George Montgomery
Actor
Born August 29, 1916 in Brady, Montana, USA
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.
Filmography
Ransom
Inspector Marks
Children's Island
The President
Wild Wind
Major Nestorovic
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Self
Dinah!
Self
The Six Million Dollar Man
Christopher Bell / Garth
The Daredevil
Paul Tunney
Alias Smith and Jones
The Odd Couple
Griff
Satan's Harvest
Cutter Murdock
Ride the Tiger
Strangers at Sunrise
Grant Merrick
Warkill
Col. John Hannegan
Bomb at 10:10
Steve Corbett / Stiv Korbet
Hostile Guns
Gid McCool
Hallucination Generation
Eric
Battle of the Bulge
Sgt. Duquesne
Django the Condemned
Pat O'Brien
Hell of Borneo
John Dirkson
Guerillas in Pink Lace
Murphy
Samar
Dr. John David Saunders
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
The Steel Claw
Capt. John Larsen
King of the Wild Stallions
Randy Burke
Watusi
Harry Quartermain
Cimarron City
Mayor Matt Rockford
Badman's Country
Pat Garrett
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
Capt. Matt Sloane
Man from God's Country
Dan Beattie
Black Patch
Clay Morgan
Pawnee
Paul 'Pale Arrow' Fletcher
Street of Sinners
John Dean
Gun Duel in Durango
Will Sabre
Last of the Badmen
Dan Barton
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
Huk!
Greg Dickson
Canyon River
Steve Patrick
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Cimarron City
Claire
Dr. Stanley Wayne
Robbers' Roost
Jim 'Tex' Wall
Seminole Uprising
Cam Elliott
Masterson of Kansas
Bat Masterson
Battle of Rogue River
Maj. Frank Archer
The Lone Gun
Cruze
Gun Belt
Billy Ringo
Fort Ti
Capt. Jed Horn
Jack McCall, Desperado
Jack McCall
General Electric Theater
Jim Corbett
The Pathfinder
Pathfinder
This Is Your Life
Self
Cripple Creek
Bret Ivers / Iverson
Indian Uprising
Capt. Chase McCloud
The Texas Rangers
Johnny Carver
The Sword of Monte Cristo
Captain Renault
The Iroquois Trail
Nat Cutler / Hawkeye
Dakota Lil
Tom Horn / Steve Garrett
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
Davy Crockett
Belle Starr's Daughter
Marshal Tom Jackson
Studio One
Bakeland
The Girl from Manhattan
Rev. Tom Walker
Lulu Belle
George Davis
The Brasher Doubloon
Philip Marlowe
Three Little Girls in Blue
Van Damm Smith
Strange Affair
Take It or Leave It
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Bomber's Moon
Capt. Jeffrey Dakin
Coney Island
Eddie Johnson
China Girl
Johnny Williams
Orchestra Wives
Bill Abbot
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Joe Dawson
Roxie Hart
Homer Howard
Cadet Girl
Tex Mallory
Riders of the Purple Sage
Lassiter
Last of the Duanes
Buck Duane
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
Self
Accent on Love
John Worth Hyndman
The Cowboy and the Blonde
Lank Garrett
Jennie
Franz Schermer
Charter Pilot
Charlie Crane
Young People
Mike Shea
Hi-Yo Silver
Jim Clark
Star Dust
Ronnie
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
Tommy Bates
South of the Border
Bandit
Saga of Death Valley
Henchman
The Arizona Kid
Soldier
In Old Monterey
Soldier
Wall Street Cowboy
Cowhand
In Old Caliente
Henchman
S.O.S Tidal Wave
The Night Riders
Mob Member
Frontier Pony Express
Lieutenant Harris
Southward Ho!
Rough Riders' Round-up
Patrolman Joe
The Mysterious Miss X
Policeman
Hawk of the Wilderness
Army Girl
Soldier
The Lone Ranger
Jim Clark
The Purple Vigilantes
Springtime in the Rockies
Cowhand at Dance (uncredited)
The Singing Vagabond