Portrait of Robert Montgomery

Acting

Robert Montgomery

Career

Active from 1929 to 1960, busiest in 1930 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles
55
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Ride the Pink Horse
Ride the Pink Horse
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 38 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Robert Montgomery Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.6, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.7, average 4.1
  • Scare
    1.4, average 2.6
  • Uncanny
    1.3, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Hollywood 9
  • Character-Driven 6
  • Melodrama 4
  • Class Conflict 4
  • Pre-Code Era 4
  • 1930s 3
  • Romantic Drama 3
  • Sophisticated 3
  • Romantic Comedy 3
  • Romance 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Witty Dialogue 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

64
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

2 titles ยท average score 77
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
GoodWatch score 70

as (archive footage)

That's Entertainment!
That's Entertainment! (1974)
GoodWatch score 84

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1960s

1 title ยท average score 66
The Gallant Hours
The Gallant Hours (1960)
GoodWatch score 66

as Narration (American scenes)

1950s

1 title ยท average score 62
Your Witness
Your Witness (1950)
GoodWatch score 62

as Adam Heyward

1940s

13 titles ยท average score 63
June Bride
June Bride (1948)
GoodWatch score 64

as Carey Jackson

The Secret Land
The Secret Land (1948)
GoodWatch score 61

as Narrator

The Saxon Charm
The Saxon Charm (1948)
GoodWatch score 56

as Matt Saxon

Ride the Pink Horse
Ride the Pink Horse (1947)
GoodWatch score 88

as Lucky Gagin

Lady in the Lake
Lady in the Lake (1946)
GoodWatch score 59

as Phillip Marlowe

They Were Expendable
They Were Expendable (1945)
GoodWatch score 72

as Lt. John Brickley

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
GoodWatch score 55

as David

Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
GoodWatch score 70

as Joe Pendleton

Rage in Heaven
Rage in Heaven (1941)
GoodWatch score 60

as Philip Monrell

Unfinished Business
Unfinished Business (1941)
GoodWatch score 64

as Tommy Duncan

The Earl of Chicago
The Earl of Chicago (1940)
GoodWatch score 53

as Robert Kilmount

Busman's Honeymoon
Busman's Honeymoon (1940)
GoodWatch score 55

as Lord Peter Wimsey

1930s

42 titles ยท average score 59
Three Loves Has Nancy
Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
GoodWatch score 52

as Malcolm 'Mal' Niles

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)
GoodWatch score 56

as Lord Arthur Dilling

Ever Since Eve
Ever Since Eve (1937)
GoodWatch score 68

as Freddy Matthews

Night Must Fall
Night Must Fall (1937)
GoodWatch score 72

as Danny

Riptide
Riptide (1934)
GoodWatch score 56

as Tommie L. Trent

Forsaking All Others
Forsaking All Others (1934)
GoodWatch score 58

as Dillon 'Dill" Todd

Fugitive Lovers
Fugitive Lovers (1934)
GoodWatch score 63

as Paul Porter, aka Stephen Blaine

Hide-Out
Hide-Out (1934)
GoodWatch score 63

as Jonathan 'Lucky' Wilson

Hell Below
Hell Below (1933)
GoodWatch score 58

as Lieut. Thomas Knowlton USN

When Ladies Meet
When Ladies Meet (1933)
GoodWatch score 58

as Jimmie

Blondie of the Follies
Blondie of the Follies (1932)
GoodWatch score 52

as Larry Belmont

Love in the Rough
Love in the Rough (1930)
GoodWatch score 55

as Kelly

1920s

5 titles ยท average score 53
So This Is College
So This Is College (1929)
GoodWatch score 50

as Biff

Untamed
Untamed (1929)
GoodWatch score 58

as Andy McAllister

Their Own Desire
Their Own Desire (1929)
GoodWatch score 49

as John 'Jack' Douglas Cheever

Three Live Ghosts
Three Live Ghosts (1929)

as William Foster

The Single Standard
The Single Standard (1929)
GoodWatch score 55

as Party Boy (uncredited)