Montagu Love
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 15, 1880
- Died
- May 17, 1943
- Birthplace
- Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Montagu Love (15 March 1880 – 17 May 1943), also known as Montague Love, was an English screen, stage and vaudeville actor. Born Harry Montague Love in Portsmouth, Hampshire, he was the son of Harry Love (b. 1852) and Fanny Louisa Love, née Poad (b. 1856); his father was listed as accountant on the 1881 English Census. Educated in Great Britain, Love began his career as an artist and military correspondent with his first important job as a London newspaper cartoonist. Love honed basic stage talents in London, and in 1913 sailed to the Canada and crossed the border into the United States in November with a road-company production of Cyril Maude's Grumpy. Usually Love was cast in heartless villain roles. In the 1920s, he played with Rudolph Valentino in The Son of the Sheik, opposite John Barrymore in Don Juan, and appeared with Lillian Gish in 1928's The Wind. He also portrayed 'Colonel Ibbetson' in Forever (1921), the silent film version of Peter Ibbetson. Love was one of the more successful villains in silent films. One of Love's first sound films was the part-talkie The Mysterious Island co-starring Lionel Barrymore. In 1937, he played Henry VIII in the first talking film version of Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper, with Errol Flynn. Love played the bigoted Bishop of the Black Canons in The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Flynn, too. However, he also played gruff authoritarian figures, such as Monsieur Cavaignac, who, contrary to history, demands the resignation of those responsible for the Dreyfus coverup, in The Life of Emile Zola (1937), as well as Don Alejandro de la Vega, whose son appears to be a fop but is actually Zorro, in the 1940 version of The Mark of Zorro, starring Tyrone Power. In 1941, he played a doctor in Shining Victory, which also starred James Stephenson, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Donald Crisp. In 1939's Gunga Din, it is Montagu Love who reads the final stanza of Rudyard Kipling's original poem over the body of the slain Din. Love's last film to be released, Devotion, was released three years after his death aged 63 in 1943. He was interred at Chapel of the Pines Crematory. His last acting stint was on Wings Over the Pacific (1943).
Filmography
Torpedo of Doom 1966
as Col. White
Devotion 1946
as Rev. Brontë
Wings Over the Pacific 1943
as Jim Butler
The Constant Nymph 1943
as Albert Sanger
Forever and a Day 1943
as Sir John Bunn
Tennessee Johnson 1942
as Chief Justice Chase
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror 1942
as General Jerome Lawford
The Remarkable Andrew 1942
as General George Washington
Lady for a Night 1942
as Judge
Shining Victory 1941
as Dr. Blake
The Devil and Miss Jones 1941
as Harrison
Hudson's Bay 1940
as Governor D'Argenson
The Son of Monte Cristo 1940
as Prime Minister Baron Von Neuhoff
The Mark of Zorro 1940
as Don Alejandro Vega
North West Mounted Police 1940
as Inspector Cabot
A Dispatch from Reuters 1940
as Delane
The Sea Hawk 1940
as King Philip II
Private Affairs 1940
as Noble Bullerton
All This, and Heaven Too 1940
as Marechal Sebastiani
Northwest Passage 1940
as Wiseman Clagett
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet 1940
as Professor Hartmann
The Lone Wolf Strikes 1940
as Emil Gorlick
We Are Not Alone 1939
as Major Millman
Rulers of the Sea 1939
as Malcolm Grant
The Man in the Iron Mask 1939
as Spanish Ambassador
Juarez 1939
as Jose de Montares
Sons of Liberty 1939
as George Washington
Gunga Din 1939
as Colonel Weed
If I Were King 1938
as General Dudon
Professor Beware 1938
as Professor Schmutz
Kidnapped 1938
as Colonel Whitehead
The Fighting Devil Dogs 1938
as General White
The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938
as Bishop of the Black Canons
The Buccaneer 1938
as Admiral Cockburn
Tovarich 1937
as M. Courtois
Adventure's End 1937
as Capt. Abner Drew
A Damsel in Distress 1937
as Lord Marshmorton
The Life of Emile Zola 1937
as M. Cavaignac
The Prisoner of Zenda 1937
as Detchard
London by Night 1937
as Sir Arthur Herrick
Parnell 1937
as William Ewart Gladstone
The Prince and the Pauper 1937
as Henry VIII
One in a Million 1937
as Ratoffsky
Lloyd's of London 1936
as Hawkins
Reunion 1936
as Sir Basil Crawford
Sing, Baby, Sing 1936
as Robert Wilson
The White Angel 1936
as Mr. Bullock
Champagne Charlie 1936
as Ivan Suchine
Frankie and Johnnie 1936
as Colonel Brand
The Country Doctor 1936
as Sir Basil Crawford
Sutter's Gold 1936
as Capt. Kettleson
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo 1935
as Director
Hi, Gaucho! 1935
as Hillario Bolario
Hollywood Extra Girl 1935
