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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 (aged 58) Norwalk, Connecticut, USA

Douglass Montgomery (October 29, 1907 – July 23, 1966) was an American film actor.

Career

He was known in his earlier films as Kent Douglass. 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. He returned to the USA and appeared in a number of TV shows.

Death

He died of cancer in Norwalk, Connecticut, aged 58, on July 23, 1966.

Selected filmography

• Paid (UK title Within the Law) (1930)
• Waterloo Bridge (1931)
• Eight Girls in a Boat (1932)
• Little Women (1933)
• Little Man, What Now? (1934)
• Music in the Air (1934)
• The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935)
• Harmony Lane (1935)
• The Cat and the Canary (1939)
• The Way to the Stars (1945) (US title Johnny in the Clouds)
• Woman to Woman (1946)
• When in Rome (1947)
• Forbidden (1948)

Television appearances

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

Source

• 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

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