George Montgomery

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.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1916-08-29
Place of Birth: Brady, Montana, USA
Also Known As: Douglas K. Stone, George Montgomery Letz, George Letz

Movies List of George Montgomery

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The Brasher Doubloon

1947 Movie
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Satan's Harvest

1970 Movie
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Battle of the Bulge

1965 Movie
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Orchestra Wives

1942 Movie
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The Daredevil

1972 Movie
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Coney Island

1943 Movie
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China Girl

1942 Movie
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Roxie Hart

1942 Movie
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Young People

1940 Movie
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Strangers at Sunrise

1969 Movie
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The Steel Claw

1961 Movie
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Gun Belt

1953 Movie
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Pawnee

1957 Movie
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Street of Sinners

1957 Movie
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Gun Duel In Durango

1957 Movie
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Watusi

1959 Movie
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Fort Ti

1953 Movie
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Canyon River

1956 Movie
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Seminole Uprising

1955 Movie
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The Lone Gun

1954 Movie
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Accent on Love

1941 Movie
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Masterson of Kansas

1954 Movie
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Battle of Rogue River

1954 Movie
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Hostile Guns

1967 Movie
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Cripple Creek

1952 Movie
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Hell of Borneo

1964 Movie
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The Pathfinder

1952 Movie
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Dakota Lil

1950 Movie
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Robbers' Roost

1955 Movie
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Samar

1962 Movie
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The Lone Ranger

1938 Movie
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Indian Uprising

1952 Movie
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The Texas Rangers

1951 Movie
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Last of the Badmen

1957 Movie
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Django the Condemned

1965 Movie
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Huk!

1956 Movie
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Star Dust

1940 Movie
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The Iroquois Trail

1950 Movie
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Saga of Death Valley

1939 Movie
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Wall Street Cowboy

1939 Movie
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Last of the Duanes

1941 Movie
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The Mysterious Miss X

1939 Movie
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Southward Ho!

1939 Movie
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The Night Riders

1939 Movie
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Frontier Pony Express

1939 Movie
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In Old Caliente

1939 Movie
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The Arizona Kid

1939 Movie
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South of the Border

1939 Movie
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Ransom

1988 Movie
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Black Patch

1957 Movie
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Bomber's Moon

1943 Movie
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Warkill

1968 Movie
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Charter Pilot

1940 Movie
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In Old Monterey

1939 Movie
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Lulu Belle

1948 Movie
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Hi-Yo Silver

1940 Movie
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Army Girl

1938 Movie
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Wild Wind

1985 Movie
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Badman's Country

1958 Movie
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Bomb at 10:10

1967 Movie
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S.O.S Tidal Wave

1939 Movie
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Cadet Girl

1941 Movie
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Take It or Leave It

1944 Movie
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Ride the Tiger

1970 Movie
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Claire

1956 Movie