Lee Montague Biography (1927-)

Born October 16, 1927, in London, England; married Ruth Goring.

Favorite roles: Iago in Othello, Face in The Alchemist, Irving Spaatz in TheLatent Heterosexual, and Barney Cashman in Last of the Red Hot Lovers.

Nationality
English
Gender
Male
Birth Details
October 16, 1927
London, England

Famous Works

  • Credits
  • STAGE DEBUT--Twelfth Night, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1950.
  • BROADWAY DEBUT--Gregory Hawke, The Climate of Eden, Martin Beck Theatre,1952.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
  • Usumcasane, Tamburlaine the Great, Edmund, King Lear, and Flaminius, Timon of Athens, all Old Vic Theatre, London, 1951-52.
  • Ben, Love for Love, Bristol Old Vic Company, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, Bristol, U.K., 1953.
  • the Dauphin, Henry V, Bristol Old Vic Company, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, then Old Vic Theatre, London, both 1953.
  • Francis X. Gibbons, Mrs. Gibbons' Boys, Westminster Theatre, London, 1956.
  • Demetrius, Titus Andronicus, Stoll Theatre, London, 1957.
  • Rocky Pioggi, The Iceman Cometh, Arts Theatre, then Winter Garden Theatre, both London, 1958.
  • Shylock, The Merchant of Venice, and Face, The Alchemist, both Old Vic Theatre, London, 1962.
  • Angelo, Measure for Measure, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1963.
  • Charles Smith, Meals on Wheels, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1965.
  • Ed, Entertaining Mr. Sloan, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 1965.
  • Irving Spaatz, The Latent Heterosexual, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1968.
  • Iago, Othello, Oxford Playhouse, Oxford, U.K., 1970.
  • Lopakhin, The Cherry Orchard, Oxford Playhouse, 1971.
  • title role, Volpone, and Grigory Charnota, Flight, both Bristol Old Vic Company, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, 1972.
  • Jack Rawlings, Who Saw Him Die?, Royal Haymarket Theatre, London, 1974.
  • title role, The Father, Stratford East Theatre, London, 1976.
  • Dr. Prentice, What the Butler Saw, and Mr. Antrobus, The Skin of Our Teeth, both Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, U.K., 1977.
  • O'Connor, Cause Celebre, Her Majesty's Theatre, London, 1977.
  • Barney Cashman, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Royal Exchange Company, Criterion Theatre, London, 1979.
  • Credits; MAJOR TOURS
  • The Dauphin, Henry V, Bristol Old Vic Company, Swiss cities, 1953.
  • Iago, Othello, U.K. cities, 1970.
  • Lopakhin, The Cherry Orchard, U.K. cities, 1971.
  • Jack Rawlings, Who Killed Jack Robin?, U.K. cities, 1972.
  • FILM DEBUT--Maurice Joyant, Moulin Rouge, United Artists, 1952.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
  • Miguel's mate, The Silent Enemy, Universal, 1959.
  • Michael, Another Sky, Harrison, 1960.
  • Sergeant Farrow, Chance Meeting (also known as Blind Date), Paramount, 1960.
  • Aberle, Foxhole in Cairo, British Lion, 1960.
  • Itti, The Savage Innocents, Paramount, 1960.
  • Tim Jordan, The Man at the Carlton Tower, Anglo Amalgamated, 1961.
  • Detective Inspector Henderson, The Secret Partner (also known as The Street Partner), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1961.
  • Pepe, The Singer, Not the Song, Warner Brothers, 1961.
  • Squeak, Billy Budd, United Artists, 1962.
  • Miklos Tabori, Operation Snatch, Continental Distributing, 1962.
  • Larry Hart, Five to One, Allied Artists, 1963.
  • Levy, The Secret of Blood Island, Universal, 1965.
  • Staff Sergeant Mansfield, You Must Be Joking!, Columbia, 1965.
  • Box, Deadlier Than the Male, Universal, 1967.
  • Sergeant Transom, How I Won the War, United Artists, 1967.
  • Denzil, The High Commissioner (also known as Nobody Runs Forever), Cinerama, 1968.
  • Cipriani, Eagle in a Cage, National General, 1971.
  • Father, Brother Sun, Sister Moon, Paramount, 1973.
  • Bernhard Mahler, Mahler, Visual Programme Systems, 1974.
  • Lucky Luciano, Brass Target, United Artists, 1978.
  • Jacques, The Legacy (also known as The Legacy of Maggie Walsh), Universal, 1979.
  • Jack Freeman, Silver Dream Racer, Almi Films, 1982.
  • Lee, Red Monarch, Goldcrest, 1983.
  • Renard, Lady Jane, Paramount, 1986.
  • Also appeared in A London Affair.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; SERIES
  • Feet First.
  • MINI-SERIES Uncle Sasha, Holocaust, NBC, 1978.
  • Credits; EPISODIC
  • Space: 1999, syndicated, 1977.
  • Credits; MOVIES
  • Igor, The Spy Killer, ABC, 1969.
  • Habbukuk, Jesus of Nazareth, NBC, 1977.
  • Kozelski, Kim, CBS, 1984.
  • Marshal Konev, Pope John Paul II, CBS, 1984.
  • Slavsky, Sakharov, HBO, 1984.
  • Also appeared in Eleanor Marx, Darwin's Dream, and Comrades.

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