Biography: life and films
Montgomery Clift was an American actor whose birth name was Edward Montgomery Clift. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska, USA on 17th October 1920 and died in New York City, New York, USA on 23rd July 1966, aged 45.His best films as an actor include George Stevens's A Place in the Sun (1951), Fred Zinnemann's From Here to Eternity (1953), Alfred Hitchcock's crime-thriller I Confess (1953) and Elia Kazan's Wild River (1960), and whose best work as a screenwriter include The Search (1948), Stanley Kramer's Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) and Raoul Lévy's The Defector (1966).
Montgomery Clift appeared in 20 films and scripted 3 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: John Huston (2 films), George Stevens Jr. (2), Fred Zinnemann (2) and Edward Dmytryk (2).
His most frequent genres include: drama (15 films), romance (6), War (4), Documentary (3), Western (2) and Biography (2).
Our average rating for Montgomery Clift over all films is: 3.7
Filmography
Key: a = actor; w = writer
Red River (1948) [a]
The Search (1948) [a,w]
The Big Lift (1950) [a]
From Here to Eternity (1953) [a]
I Confess (1953) [a]
Stazione Termini (1953) [a]
Raintree County (1957) [a]
Lonelyhearts (1958) [a]
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) [a]
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) [a,w]
The Misfits (1961) [a]
Freud (1962) [a]
The Love Goddesses (1965) [a]
The Defector (1966) [a,w]
America at the Movies (1976) [a]
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984) [a]
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