth from Vienna (1953) (producer)
– The Three Hours (1953) (producer)
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Show ShowActor (64 titles)
1960 The Gallant Hours
Narrator: American Sequences (voice) (uncredited)
 
1958 Navy Log (TV series)
Host
– The Butchers of Kapsan (1958) … Host
 
1950-1951 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series)
Alan Squier / Lucky Gagin / Mr. Ward
– Top Secret (1951) … Mr. Ward
– The Petrified Forest (1950) … Alan Squier
– Ride the Pink Horse (1950) … Lucky Gagin
 
1950 Eye Witness
Adam Heyward
 
1949 Once More, My Darling
Collier 'Collie' Laing
 
1948 June Bride
Carey Jackson
 
1948 The Saxon Charm
Matt Saxon
 
1947 Ride the Pink Horse
Lucky Gagin
 
1947 Lady in the Lake
Phillip Marlowe
 
1945 They Were Expendable
Lt. John Brickley (as Robert Montgomery Comdr. U.S.N.R. also)
 
1941 Unfinished Business
Tommy Duncan
 
1941 Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Joe Pendleton
 
1941 Rage in Heaven
Philip Monrell
 
1941 Mr. & Mrs. Smith
David
 
1940 Haunted Honeymoon
Lord Peter Wimsey
 
1940 The Earl of Chicago
Robert Kilmount
 
1939 Fast and Loose
Joel Sloane
 
1938 Three Loves Has Nancy
Malcolm 'Mal' Niles
 
1938 Yellow Jack
John O'Hara
 
1938 The First Hundred Years
David Conway
 
1937 Live, Love and Learn
Bob Graham
 
1937 Ever Since Eve
Freddy Matthews
 
1937 Night Must Fall
Danny
 
1937 The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Arthur
 
1936 Piccadilly Jim
James Crocker, Jr.
 
1936 Trouble for Two
Prince Florizel
 
1936 Petticoat Fever
Dascom Dinsmore
 
1935 No More Ladies
Sherry
 
1935 Vanessa: Her Love Story
Benjamin Herries
 
1935 Biography of a Bachelor Girl
Richard 'Dickie' Kurt
 
1934 Forsaking All Others
Dillon Todd
 
1934 Hide-Out
Jonathan 'Lucky' Wilson
 
1934 Riptide
Tommie
 
1934 The Mystery of Mr. X
Revel
 
1934 Fugitive Lovers
Paul Porter, aka Stephen Blaine
 
1933 Night Flight
Auguste Pellerin
 
1933 Another Language
Victor Hallam
 
1933 When Ladies Meet
Jimmie
 
1933 Made on Broadway
Jeff
 
1933 Hell Below
Lieut. Thomas Knowlton USN
 
1932 Faithless
William 'Bill' Wade
 
1932 Blondie of the Follies
Larry
 
1932 Letty Lynton
Hale Darrow
 
1932 -But the Flesh Is Weak
Max Clement
 
1932 Lovers Courageous
Willie
 
1931 Private Lives
Elyot Chase
 
1931 The Man in Possession
Raymond Dabney
 
1931 Shipmates
Jonesey
 
1931 Strangers May Kiss
Steve
 
1931 The Easiest Way
Jack Madison
 
1931 Inspiration
André Montell
 
1931 The Voice of Hollywood No. 7 (Second Series) (short)
 
1930 War Nurse
Wally
 
1930 Love in the Rough
Kelly
 
1930 Our Blushing Brides
Tony
 
1930 The Sins of the Children
Nick Higginson
 
1930 The Big House
Kent
 
1930 The Divorcee
Don
 
1930 Free and Easy
Larry Mitchell
 
1929 Their Own Desire
Jack
 
1929 Untamed
Andy
 
1929 So This Is College
Biff
 
1929 Three Live Ghosts
William Foster
 
1929 The Single Standard
Party Boy (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (21 titles)
2010 Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
– Brother, Can You Spare a Dream?: 1929-1941 (2010) (performer: "It Must Be You" - uncredited)
 
1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary) (performer: "It Must Be You" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1941 Here Comes Mr. Jordan (performer: "The Last Rose of Summer" 1808 - uncredited)
 
1938 The First Hundred Years (performer: "Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet" 1909 - uncredited / "Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet" 1909 - uncredited)
 
1937 Live, Love and Learn (performer: "Kaiser-Walzer Emperor Waltz op. 437" 1889 - uncredited / "Song of the Volga Boatman" - uncredited)
 
