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 Chandlers 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 Starrs 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 60s, 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.

Films indisponible à partir de George Montgomery

The Brasher Doubloon

Philip Marlowe

Film 1947

Satan's Harvest

Cutter Murdock

Film 1970

Battle of the Bulge

Sgt. Duquesne

Film 1965

Orchestra Wives

Bill Abbot

Film 1942

Davy Crockett, Indian Scout

Davy Crockett

Film 1950

Springtime in the Rockies

Cowhand at Dance (uncredited)

Film 1937

The Daredevil

Paul Tunney

Film 1972

Coney Island

Eddie Johnson

Film 1943

China Girl

Johnny Williams

Film 1942

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

Self

Film 1979

Roxie Hart

Homer Howard

Film 1942

Strangers at Sunrise

Grant Merrick

Film 1969

The Steel Claw

Capt. John Larsen

Film 1961

Pawnee

Paul 'Pale Arrow' Fletcher

Film 1957

Street of Sinners

John Dean

Film 1957

Gun Duel In Durango

Will Sabre

Film 1957

The Girl from Manhattan

Rev. Tom Walker

Film 1948

Watusi

Harry Quartermain

Film 1959

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

Self

Film 1941

Fort Ti

Capt. Jed Horn

Film 1953

Jack McCall, Desperado

Jack McCall

Film 1953

Seminole Uprising

Cam Elliott

Film 1955

The Lone Gun

Cruze

Film 1954

Accent on Love

John Worth Hyndman

Film 1941

Masterson of Kansas

Bat Masterson

Film 1954

Battle of Rogue River

Maj. Frank Archer

Film 1954

Hostile Guns

Gid McCool

Film 1967

Cripple Creek

Bret Ivers / Iverson

Film 1952

Hell of Borneo

John Dirkson

Film 1964

The Pathfinder

Pathfinder

Film 1952

Three Little Girls in Blue

Van Damm Smith

Film 1946

Dakota Lil

Tom Horn / Steve Garrett

Film 1950

The Toughest Gun in Tombstone

Capt. Matt Sloane

Film 1958

Samar

Dr. John David Saunders

Film 1962

The Lone Ranger

Jim Clark

Film 1938

Indian Uprising

Capt. Chase McCloud

Film 1952

King of the Wild Stallions

Randy Burke

Film 1959

Last of the Badmen

Dan Barton

Film 1957

Django the Condemned

Pat O'Brien

Film 1965

The Cowboy and the Blonde

Lank Garrett

Film 1941

Huk!

Greg Dickson

Film 1956

Star Dust

Ronnie

Film 1940

Belle Starr's Daughter

Marshal Tom Jackson

Film 1948

Saga of Death Valley

Henchman

Film 1939

Wall Street Cowboy

Cowhand

Film 1939

Last of the Duanes

Buck Duane

Film 1941

The Mysterious Miss X

Policeman

Film 1939

Rough Riders' Round-up

Patrolman Joe

Film 1939

Southward Ho!

Film 1939

The Night Riders

Mob Member

Film 1939

Frontier Pony Express

Lieutenant Harris

Film 1939

In Old Caliente

Henchman

Film 1939

South of the Border

Bandit

Film 1939

Ransom

Inspector Marks

Film 1988

Bomber's Moon

Capt. Jeffrey Dakin

Film 1943

Man from God's Country

Dan Beattie

Film 1958

Warkill

Col. John Hannegan

Film 1968

Charter Pilot

Charlie Crane

Film 1940

The Return of Gentleman Jim

Jim Corbett

Film 1955

In Old Monterey

Soldier

Film 1939

Riders of the Purple Sage

Lassiter

Film 1941

Hi-Yo Silver

Jim Clark

Film 1940

Hallucination Generation

Eric

Film 1966

Army Girl

Soldier

Film 1938

Wild Wind

Major Nestorovic

Film 1985

Badman's Country

Pat Garrett

Film 1958

Bomb at 10:10

Steve Corbett / Stiv Korbet

Film 1967

S.O.S Tidal Wave

Film 1939

Cadet Girl

Tex Mallory

Film 1941

Take It or Leave It

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Film 1944

Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure

Lt. Warren

Film 1944

Ride the Tiger

Film 1970

Guerillas in Pink Lace

Murphy

Film 1964

Claire

Dr. Stanley Wayne

Film 1956

Séries TV indisponible à partir de George Montgomery

Alias Smith and Jones

Tv 1971

Studio One

Bakeland

Tv 1948

This Is Your Life

Self

Tv 1952

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

Self

Tv 1956

The Steve Allen Show

Self - Cimarron City

Tv 1956

The Mike Douglas Show

Self

Tv 1961

Children's Island

The President

Tv 1985

The Six Million Dollar Man

Christopher Bell / Garth

Tv 1974

What's My Line?

Self - Mystery Guest

Tv 1950