Robert Montgomery

Personal Info

Birthday

May 21, 1904

Day of Death

1981-09-27

(77 years old)

Place of Birth

Fishkill Landing [now Beacon], New York, USA

Also Known As

Bob Montgomery

Comdr. Robert Montgomery U.S.N.R.

Robert Montgomery Comdr. U.S.N.R.

Henry Montgomery Jr.

Robert Montgomery

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Montgomery (born Henry Montgomery Jr.; May 21, 1904 – September 27, 1981) was an American film and television actor, director, and producer.

He was also the father of actress Elizabeth Montgomery. Montgomery settled in New York City to try his hand at writing and acting. He established a stage career, and became popular enough to turn down an offer to appear opposite Vilma Bánky in the film This Is Heaven (1929).

Known For

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Night Flight

They Were Expendable

Lady in the Lake

The Single Standard

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

The Gallant Hours

That's Entertainment!

Filmography

2010
Lusitanian Illusion
as Self (archive footage)
2006
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
1996
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1974
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1960
The Gallant Hours
as Narration (American scenes)
1950
Your Witness
as Adam Heyward
1949
Breakdowns of 1949
as Self
Once More, My Darling
as Collier Laing
1948
June Bride
as Carey Jackson
The Secret Land
as Narrator
The Saxon Charm
as Matt Saxon
1947
Ride the Pink Horse
as Lucky Gagin
1946
Lady in the Lake
as Phillip Marlowe
1945
They Were Expendable
as Lt. John Brickley
1941
Unfinished Business
as Tommy Duncan
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
as Joe Pendleton
Rage in Heaven
as Philip Monrell
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as David
1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
Busman's Honeymoon
as Lord Peter Wimsey
The Earl of Chicago
as Robert Kilmount
1939
From the Ends of the Earth
as Self
Fast and Loose
as Joel Sloane
1938
Three Loves Has Nancy
as Malcolm 'Mal' Niles
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
Hollywood Handicap
as Himself
Yellow Jack
as John O'Hara
The First Hundred Years
as David Conway
1937
Live, Love and Learn
as Bob Graham
The Romance of Celluloid
as Self
Ever Since Eve
as Freddy Matthews
Night Must Fall
as Danny
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as Lord Arthur Dilling
1936
Piccadilly Jim
as James Crocker, Jr.
Trouble for Two
as Prince Florizel
Petticoat Fever
as Dascom Dinsmore
1935
Starlit Days at the Lido
as Self
No More Ladies
as Sheridan 'Sherry' Warren
Vanessa: Her Love Story
as Benjamin Herries
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
as Richard 'Dickie' Kurt
1934
Forsaking All Others
as Dillon 'Dill" Todd
Hide-Out
as Jonathan 'Lucky' Wilson
Riptide
as Tommie L. Trent
The Mystery of Mr. X
as Revel
Fugitive Lovers
as Paul Porter, aka Stephen Blaine
1933
Going Hollywood
as Himself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
Night Flight
as Auguste Pellerin
Another Language
as Victor Hallam
When Ladies Meet
as Jimmie
Hell Below
as Lieut. Thomas Knowlton USN
Made on Broadway
as Jeff
1932
Faithless
as William 'Bill' Wade
Blondie of the Follies
as Larry Belmont
Letty Lynton
as Hale Darrow
But the Flesh Is Weak
as Max Clement
Lovers Courageous
as Willie Smith
1931
Private Lives
as Elyot Chase
The Man in Possession
as Raymond Dabney
Shipmates
as John Paul Jones
Strangers May Kiss
as Steve
The Easiest Way
as Jack Madison
Inspiration
as André Montell
1930
War Nurse
as Wally O'Brien
Love in the Rough
as Kelly
Our Blushing Brides
as Tony Jardine
Estrellados
as Self (Guest Appearance at Premiere)
The Sins of the Children
as Nick Higginson
The Big House
as Kent Marlowe
The Divorcee
as Don
Free and Easy
as Larry
1929
Their Own Desire
as John 'Jack' Douglas Cheever
Untamed
as Andy McAllister
So This Is College
as Biff
Three Live Ghosts
as William Foster
The Single Standard
as Party Boy (uncredited)