Montgomery Clift
Known for Acting · 44 credits
- Born
- 1920-10-17
- Died
- 1966-07-23
- Place of birth
- Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- Also known as
- Edward Montgomery Clift · Monty Clift · Монтгомери Клифт
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (4)
Movies (40)
The Misfits
1961
as Perce Howland
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961
as Rudolph Petersen
Red River
1948
as Matthew Garth
From Here to Eternity
1953
as Pvt. Robert E. Lee 'Prew' Prewitt
I Confess
1953
as Fr. Michael William Logan
Raintree County
1957
as John Wickliff Shawnessy
Suddenly, Last Summer
1959
as Dr. Cukrowicz
Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
The Search
1948
as Ralph Stevenson
A Place in the Sun
1951
as George Eastman
The Heiress
1949
as Morris Townsend
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Wild River
1960
as Chuck Glover
The Young Lions
1958
as Noah Ackerman
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
as Self (archive footage)
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
as Self (archive)
Freud: The Secret Passion
1962
as Sigmund Freud
Lonelyhearts
1959
as Adam White
Indiscretion of an American Wife
1953
as Giovanni Doria
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973
as Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
as (archive footage)
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994
as Dr. Cukrowicz (archive footage)
The Big Lift
1950
as Sgt. 1st Class Danny MacCullough
Montgomery Clift
1983
as Self (archive footage)
Listen to Me Marlon
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Making 'The Misfits'
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012
as (archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
as (archive footage)
The Defector
1966
as Professor James Bower
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn at the Movies
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Making Montgomery Clift
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Operation Raintree
1957
as Self
George Stevens and His Place In The Sun
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Gay! Gay! Hollywood
1994
Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess
2004
as Self (archive footage)
William Faulkner's Mississippi
1965
as Self - Narrator
About 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 West… With 44 credits spanning from 1948 to 2024, Montgomery Clift has appeared in 40 films and 4 TV shows.
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Most Popular Montgomery Clift Movies
- The Misfits (1961) — as Perce Howland
- Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) — as Rudolph Petersen
- Red River (1948) — as Matthew Garth
- From Here to Eternity (1953) — as Pvt. Robert E. Lee 'Prew' Prewitt
- I Confess (1953) — as Fr. Michael William Logan
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