Robert Montgomery

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 2 nominations. See more awards »

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Night Must Fall Danny

(1937)

Lady in the Lake Phillip Marlowe

(1946)

Here Comes Mr. Jordan Joe Pendleton

(1941)

Private Lives Elyot Chase

(1931)

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Producer (3 credits)

1960 The Gallant Hours (producer)

1950-1957 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV Series) (producer - 320 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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Actor (64 credits)

1960 The Gallant Hours
Narrator: American Sequences (voice, uncredited)

1950-1951 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV Series)
Mr. Ward / Alan Squier / Lucky Gagin

- 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

1946 Lady in the Lake
Phillip Marlowe

1945 They Were Expendable
Lt. John Brickley (as Robert Montgomery Comdr. U.S.N.R.)

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
'Silky' Kilmount

1939 Fast and Loose
Joel Sloane

1938 Three Loves Has Nancy
Malcolm 'Mal' Niles

1938 Hollywood Handicap (Short)
Robert Montgomery

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
Lord Arthur Dilling

1936 Piccadilly Jim
James Crocker, Jr.

1936 Trouble for Two
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
Nick Revel

1934 Fugitive Lovers
Paul Porter, aka Stephen Blaine

1933 Night Flight
Auguste Pellerin

1933 Another Language
Victor Hallam

1933 When Ladies Meet
Jimmie Lee

1933 Made on Broadway
Jeff Bidwell

1933 Hell Below
Lieut. Thomas Knowlton USN

1932 Faithless
William 'Bill' Wade

1932 Blondie of the Follies
Larry Belmont

1932 Letty Lynton
Jerry 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
Jack Kelly

1930 Our Blushing Brides
Tony Jardine

1930 The Sins of the Children
Nick Higginson

1930 The Big House
Kent Marlowe

1930 The Divorcee
Don

1930 Free and Easy
Larry

1929 Their Own Desire
John Douglas (Jack) Chevers

1929 Untamed
Andy McAllister

1929 So This Is College
Biff

1929 Three Live Ghosts
William Foster

1929 The Single Standard
Party Boy (uncredited)

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Soundtrack (21 credits)

2010 Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (TV Mini-Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)

- 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 ("Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet" (1909), uncredited) / (performer: "Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet" (1909) - uncredited)

1937 Live, Love and Learn ("Song of the Volga Boatman", uncredited) / (performer: "Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz) op. 437" (1889) - uncredited)

1937 Night Must Fall ("Mighty Lak' a Rose" (1901), uncredited) / (performer: "Rock-a-Bye Baby" (1886) - 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), "Row Row Row Your Boat", "The Toreador Song" (1875) - uncredited)

1933 Night Flight (performer: "How Dry I Am")

1933 Made on Broadway ("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: "Chansonette" (1923) - uncredited)

1931 Shipmates ("The Stars and Stripes Forever" (1896), uncredited)

1930 Love in the Rough (performer: "Go Home and Tell Your Mother" (1930), "I'm Learning a Lot from You" (1930), "I'm Doing That Thing (Falling In Love)" (1930) - uncredited)

1930 The Divorcee (performer: "You Were Meant For Me" (1929) - uncredited)

1930 Free and Easy (performer: "It Must Be You" (1930), "The Corn Grows Green in Kansas" - uncredited)

1929 Their Own Desire ("The Wedding March" (1843), 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), "The Farmer in the Dell" - uncredited)

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Director (6 credits)

1960 The Gallant Hours

1950 Eye Witness

1949 Once More, My Darling

1947 Ride the Pink Horse

1946 Lady in the Lake

1945 They Were Expendable (uncredited)

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Additional Crew (1 credit)

1945 They Were Expendable (director: rear projection plates - uncredited)

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Self (23 credits)

1978-1979 Hollywood Greats (TV Series documentary)
Self

- The Golden Years (1979) ... Self

- Joan Crawford (1978) ... Self

1969 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- Episode dated 12 March 1969 (1969) ... Self - Guest

1963-1966 The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series)
Self

- Robert Montgomery, B.S. Pully, Monty Rock III, Aliza Kashi, Steven Perry (1966) ... Self

- Lainie Kazan, Jack Pearl, Robert Montgomery, Jonathan Miller (1965) ... Self

- Robert Montgomery, Walter Kiernan, Adela Rogers St. Johns, Danielle Clary, Tito Rodriguez (1963) ... Self

1963 The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- Episode #2.239 (1963) ... Self - Guest

1960-1961 The Tonight Show Starring Jack Parr (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #4.125 (1961) ... Self

- Episode #3.138 (1960) ... Self

1960 Art Heritage (TV Series documentary)
Narrator

- The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1960) ... Narrator

1960 Today (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 16 May 1960 (1960) ... Self

1958 Navy Log (TV Series)
Self - Host

- The Butchers of Kapsan (1958) ... Self - Host

1950-1957 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV Series)
Self - Host / Jay Gatsby / Don Birnam / ...

