credits of
George Montgomery
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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
January 1st, 1988 | Ransom | Inspector Marks | 5 | |
November 1st, 1985 | Wild Wind | Major Nestorovic | 4.5 | |
June 5th, 1979 | When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion | Self | TBD | |
January 1st, 1972 | The Daredevil | Paul Tunney | 6.5 | |
February 1st, 1970 | Satan's Harvest | Cutter Murdock | 5.7 | |
January 1st, 1970 | Ride the Tiger | TBD | 8 | |
August 7th, 1969 | Strangers at Sunrise | Grant Merrick | 4.5 | |
April 30th, 1968 | Warkill | Col. John Hannegan | 8 | |
July 12th, 1967 | Bomb at 10:10 | Steve Corbett / Stiv Korbet | 5.6 | |
July 1st, 1967 | Hostile Guns | Gid McCool | 5.6 | |
December 1st, 1966 | Hallucination Generation | Eric | 4 | |
December 16th, 1965 | Battle of the Bulge | Sgt. Duquesne | 6.9 | |
January 1st, 1965 | Django the Condemned | Pat O'Brien | 3.7 | |
January 1st, 1964 | Hell of Borneo | John Dirkson | 5.7 | |
January 1st, 1964 | Guerillas in Pink Lace | Murphy | 6.3 | |
April 11th, 1962 | Samar | Dr. John David Saunders | 7 | |
September 20th, 1961 | The Steel Claw | Capt. John Larsen | 5.4 | |
May 17th, 1959 | King of the Wild Stallions | Randy Burke | 6.8 | |
March 25th, 1959 | Watusi | Harry Quartermain | 5.9 | |
August 2nd, 1958 | Badman's Country | Pat Garrett | 5.6 | |
May 14th, 1958 | The Toughest Gun in Tombstone | Capt. Matt Sloane | 6.5 | |
February 9th, 1958 | Man from God's Country | Dan Beattie | 5 | |
September 15th, 1957 | Black Patch | Clay Morgan | 5.9 | |
September 7th, 1957 | Pawnee | Paul 'Pale Arrow' Fletcher | 6.2 | |
August 30th, 1957 | Street of Sinners | John Dean | 7.7 | |
May 1st, 1957 | Gun Duel in Durango | Will Sabre | 5.6 | |
February 17th, 1957 | Last of the Badmen | Dan Barton | 6.8 | |
August 8th, 1956 | Huk! | Greg Dickson | 5.2 | |
August 4th, 1956 | Canyon River | Steve Patrick | 6.5 | |
April 25th, 1956 | Claire | Dr. Stanley Wayne | TBD | |
May 30th, 1955 | Robbers' Roost | Jim 'Tex' Wall | 5.9 | |
May 1st, 1955 | Seminole Uprising | Cam Elliott | 5.3 | |
December 1st, 1954 | Masterson of Kansas | Bat Masterson | 6.1 | |
June 15th, 1954 | Battle of Rogue River | Maj. Frank Archer | 6 | |
April 25th, 1954 | The Lone Gun | Cruze | 5.6 | |
July 24th, 1953 | Gun Belt | Billy Ringo | 6.4 | |
April 30th, 1953 | Fort Ti | Capt. Jed Horn | 7 | |
April 1st, 1953 | Jack McCall, Desperado | Jack McCall | 6 | |
December 9th, 1952 | The Pathfinder | Pathfinder | 4.8 | |
June 30th, 1952 | Cripple Creek | Bret Ivers / Iverson | 6 | |
January 2nd, 1952 | Indian Uprising | Capt. Chase McCloud | 6.4 | |
June 3rd, 1951 | The Texas Rangers | Johnny Carver | 6.1 | |
March 3rd, 1951 | The Sword of Monte Cristo | Captain Renault | 4.6 | |
June 15th, 1950 | The Iroquois Trail | Nat Cutler / Hawkeye | 6.6 | |
February 17th, 1950 | Dakota Lil | Tom Horn / Steve Garrett | 5.4 | |
January 6th, 1950 | Davy Crockett, Indian Scout | Davy Crockett | 5.2 | |
November 13th, 1948 | Belle Starr's Daughter | Marshal Tom Jackson | 5.1 | |
October 1st, 1948 | The Girl from Manhattan | Rev. Tom Walker | 6.3 | |
August 15th, 1948 | Lulu Belle | George Davis | 5 | |
February 6th, 1947 | The Brasher Doubloon | Philip Marlowe | 6 | |
September 3rd, 1946 | Three Little Girls in Blue | Van Damm Smith | 7.3 | |
July 17th, 1944 | Take It or Leave It | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 6 | |
March 13th, 1944 | Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure | Lt. Warren | TBD | |
August 5th, 1943 | Bomber's Moon | Capt. Jeffrey Dakin | 6.5 | |
June 18th, 1943 | Coney Island | Eddie Johnson | 6.3 | |
December 9th, 1942 | China Girl | Johnny Williams | 5.4 | |
September 4th, 1942 | Orchestra Wives | Bill Abbot | 6.5 | |
June 26th, 1942 | Ten Gentlemen from West Point | Joe Dawson | 6.4 | |
February 20th, 1942 | Roxie Hart | Homer Howard | 7 | |
November 28th, 1941 | Cadet Girl | Tex Mallory | 8 | |
October 9th, 1941 | Riders of the Purple Sage | Lassiter | 7 | |
September 26th, 1941 | Last of the Duanes | Buck Duane | 6.5 | |
August 15th, 1941 | Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 | Self | TBD | |
July 11th, 1941 | Accent on Love | John Worth Hyndman | 7.5 | |
May 16th, 1941 | The Cowboy and the Blonde | Lank Garrett | 7 | |
December 20th, 1940 | Jennie | Franz Schermer | 10 | |
December 6th, 1940 | Charter Pilot | Charlie Crane | 8 | |
August 30th, 1940 | Young People | Mike Shea | 5.3 | |
April 10th, 1940 | Hi-Yo Silver | Jim Clark | 7 | |
April 6th, 1940 | Star Dust | Ronnie | 5.6 | |
December 29th, 1939 | The Cisco Kid and the Lady | Tommy Bates | 5.4 | |
December 15th, 1939 | South of the Border | Bandit | 6 | |
November 17th, 1939 | Saga of Death Valley | Henchman | 6.7 | |
September 28th, 1939 | The Arizona Kid | Soldier | 6.1 | |
August 14th, 1939 | In Old Monterey | Soldier | 6.3 | |
August 6th, 1939 | Wall Street Cowboy | Cowhand | 5.8 | |
June 19th, 1939 | In Old Caliente | Henchman | 6 | |
June 2nd, 1939 | S.O.S Tidal Wave | TBD | 6.8 | |
April 12th, 1939 | The Night Riders | Mob Member | 5.8 | |
April 11th, 1939 | Frontier Pony Express | Lieutenant Harris | 5 | |
March 19th, 1939 | Southward Ho! | TBD | 5.5 | |
March 13th, 1939 | Rough Riders' Round-up | Patrolman Joe | 5.3 | |
January 10th, 1939 | The Mysterious Miss X | Policeman | 5.4 | |
August 11th, 1938 | Army Girl | Soldier | 6.8 | |
February 13th, 1938 | The Lone Ranger | Jim Clark | 7.5 | |
November 13th, 1937 | Springtime in the Rockies | Cowhand at Dance (uncredited) | 5.5 |