as Crusades Actor (uncredited)
The Crusades 1935
as The Blacksmith
Clive of India 1935
as Governor Pigot
Limehouse Blues 1934
as Pug Talbot
Menace 1934
as Police Inspector
- The Expectant Father
The Expectant Father 1934
Actor
His Double Life 1933
as Duncan Farrel
At Twelve Midnight 1933
as Captain James alias The Fox
Out of Singapore 1932
as Capt. Scar Murray
The Midnight Lady 1932
as Harvey Austin
The Riding Tornado 1932
as Walt Corson
The Silver Lining 1932
as Michael Moore
Vanity Fair 1932
as Marquis of Steyne
Love Bound 1932
as John Randolph
Stowaway 1932
as Groder
Alexander Hamilton 1931
as Thomas Jefferson
The Lion and the Lamb 1931
as Professor Tottie
The Cat Creeps 1930
as Hendricks
Kismet 1930
as The Jailer
Reno 1930
as Alexander W. Brett
Outward Bound 1930
as Mr. Lingley
Inside the Lines 1930
as Governor of Gibraltar
Back Pay 1930
as Charles Wheeler
A Notorious Affair 1930
as Sir Thomas Hanley
Double Cross Roads 1930
as Gene Dyke
Love Comes Along 1930
as Sangredo
The Mysterious Island 1929
as Falon, as Mikhail
A Most Immoral Lady 1929
as John Williams
Her Private Life 1929
as Sir Bruce Haden
Charming Sinners 1929
as George Whitley
Midstream 1929
as Dr. Nelson
Bulldog Drummond 1929
as Peterson
- The Voice Within
The Voice Within 1929
Actor
Silks and Saddles 1929
as Walter Sinclair
Synthetic Sin 1929
as Brandy Mulane
The Divine Lady 1928
as Capt. Hardy
The Last Warning 1928
as Arthur McHugh
The Haunted House 1928
as Mad Doctor
The Wind 1928
as Roddy
The Hawk's Nest 1928
as Dan Daugherty
Character Studies 1928
Actor
The Devil's Skipper 1928
as First Mate
The Noose 1928
as Buck Gordon
The Haunted Ship 1927
as Captain Simon Gant
Good Time Charley 1927
as John Hartwell
Jesse James 1927
as Frederick Mimms
Rose of the Golden West 1927
as Gen. Vallero
- The Tender Hour
The Tender Hour 1927
as Grand Duke Sergei
The King of Kings 1927
as Roman Centurion
The Night of Love 1927
as Duke de la Garda
One Hour of Love 1927
as J.W. McKay
The Silent Lover 1926
as Ben Achmed
The Son of the Sheik 1926
as Ghabah
Don Juan 1926
as Count Giano Donati
The Social Highwayman 1926
as Ducket Nelson
Out of the Storm 1926
as Timothy Keith
- Brooding Eyes
Brooding Eyes 1926
as Pat Callaghan
Hands Up! 1926
as Capt. Edward Logan
- The Desert's Price
The Desert's Price 1925
as Jim Martin
The Ancient Highway 1925
as Ivan Hurd
The Mad Marriage 1925
Actor
Sinners in Heaven 1924
as Native Chief
Love of Women 1924
as Bronson Gibbs
A Son of the Sahara 1924
as Sultan Cassim Ammeh / Colonel Barbier
Who's Cheating? 1924
as Harrison Fields
Week End Husbands 1924
as Thomas Mowry
Roulette 1924
as Dan Carrington
- Restless Wives
Restless Wives 1924
as Hugo Cady
The Eternal City 1923
as Minghelli
The Leopardess 1923
as Scott Quaigg
Secrets of Paris 1922
as The Schoolmaster
What's Wrong with the Women? 1922
as Arthur Belden
The Beauty Shop 1922
as Maldonado
Love's Redemption 1921
as Frederick Kent
Forever 1921
as Colonel Ibbetson
The Case of Becky 1921
as Prof. Balzamo
- Shams of Society
Shams of Society 1921
as Herbert Porter
The Place of Honeymoons 1920
as Edward Courtlandt
The Riddle: Woman 1920
as Larz Olrik
The World and His Wife 1920
as Don Julian
Man's Plaything 1920
as Pelton Vab Teel
- The Steel King
The Steel King 1919
as John Blake
- Our Film Stars
Our Film Stars 1919
Actor
A Broadway Saint 1919
as Dick Vernon
Through the Toils 1919
as Noel Graham / Lewis Moffat
Three Green Eyes 1919
as Allen Granat
The Quickening Flame 1919
as John Steele
The Hand Invisible 1919
as Rodney Graham
The Rough Neck 1919
as John Masters
The Grouch 1918
as Donald Graham
The Cabaret 1918
as Jaffrey Darrel
Stolen Orders 1918
as John Le Page
The Cross Bearer 1918
as Cardinal Mercier
Broken Ties 1918
as John Fleming
The Volunteer 1917
as Self - Cameo Appearance
The Good for Nothing 1917
Actor
The Awakening 1917
as Jacques Revilly
- The Dormant Power
The Dormant Power 1917
Actor
Rasputin, the Black Monk 1917
as Gregory Novik / Rasputin
The Brand of Satan 1917
as Jacques Cordet
Yankee Pluck 1917
as Baron Wootchi
Forget-Me-Not 1917
as Gabriel Barrato / Benedetto Barrato
The Dancer's Peril 1917
as Michael Pavloff
The Challenge 1916
as Quarrier
The Men She Married 1916
as Jerry Trainor
Bought and Paid For 1916
as Robert Stafford
The Scarlet Oath 1916
as Nicholas Savaroff
The Hidden Scar 1916
as Henry Dalton
The Gilded Cage 1916
as Baron Stefano
Friday the 13th 1916
as Count Varneloff
Husband and Wife 1916
as Patrick Alliston
A Woman's Way 1916
as Oliver Whitney
The Devil's Toy 1916
as Wilfred Barsley
- The Greater Will
The Greater Will 1915
as Stuart Watson
A Royal Family 1915
as Crown Prince of Kurland
The Face in the Moonlight 1915
Actor
Hearts in Exile 1915
Actor
The Suicide Club 1914
as Prince Florizel
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