Douglass Montgomery
Douglass Montgomery | |
|---|---|
 from the trailer for the film Little Women (1933) | |
| Born | October 29, 1907 |
| Died | July 23, 1966 (aged 58) |
| Years active | 1926-1957 |
| Spouse | Kay Young (1952-1966) (his death) |
Robert Douglass Montgomery (October 29, 1907 – July 23, 1966) was an American film actor.
Career
Son of a jeweler, he used the stage name of Douglass Montgomery when he first acted on stage in New York. He appeared as a ruggedly handsome fair-haired man, often slightly naive. He started his career in Hollywood, often playing the second male lead. Montgomery moved to Britain in the 1940s and made films there.
Among his most celebrated roles were Laurie in Little Women (1933), opposite Katharine Hepburn's Jo March. He also played Johnny Hollis ("Johnny-in-the-Clouds") in The Way to the Stars (1945).
Montgomery returned to the US and appeared in a number of television shows.
Personal life
Douglass Montgomery married British actress Kay Young (Kathleen Tamar Young) on 14 March 1952 at Bethlehem Federated Church in Bethlehem, Connecticut.[1] He was her second husband. Young had divorced film actor Michael Wilding the year before she wed Montgomery.[2] (Wilding also remarried in 1952, to Hollywood star Elizabeth Taylor.)[3] Young and Montgomery remained married until his death.
Death
Douglass Montgomery died of spinal cancer in Norwalk, Connecticut, aged 58, on July 23, 1966.
Filmography
- Paid (1930) UK title: Within the Law
- Daybreak (1931)
- Five and Ten (1931)
- Waterloo Bridge (1931) (Credited as Kent Douglass)
- A House Divided (1931)
- Little Women (1933)
- Eight Girls in a Boat (1934)
- Little Man, What Now? (1934)
- Music in the Air (1934)
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935)
- Lady Tubbs (1935)
- Harmony Lane (1935)
- Everything Is Thunder (1936)
- Tropical Trouble (1936)
- Life Begins With Love (1937)
- Counsel for Crime (1937)
- The Cat and the Canary (1939)
- The Way to the Stars (1945) (US title Johnny in the Clouds)
- Sinfonia fatale (1946) (When in Rome)
- Woman to Woman (1946)
- Forbidden (1949)
Television appearances
References
- ^ Wildings & Thurleys, Cantophers & McConnells, "Hatches, Matches & Dispatches only," Person page 28, accessed 18 January 2010
- ^ Ibid., Person page 46 accessed 18 January 2010
- ^ Ibid., Person page 44, accessed 18 January 2010
- Halliwell, Leslie (2001-08-07). Walker, John (ed.). Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies (14th ed.). HarperResource. ISBN 0-06-093507-3.
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