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
Most Rating	4.146
Birthday	1916-08-29
Place of Birth	Brady, Montana, USA
Also Known As	Douglas K. Stone, George Montgomery Letz, George Letz,

The Brasher Doubloon

Satan's Harvest

Battle of the Bulge

Orchestra Wives

The Sword of Monte Cristo

Davy Crockett, Indian Scout

Springtime in the Rockies

The Daredevil

Coney Island

China Girl

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

Roxie Hart

Young People

Strangers at Sunrise

The Steel Claw

Gun Belt

Pawnee

Street of Sinners

Gun Duel In Durango

The Girl from Manhattan

Watusi

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

Fort Ti

Jack McCall, Desperado

Canyon River

Seminole Uprising

The Lone Gun

Accent on Love

Masterson of Kansas

Battle of Rogue River

Hostile Guns

Cripple Creek

The Cisco Kid and the Lady

Hell of Borneo

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

The Pathfinder

Three Little Girls in Blue

Dakota Lil

The Toughest Gun in Tombstone

Robbers' Roost

Samar

The Lone Ranger

Indian Uprising

King of the Wild Stallions

The Texas Rangers

Last of the Badmen

Django the Condemned

The Cowboy and the Blonde

Huk!

Star Dust

The Iroquois Trail

Belle Starr's Daughter

Saga of Death Valley

Wall Street Cowboy

Last of the Duanes

The Mysterious Miss X

Rough Riders' Round-up

Southward Ho!

The Night Riders

Frontier Pony Express

In Old Caliente

The Arizona Kid

South of the Border

Ransom

Black Patch

Bomber's Moon

Man from God's Country

Warkill

Charter Pilot

The Return of Gentleman Jim

In Old Monterey

Lulu Belle

Riders of the Purple Sage

Hi-Yo Silver

Hallucination Generation

Army Girl

Wild Wind

Badman's Country

Bomb at 10:10

S.O.S Tidal Wave