- Faust '57 (1957) ... Self - Host

- The Weather Lover (1957) ... Self - Host

- The Last Trip of the Hindenburg (1957) ... Self - Host

- One Smart Apple (1957) ... Self - Host

- Sturdevant's Daughter (1957) ... Self - Host

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1957 What's My Line? (TV Series)
Self - Mystery Guest

- Robin Roberts & Robert Montgomery (1957) ... Self - Mystery Guest

1954 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series)
Self - Actor

- Episode #4.24 (1954) ... Self - Actor

1953 The Name's the Same (TV Series)
Self - Contestant

- Robert Montgomery (1953) ... Self - Contestant

1951 The Jack Benny Program (TV Series)
Self

- The Claudette Colbert and Basil Rathbone Show (1951) ... Self

1950 The Milton Berle Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #3.15 (1950) ... Self

1949 21st Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Hosted By

1948 The Secret Land (Documentary)
Self - Narrator (voice, as Comdr. Robert Montgomery U.S.N.R.)

1938 Hollywood Goes to Town (Short documentary)
Self

1937 The Romance of Celluloid (Short)
Self

1936 Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 8 (Documentary short)
Self

1935 Starlit Days at the Lido (Short)
Self

1935 Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8 (Documentary short)
Self

1932/II Screen Snapshots (Documentary short)
Self

1930 Estrellados
Self (Guest Appearance at Premiere) (uncredited)

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Archive footage (27 credits)

2018 The Perfect Match - The Sport of Polo in the US (Documentary) (completed)
Self

2011 Reagan (Documentary)
Self

2010 Fantasia Lusitana (Documentary)
Self

2008 President Hollywood (TV Movie documentary)
Self (uncredited)

2006 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage (Video short)

2005 Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood (TV Movie documentary)

2004 Checking Out: Grand Hotel (Video documentary short)
Self - At the premiere

2003 Complicated Women (TV Movie documentary)
Self (uncredited)

2001 Biography (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Carole Lombard: Hollywood's Profane Angel (2001) ... Self

1998 Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1993 John Ford (TV Movie documentary)
Lt. John Brickley [in "They Were Expendable"] (uncredited)

1984 Ingrid (Documentary)
Self - clip from 'Rage in Heaven' (uncredited)

1983 Arena (TV Series documentary)

- Bette Davis: A Basically Benevolent Volcano (1983)

1976 Hollywood on Trial (Documentary)
Self

1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (Documentary)
Clip from 'Private Lives'

1974 That's Entertainment! (Documentary)
Clip from 'Free and Easy'

1972 Hollywood: The Dream Factory (TV Movie documentary)
Self - film clips (uncredited)

1971 The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series)
Self

- Gov. Ronald Reagan/Bob Newhart/James Wong Howe (1971) ... Self

1970 Review (TV Series documentary)

- The Romance of Crime Fiction (1970)

1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Hollywood Goes to War (1964) ... Self

1944 Some of the Best (Documentary)
Kent in The Big House (uncredited)

1940 The Miracle of Sound (Documentary short)
Self (uncredited)

1939 From the Ends of the Earth (Documentary short)
Self

1939 Land of Liberty
John O'Hara (edited from 'Yellow Jack')

1934 This Side of Heaven
Actor in Film Clip (edited from 'Another Language') (uncredited)

1934/II Hollywood on Parade (Documentary short)
Self (uncredited)

1933 Going Hollywood
Robert Montgomery - Premiere Clip (uncredited)

Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage: Directed / produced (w/Elliott Nugent) "The Big Two" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Leslie Bush-Fekete and Maria Fagyas. Scenic Design / Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Bianca Stroock. Booth Theatre: 8 Jan 1947-25 Jan 1947 (21 performances). Cast: John Banner (as "Wirth"), Martin Berliner, Charles Boaz (as "... See more »

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Alternate Names:

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

Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)

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Personal Quote:

If you are lucky enough to be a success, by all means enjoy the applause and the adulation of the public. But never, never believe it. See more »

Trivia:

Before the US was drawn into World War II, Montgomery served in France as an ambulance driver for the American Field Services for six months. During the D-Day invasion he was one of the first to enter Cherbourg harbor and was awarded the Bronze Star for his service. See more »