1937 Night Must Fall (performer: "Rock-a-Bye Baby" 1886 - uncredited / "Mighty Lak' a Rose" 1901 - uncredited)
 
1936 Petticoat Fever (performer: "Happy Days Are Here Again" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1935 Vanessa: Her Love Story (performer: "D'Ye John Peel" - uncredited)
 
1934 Forsaking All Others (performer: "Temptation" 1933 - uncredited, "Row Row Row Your Boat" - uncredited, "The Toreador Song" 1875 - uncredited)
 
1933 Night Flight (performer: "How Dry I Am")
 
1933 Made on Broadway ("America, My Country Tis of Thee" 1832 - uncredited)
 
1933 Hell Below (performer: "Show Me the Way To Go Home" 1925 - uncredited)
 
1931 Private Lives (performer: "Someday I'll Find You" 1931 - uncredited)
 
1931 The Man in Possession (performer: "The Donkey Serenade" 1923 - uncredited)
 
1931 Shipmates ("The Stars and Stripes Forever" 1896 - uncredited)
 
1930 Love in the Rough (performer: "Go Home and Tell Your Mother" 1930 - uncredited, "I'm Learning a Lot from You" 1930 - uncredited, "I'm Doing That Thing Falling In Love" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1930 Free and Easy (performer: "It Must Be You" 1930 - uncredited, "The Corn Grows Green in Kansas" - uncredited)
 
1930 The Divorcee (performer: "You Were Meant For Me" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1929 Untamed (performer: "That Wonderful Something Is Love" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1929 So This Is College (performer: "I Don't Want Your Kisses If I Can't Have Your Love" 1929 - uncredited, "The Farmer in the Dell" - uncredited)
 
1929 Their Own Desire ("The Wedding March" 1843 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (6 titles)
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1945 They Were Expendable (director: rear projection plates - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (15 titles)
1978 Hollywood Greats (TV series documentary)
– Joan Crawford (1978)
 
1963 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.67 (1963) … Himself
 
1960 Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 May 1960 (1960) … Himself
 
1950-1957 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series)
Himself - Host / Dr. Andrew Manson / Jay Gatsby / …
– Faust '57 (1957) … Himself - Host
– The Weather Lover (1957) … Himself - Host
– The Last Trip of the Hindenburg (1957) … Himself - Host
– One Smart Apple (1957) … Himself - Host
– Sturdevant's Daughter (1957) … Himself - Host
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1957 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 13 January 1957 (1957) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1954 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself - Actor
– Episode #4.24 (1954) … Himself - Actor
 
1953 The Name's the Same (TV series)
Himself - Contestant
– Episode dated 10 February 1953 (1953) … Himself - Contestant
 
1951 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Himself
– The Claudette Colbert and Basil Rathbone Show (1951) … Himself
 
1948 The Secret Land (documentary)
Narrator (voice) (as Comdr. Robert Montgomery U.S.N.R.)
 
1938 Hollywood Goes to Town (documentary short)
Himself
 
1938 Hollywood Handicap (short)
Himself
 
1936 Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 8 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1935 Starlit Days at the Lido (short)
Himself
 
1935 Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1932/II Screen Snapshots (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (17 titles)
2011 Reagan (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Fantasia Lusitana (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 President Hollywood (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2005 Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood (TV documentary)
 
2004 Checking Out: Grand Hotel (video documentary short)
Himself - At the premiere
 
2003 Complicated Women (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2001 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1998 Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 John Ford (TV documentary)
Lt. John Brickley [in "They Were Expendable"] (uncredited)
 
1984 Ingrid (documentary)
Himself, clip from 'Rage in Heaven' (uncredited)
 
1983 Arena (TV series documentary)
 
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary)
Clip from 'Private Lives'
 
1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary)
Clip from 'Free and Easy'
 
1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
 
1939 Land of Liberty
John O'Hara (edited from: Yellow Jack)
 
1939 From the Ends of the Earth (documentary short)
Himself
 
1933 Going Hollywood
Himself - Premiere Clip (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1924- 1963). Active on Broadway in the following productions: See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Article  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Comdr. Robert Montgomery U.S.N.R. | Robert Montgomery Comdr. U.S.N.R. also

Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[Asked by reporters what it was like to work with Greta Garbo on Inspiration]: Making a film with Garbo doesn't constitute an introduction. See more »

Trivia:

Son of Henry Montgomery and wife Mary Weed Barney. See more »

Nickname:

Bob See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini