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As a child, Robert Montgomery enjoyed a privileged life, as his father was the president of the New York Rubber Co. When he died, the fortune was gone and Robert worked at a number of jobs. He later went to New York to be a writer, and on the advice of a friend tried acting. He worked with George Cukor on the stage and his first film, at MGM, was So This Is College (1929). When Norma Shearer picked him to be her leading man in Private Lives (1931), he was set. He played many likable characters over the years, covering the gamut from very poor to very rich. In 1935, he became President of the Screen Actors Guild. His stay with MGM lasted 16 years, and was only interrupted by WWII when he joined the navy. He saw action in both Europe and the Pacific. He returned to MGM in 1945 and co-starred with John Wayne in the John Ford-directed They Were Expendable (1945) and then made his directorial debut with Lady in the Lake (1947) (although he had directed a few scenes, uncredited, in They Were Expendable (1945) when John Ford took ill). He then left MGM to become an independent director, preferring work behind the camera instead of in front. He was a friendly witness before the House Un-American Activities in 1947 during the McCarthy era and then spent most of his time on television and stage. His popular show, "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950), was where daughter Elizabeth Montgomery (who later gained fame as beautiful witch Samantha on TV`s popular "Bewitched" (1964)) got her first acting job.
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BiographyFriends and FamilyMadge Evans [Friend] :: Douglas Fairbanks Jr. [Friend] :: Myrna Loy [Friend] :: Gene Markey [Friend] :: Henry Montgomery [Father] :: Mary Weed Barney [Mother]Trivia and QuotesQuotes If you are lucky enough to be a success, by all means enjoy the applause and adulation of the public. But never, never believe it. Usually there are four or five treatments that are done before the transplant and then after the transplant they have an additional two or three treatments, There`s a lot of misinformation being said about it. It`s not a dangerous material. It`s no more dangerous than some fertilizers. Home, the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest Are you really listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk? If you achieve success, you will get applause, and if you get applause, you will hear it. My advice to you concerning applause is this; enjoy it but never quite believe it. The solitary monk who shook the world. With this innovation, I can tell any patient who has a live donor and is medically eligible that they can be transplanted with a high likelihood of success. This procedure has the potential of increasing the number of living donor transplant operations by one third to one half. Many of these patients have been repeatedly told there is no hope of ever receiving a kidney transplant, If you are lucky enough to be a success, by all means enjoy the applause and the adulation of the public. But never, never believe it.Trivia He also had a son Robert Montgomery, Jr. Father of actress Elizabeth Montgomery. Actually had three children by wife Elizabeth Bryan Allen. His first child, Martha Bryan, was born October 13, 1930, but died of spinal meningitis at the age of 14 months. Elizabeth and Robert Jr. arrived in 1933 and 1936. He was host of CBS Radio's "Suspense" for six months in 1948 when the show went from a half hour to an hour. Son of Henry Montgomery and wife Mary Weed Barney. Wrote a book in 1968 entitled "An Open Letter from a Television Viewer," which blasted the television industry for its monopolistic schemes and violent programming. President of Screen Actors Guild (SAG). [1946-1947] President of Screen Actors Guild (SAG). [1935-1938] Won Broadway's 1955 Tony Award as Best Director for "The Desperate Hours." Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 571-573. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998. Pioneered the concept of the political "image consultant" in the early television era by advising President Dwight D. Eisenhower on how to most effectively present himself to TV viewers. Following Richard Nixon's disastrous first televised debate with John F. Kennedy during the 1960 campaign, Eisenhower remarked that he was certain that if Nixon had only let Montgomery coordinate his appearance, Nixon would have looked much better, and would have probably won the debate... and the election. Was widely considered to be one of the best dressed men in Hollywood and for years did not carry a wallet because it ruined the drape of his suits. In 1949, he accepted the Oscar for "Best Picture" on behalf of Laurence Olivier, who was not present at the awards ceremony. Served on the board of directors of several major corporations in the 1960s, including R.H. Macy and Co. and the Milwaukee Telephone Company. His series, "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950), won the Emmy as the Best Dramatic Program of 1953. US Navy Reserve during WWII | ||
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