Montgomery Clift

Montgomery Clift

Actor Oct 17 (died age 45) Omaha, Nebraska, USA 1948–2024 (76 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Judgment at Nuremberg

Judgment at Nuremberg

Rudolph Petersen

From Here to Eternity

From Here to Eternity

Pvt. Robert E. Lee 'Prew' Prewitt

Red River

Red River

Matthew Garth

A Place in the Sun

A Place in the Sun

George Eastman

I Confess

I Confess

Fr. Michael William Logan

The Heiress

The Heiress

Morris Townsend

The Misfits

The Misfits

Perce Howland

Suddenly, Last Summer

Suddenly, Last Summer

Dr. Cukrowicz

Filmography

Acting (42)

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Movies (38)

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

as Self (archive footage)

Rat Pack

Rat Pack

as Self (archive footage)

Making Montgomery Clift

Making Montgomery Clift

as Self (archive footage)

Listen to Me Marlon

Listen to Me Marlon

as Self (archive footage)

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Starring Sigmund Freud

as (archive footage)

Marilyn at the Movies

Marilyn at the Movies

Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess

Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess

as Self (archive footage)

Making 'The Misfits'

Making 'The Misfits'

as Self (archive footage)

Edith Head: The Paramount Years

Edith Head: The Paramount Years

as (archive footage)

George Stevens and His Place In The Sun

George Stevens and His Place In The Sun

as Self (archive footage)

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

as Self (archive footage)

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

as Self (archive footage)

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

as Dr. Cukrowicz (archive footage)

Gay! Gay! Hollywood

Gay! Gay! Hollywood

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

as (archive footage)

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star

Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star

as Self (archive footage)

Montgomery Clift

Montgomery Clift

as Self (archive footage)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

as Self (archive footage)

The Defector

The Defector

as Professor James Bower

Freud: The Secret Passion

Freud: The Secret Passion

as Sigmund Freud

Judgment at Nuremberg

Judgment at Nuremberg

as Rudolph Petersen

The Misfits

The Misfits

as Perce Howland

Wild River

Wild River

as Chuck Glover

Lonelyhearts

Lonelyhearts

as Adam White

Suddenly, Last Summer

Suddenly, Last Summer

as Dr. Cukrowicz

The Young Lions

The Young Lions

as Noah Ackerman

Raintree County

Raintree County

as John Wickliff Shawnessy

Operation Raintree

Operation Raintree

as Self

From Here to Eternity

From Here to Eternity

as Pvt. Robert E. Lee 'Prew' Prewitt

I Confess

I Confess

as Fr. Michael William Logan

Indiscretion of an American Wife

Indiscretion of an American Wife

as Giovanni Doria

A Place in the Sun

A Place in the Sun

as George Eastman

The Big Lift

The Big Lift

as Sgt. 1st Class Danny MacCullough

The Heiress

The Heiress

as Morris Townsend

Red River

Red River

as Matthew Garth

The Search

as Ralph Stevenson

Television (4)

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

The David Susskind Show

The David Susskind Show

as Self

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self