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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 29, 1916
Died
December 12, 2000
Place of Birth
Brady, Montana, USA
Also Known As
- Douglas K. Stone
- George Montgomery Letz
- George Letz
George Montgomery
0.7 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
5.0
Inspector Marks
Ransom
1988
0.0
The President
Children's Island
1985
4.0
Major Nestorovic
Wild Wind
1985
0.0
Self
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979
6.7
Self
Dinah!
1974
7.3
Christopher Bell / Garth
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
6.0
Paul Tunney
The Daredevil
1972
7.0
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
7.8
Griff
The Odd Couple
1970
5.0
Cutter Murdock
Satan's Harvest
1970
Credits
Ransom
as Inspector Marks
1988
5.0
Children's Island
as The President
1985
0.0
Wild Wind
as Major Nestorovic
1985
4.0
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
as Self
1979
0.0
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Christopher Bell / Garth
1974
7.3
The Daredevil
as Paul Tunney
1972
6.0
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
7.0
The Odd Couple
as Griff
1970
7.8
Satan's Harvest
as Cutter Murdock
1970
5.0
Ride the Tiger
1970
0.0
Strangers at Sunrise
as Grant Merrick
1969
3.3
Warkill
as Col. John Hannegan
1968
7.0
Bomb at 10:10
as Steve Corbett / Stiv Korbet
1967
4.8
Hostile Guns
as Gid McCool
1967
5.1
Hallucination Generation
as Eric
1966
3.2
Battle of the Bulge
as Sgt. Duquesne
1965
6.9
Django the Condemned
as Pat O'Brien
1965
2.0
Hell of Borneo
as John Dirkson
1964
5.0
Guerillas in Pink Lace
as Murphy
1964
5.5
Samar
as Dr. John David Saunders
1962
0.0
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The Steel Claw
as Capt. John Larsen
1961
4.7
King of the Wild Stallions
as Randy Burke
1959
6.0
Watusi
as Harry Quartermain
1959
5.7
Cimarron City
as Mayor Matt Rockford
1958
5.0
Badman's Country
as Pat Garrett
1958
5.4
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
as Capt. Matt Sloane
1958
6.0
Man from God's Country
as Dan Beattie
1958
4.8
Black Patch
as Clay Morgan
1957
5.4
Pawnee
as Paul 'Pale Arrow' Fletcher
1957
6.3
Street of Sinners
as John Dean
1957
7.0
Gun Duel in Durango
as Will Sabre
1957
5.4
Last of the Badmen
as Dan Barton
1957
5.7
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
Huk!
as Greg Dickson
1956
4.9
Canyon River
as Steve Patrick
1956
6.4
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Cimarron City
1956
5.6
Claire
as Dr. Stanley Wayne
1956
0.0
Robbers' Roost
as Jim 'Tex' Wall
1955
5.8
Seminole Uprising
as Cam Elliott
1955
5.0
Masterson of Kansas
as Bat Masterson
1954
5.8
Battle of Rogue River
as Maj. Frank Archer
1954
5.7
The Lone Gun
as Cruze
1954
5.4
Gun Belt
as Billy Ringo
1953
6.3
Fort Ti
as Capt. Jed Horn
1953
6.5
Jack McCall, Desperado
as Jack McCall
1953
5.7
General Electric Theater
as Jim Corbett
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Buchanan Smith
1953
6.4
The Pathfinder
as Pathfinder
1952
4.0
This Is Your Life
as Self
1952
6.4
Cripple Creek
as Bret Ivers / Iverson
1952
5.7
Indian Uprising
as Capt. Chase McCloud
1952
6.2
The Texas Rangers
as Johnny Carver
1951
5.7
The Sword of Monte Cristo
as Captain Renault
1951
4.0
The Iroquois Trail
as Nat Cutler / Hawkeye
1950
5.8
Dakota Lil
as Tom Horn / Steve Garrett
1950
5.0
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
as Davy Crockett
1950
4.9
Belle Starr's Daughter
as Marshal Tom Jackson
1948
4.1
Studio One
as Bakeland
1948
5.0
The Girl from Manhattan
as Rev. Tom Walker
1948
5.0
Lulu Belle
as George Davis
1948
4.6
The Brasher Doubloon
as Philip Marlowe
1947
5.9
Three Little Girls in Blue
as Van Damm Smith
1946
6.5
Take It or Leave It
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1944
4.0
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Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure
as Lt. Warren
1944
0.0
Bomber's Moon
as Capt. Jeffrey Dakin
1943
5.7
Coney Island
as Eddie Johnson
1943
6.1
China Girl
as Johnny Williams
1942
5.3
Orchestra Wives
as Bill Abbot
1942
6.3
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Joe Dawson
1942
5.8
Roxie Hart
as Homer Howard
1942
6.9
Cadet Girl
as Tex Mallory
1941
0.0
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Lassiter
1941
0.0
Last of the Duanes
as Buck Duane
1941
6.0
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
as Self
1941
0.0
Accent on Love
as John Worth Hyndman
1941
6.0
The Cowboy and the Blonde
as Lank Garrett
1941
0.0
Charter Pilot
as Charlie Crane
1940
6.0
Young People
as Mike Shea
1940
4.6
Hi-Yo Silver
as Jim Clark
1940
6.0
Star Dust
as Ronnie
1940
4.8
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
as Tommy Bates
1939
4.9
South of the Border
as Bandit
1939
5.0
Saga of Death Valley
as Henchman
1939
6.2
The Arizona Kid
as Soldier
1939
5.8
In Old Monterey
as Soldier
1939
5.3
Wall Street Cowboy
as Cowhand
1939
4.7
In Old Caliente
as Henchman
1939
5.0
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939
5.7
The Night Riders
as Mob Member
1939
5.5
Frontier Pony Express
as Lieutenant Harris
1939
4.0
Southward Ho!
1939
4.0
Rough Riders' Round-up
as Patrolman Joe
1939
4.0
The Mysterious Miss X
as Policeman
1939
4.6
Army Girl
as Soldier
1938
6.0
The Lone Ranger
as Jim Clark
1938
6.0
Springtime in the Rockies
as Cowhand at Dance (uncredited)
1937
4.7