Montgomery Clift
Montgomery Clift
Edward Montgomery “Monty” Clift (October 17, 1920 - July 23, 1966) was an American actor of the Golden Age, known for often playing sensitive or conflicted outcast characters with realistic emotional depth and anxieties. Clift, Marlon Brando and James Dean are the trio typically associated with the new wave of film acting, with Clift being the oldest and first to make his stage and screen debuts. Starting at age 14, he was a breakout talent on Broadway throughout 1935-1945. He finally accepted one of many Hollywood offers: starring in the Western “Red River” which was filmed in 1946 but delayed release for 2 years. Fred Zinnemann’s “The Search” preceded “Red River” as his first film in 1948 and first Academy Award nomination. Clift’s next major films were “The Heiress” (1949) and “A Place in the Sun” (1951), cementing his romantic lead status. At the time, audiences had rarely seen a type of masculinity softened with Clift’s vulnerability. Hollywood had also never seen a young actor control his career and instant stardom the way Clift did in the late 1940’s: notoriously selective, refusing the standard seven-year studio contracts and rewriting scripts to preserve his artistic freedom. In 1953, Zinnemann again directed Clift to an Academy Award nomination in war drama “From Here to Eternity.” After suffering a near-fatal car accident during “Raintree County” (1957) he starred in acclaimed 1960’s films "Wild River,” "The Misfits” and “Judgment at Nuremberg” for which he earned a fourth and final Academy Award nomination for his 12-minute scene. Despite a 4-year hiatus and mounting health problems, Clift was eager to make a comeback in "Reflections in a Golden Eye,” secured by the insurance and insistence of co-star Elizabeth Taylor, but he tragically died of a heart attack at the age of 45 just weeks before shooting began.
Acted Movies
Director: Stevan Riley
Writers: Stevan Riley,
Cast: Anna Kashfi, Bette Davis, Dick Cavett, Francis Ford Coppola, Konstantin Stanislavski, Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Stella Adler,
Director: John Huston
Writers: Arthur Miller,
Cast: Clark Gable, Eli Wallach, Estelle Winwood, James Barton, John Huston, Kevin McCarthy, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Rex Bell, Thelma Ritter,
Director: Elia Kazan
Writers: Paul Osborn,
Cast: Albert Salmi, Barbara Loden, Bruce Dern, Frank Overton, James Westerfield, Jay C. Flippen, Jo Van Fleet, Lee Remick, Malcolm Atterbury, Montgomery Clift,
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Writers: Edward Anhalt,
Cast: Barbara Rush, Dean Martin, Dora Doll, Hope Lange, Lee Van Cleef, Liliane Montevecchi, Marlon Brando, Maximilian Schell, May Britt, Montgomery Clift,
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Writers: Daniel Taradash,
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Ernest Borgnine, Frank Sinatra, Harry Bellaver, Jack Warden, Mickey Shaughnessy, Montgomery Clift, Philip Ober,
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writers: George Tabori,
Cast: Anne Baxter, Brian Aherne, Charles Andre, Dolly Haas, Henry Corden, Karl Malden, Montgomery Clift, Nan Boardman, O.E. Hasse, Roger Dann,
Director: William Wyler
Writers: Ruth Goetz,
Cast: Betty Linley, Miriam Hopkins, Mona Freeman, Montgomery Clift, Olivia de Havilland, Paul Lees, Ralph Richardson, Ray Collins, Selena Royle, Vanessa Brown,
Director: Howard Hawks
Writers: Charles Schnee,
Cast: Chief Yowlachie, Coleen Gray, Harry Carey, Harry Carey, Jr., Joanne Dru, John Ireland, John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Noah Beery Jr., Walter Brennan,