1916-08-29 ( 108 years old ) 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.
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.
Movies
Ransom
1988-01-01
Wild Wind
1985-11-01
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979-06-05
The Daredevil
1972-01-01
Satan's Harvest
1970-02-01
Ride the Tiger
1970-01-01
Strangers at Sunrise
1969-08-07
Warkill
1968-04-30
Bomb at 10:10
1967-07-12
Hostile Guns
1967-07-01
Hallucination Generation
1966-12-01
Battle of the Bulge
1965-12-16
Django the Condemned
1965-01-01
Hell of Borneo
1964-01-01
Guerillas in Pink Lace
1964-01-01
Samar
1962-04-11
The Steel Claw
1961-09-20
King of the Wild Stallions
1959-05-17
Watusi
1959-03-25
Badman's Country
1958-08-02
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
1958-05-14
Man from God's Country
1958-02-09
Black Patch
1957-09-15
Pawnee
1957-09-07
Street of Sinners
1957-08-30
Gun Duel In Durango
1957-05-01
Last of the Badmen
1957-02-17
Huk!
1956-08-08
Canyon River
1956-08-04
Claire
1956-04-25
Robbers' Roost
1955-05-30
Seminole Uprising
1955-05-01
The Return of Gentleman Jim
1955-02-05
Masterson of Kansas
1954-12-01
Battle of Rogue River
1954-06-15
The Lone Gun
1954-04-25
Gun Belt
1953-07-24
Fort Ti
1953-04-30
Jack McCall, Desperado
1953-04-01
The Pathfinder
1952-12-09
Cripple Creek
1952-06-30
Indian Uprising
1952-01-02
The Texas Rangers
1951-06-03
The Sword of Monte Cristo
1951-03-03
The Iroquois Trail
1950-06-15
Dakota Lil
1950-02-17
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
1950-01-06
Belle Starr's Daughter
1948-11-13
The Girl from Manhattan
1948-10-01
Lulu Belle
1948-08-15
The Brasher Doubloon
1947-02-06
Three Little Girls in Blue
1946-09-03
Take It or Leave It
1944-07-17
Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure
1944-03-13
Bomber's Moon
1943-08-05
Coney Island
1943-06-18
China Girl
1942-12-09
Orchestra Wives
1942-09-04
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942-06-26
Roxie Hart
1942-02-20
Cadet Girl
1941-11-28
Riders of the Purple Sage
1941-10-09
Last of the Duanes
1941-09-26
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941-08-15
Accent on Love
1941-07-11
The Cowboy and the Blonde
1941-05-16
Charter Pilot
1940-12-06
Young People
1940-08-30
Hi-Yo Silver
1940-04-10
Star Dust
1940-04-06
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
1939-12-29
South of the Border
1939-12-15
Saga of Death Valley
1939-11-17
The Arizona Kid
1939-09-28
In Old Monterey
1939-08-14
Wall Street Cowboy
1939-08-06
In Old Caliente
1939-06-19
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939-06-02
The Night Riders
1939-04-12
Frontier Pony Express
1939-04-11
Southward Ho!
1939-03-19
Rough Riders' Round-up
1939-03-13
The Mysterious Miss X
1939-01-10
Army Girl
1938-08-11
The Lone Ranger
1938-02-13
Springtime in the Rockies
1937-11-13
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