Douglass Montgomery

Douglass Montgomery
from the trailer for the film Little Women (1933)
Born	October 29, 1907(1907-10-29) Los Angeles, California, USA
Died	July 23, 1966(1966-07-23) (aged 58) Norwalk, Connecticut, USA

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 the Johnny Hollis ("Johnny-in-the-Clouds") in The Way to the Stars (1945).

Montgomery returned to the USA and appeared in a number of TV shows.

Personal life

Douglass Montgomery married British actress Kay Young (Kathleen Tamar Young) on 14 March 1952 at Bethlehem Federated Church, Bethlehem, Connecticut, USA.^[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 (UK title Within the Law) (1930)
• Daybreak (1931)
• Five and Ten (1931)
• Waterloo Bridge (1931)
• 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

• Robert Montgomery Presents
• Cameo Theatre
• Kraft Television Theater
• Hallmark Hall of Fame

Notes

1. ^ Wildings & Thurleys, Cantophers & McConnells, "Hatches, Matches & Dispatches only," Person page 28, accessed 18 January 2010
2. ^ Ibid., Person page 46 accessed 18 January 2010
3. ^ 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. 

External links

Biography portal

• Douglass Montgomery at the Internet Movie Database
• Douglass Montgomery at the Internet Broadway Database
• Douglass Montgomery at Find a Grave

Persondata
Name	Montgomery, Douglass
Alternative names
Short description	Actor
Date of birth	1907-10-29
Place of birth	Los Angeles, California, USA
Date of death	1966-07-23
Place of death	Norwalk, Connecticut, USA