Douglass Montgomery

Acting

Douglass Montgomery

Born October 29, 1907 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Died July 23, 1966 · aged 58

Douglass Montgomery (born Robert Douglass Montgomery) was an American stage, screen, and television actor.

Known For

Little WomenLittle Women · 1933
Little Women
6.81933
MovieDramaFamily
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Sinfonia fataleSinfonia fatale · 1947
Sinfonia fatale
8.01947
Movie
An American composer moves to Italy and falls for a local country girl right before the start of World War II.
The Cat and the CanaryThe Cat and the Canary · 1939
The Cat and the Canary
6.91939
MovieComedyHorror
Relatives gather at a haunted mansion for a will reading where the sole heir is threatened by a clause that could disinherit her if she goes mad, all while a homicidal maniac escapes nearby.
Five and TenFive and Ten · 1931
Five and Ten
6.11931
MovieDramaRomance
John owns the largest chain of five and ten cent stores in the country. He moves his family to New York from Kansas City and their life, though grand, is falling apart due to his constant working. Wife and mother Jenny is lonely. Son Avery hates his job. Daughter Jennifer is snubbed by classmate Muriel and her friends. At a charity bazaar, Jennifer meets Berry and sparks are evident. However, he is engaged to Muriel and Muriel will make sure that she, and only she, marries Berry. After the marriage, Berry still thinks of Jennifer as Jennifer thinks of Berry. Avery laments about the state of his family since they were happy in Kansas City.
ForbiddenForbidden · 1949
Forbidden
7.11949
MovieThrillerDrama
Set on Blackpool’s Golden Mile, Jim (Douglass Montgomery), a once promising scientist, sets up in business as a patent medicine man selling hair tonic at the fair with his ex-army colleague Dan (Ronald Shiner). Following a fight with local hoods over pitch spaces, Jim falls for Jane (Hazel Court), the girl on a nearby candy floss stall. The two begin dating but Jim fails to mention he is already married.
The Mystery of Edwin DroodThe Mystery of Edwin Drood · 1935
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
5.91935
MovieDramaMystery
A choirmaster addicted to opium and obsessed with a beautiful young woman will stop at nothing to possess her.
Waterloo BridgeWaterloo Bridge · 1931
Waterloo Bridge
6.91931
MovieDramaRomance
In World War I London, Myra is an American out-of-work chorus girl making ends meet by picking up men on Waterloo Bridge. During a Zeppelin air raid she meets Roy, a naive young American who enlisted in the Canadian army. After they fall for each other, Roy tricks Myra into visiting his family, who live in a country estate outside London, his mother having remarried to a retired British Major. Myra is reluctant to continue the relationship with Roy, he not aware of her past.
Little Man, What Now?Little Man, What Now? · 1934
Little Man, What Now?
6.31934
MovieDramaRomance
A young couple struggling against poverty must keep their marriage a secret in order for the husband to keep his job, as his boss doesn't like to hire married men.

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Matinee TheaterMatinee Theater · 1955
Matinee Theater
5.31955
SeriesDrama
Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from 1955 to 1958. The series, which ran daily in the afternoon, was frequently live. It was produced by Albert McCleery, Darrell Ross, George Cahan and Frank Price with executive producer George Lowther. McCleery had previously produced the live series Cameo Theatre which introduced to television the concept of theater-in-the-round, TV plays staged with minimal sets. Jim Buckley of the Pewter Plough Playhouse recalled: When Al McCleery got back to the States, he originated a most ambitious theatrical TV series for NBC called Matinee Theater: to televise five different stage plays per week live, airing around noon in order to promote color TV to the American housewife as she labored over her ironing. Al was the producer. He hired five directors and five art directors. Richard Bennett, one of our first early presidents of the Pewter Plough Corporation, was one of the directors and I was one of the art directors and, as soon as we were through televising one play, we had lunch and then met to plan next week’s show. That was over 50 years ago, and I’m trying to think; I believe the TV art director is his own set decorator —yes, of course! It had to be, since one of McCleery’s chief claims to favor with the producers was his elimination of the setting per se and simply decorating the scene with a minimum of props. It took a bit of ingenuity.