Montagu Love
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 15, 1880
- Died
- May 17, 1943 (aged 63)
- Birthplace
- Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK
Biography
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).
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Torpedo of Doom
Movie · as Col. White
Devotion
Movie · as Rev. Brontë
Wings Over the Pacific
Movie · as Jim Butler
The Constant Nymph
Movie · as Albert Sanger
Forever and a Day
Movie · as Sir John Bunn
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
Movie · as General Jerome Lawford
Lady for a Night
Movie · as Judge
The Remarkable Andrew
Movie · as General George Washington
Tennessee Johnson
Movie · as Chief Justice Chase
The Devil and Miss Jones
Movie · as Harrison
Shining Victory
Movie · as Dr. Blake
The Sea Hawk
Movie · as King Philip II
The Son of Monte Cristo
Movie · as Prime Minister Baron Von Neuhoff
North West Mounted Police
Movie · as Inspector Cabot
The Lone Wolf Strikes
Movie · as Emil Gorlick
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Movie · as Professor Hartmann
Hudson's Bay
Movie · as Governor D'Argenson
The Mark of Zorro
Movie · as Don Alejandro Vega
All This, and Heaven Too
Movie · as Marechal Sebastiani
Northwest Passage
Movie · as Wiseman Clagett
A Dispatch from Reuters
Movie · as Delane
Private Affairs
Movie · as Noble Bullerton
Gunga Din
Movie · as Colonel Weed
Rulers of the Sea
Movie · as Malcolm Grant
We Are Not Alone
Movie · as Major Millman
Sons of Liberty
Movie · as George Washington
Juarez
Movie · as Jose de Montares
The Man in the Iron Mask
Movie · as Spanish Ambassador
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Movie · as Bishop of the Black Canons
If I Were King
Movie · as General Dudon
The Fighting Devil Dogs
Movie · as General White
Professor Beware
Movie · as Professor Schmutz
Kidnapped
Movie · as Colonel Whitehead
The Buccaneer
Movie · as Admiral Cockburn
The Prince and the Pauper
Movie · as Henry VIII
Tovarich
Movie · as M. Courtois
The Prisoner of Zenda
Movie · as Detchard
A Damsel in Distress
Movie · as Lord Marshmorton
London by Night
Movie · as Sir Arthur Herrick
Parnell
Movie · as William Ewart Gladstone
Adventure's End
Movie · as Capt. Abner Drew
One in a Million
Movie · as Ratoffsky
The Life of Emile Zola
Movie · as M. Cavaignac
Lloyd's of London
Movie · as Hawkins
Sutter's Gold
Movie · as Capt. Kettleson
The Country Doctor
Movie · as Sir Basil Crawford
Sing, Baby, Sing
Movie · as Robert Wilson
Reunion
Movie · as Sir Basil Crawford
The White Angel
Movie · as Mr. Bullock
Champagne Charlie
Movie · as Ivan Suchine
Frankie and Johnnie
Movie · as Colonel Brand
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
Movie · as Director
Clive of India
Movie · as Governor Pigot
Hi, Gaucho!
Movie · as Hillario Bolario
The Crusades
Movie · as The Blacksmith
Hollywood Extra Girl
Movie · as Crusades Actor (uncredited)
Limehouse Blues
Movie · as Pug Talbot
The Expectant Father
Movie
Menace
Movie · as Police Inspector
His Double Life
Movie · as Duncan Farrel
At Twelve Midnight
Movie · as Captain James alias The Fox
The Midnight Lady
Movie · as Harvey Austin
Out of Singapore
Movie · as Capt. Scar Murray
Stowaway
Movie · as Groder
Love Bound
Movie · as John Randolph
Vanity Fair
Movie · as Marquis of Steyne
The Silver Lining
Movie · as Michael Moore
The Riding Tornado
Movie · as Walt Corson
Alexander Hamilton
Movie · as Thomas Jefferson
The Lion and the Lamb
Movie · as Professor Tottie
Outward Bound
Movie · as Mr. Lingley
Back Pay
Movie · as Charles Wheeler
Love Comes Along
Movie · as Sangredo
Kismet
Movie · as The Jailer
Inside the Lines
Movie · as Governor of Gibraltar
The Cat Creeps
Movie · as Hendricks
A Notorious Affair
Movie · as Sir Thomas Hanley
Double Cross Roads
Movie · as Gene Dyke
Reno
Movie · as Alexander W. Brett
Bulldog Drummond
Movie · as Peterson
Charming Sinners
Movie · as George Whitley
Synthetic Sin
Movie · as Brandy Mulane
The Mysterious Island
Movie · as Falon, Mikhail
Her Private Life
Movie · as Sir Bruce Haden
A Most Immoral Lady
Movie · as John Williams
The Voice Within
Movie
Midstream
Movie · as Dr. Nelson
Silks and Saddles
Movie · as Walter Sinclair
The Wind
Movie · as Roddy
The Haunted House
Movie · as Mad Doctor
The Divine Lady
Movie · as Capt. Hardy
The Last Warning
Movie · as Arthur McHugh
The Hawk's Nest
Movie · as Dan Daugherty
The Noose
Movie · as Buck Gordon
Character Studies
Movie
The Devil's Skipper
Movie · as First Mate
The Night of Love
Movie · as Duke de la Garda
Good Time Charley
Movie · as John Hartwell
The King of Kings
Movie · as Roman Centurion
Rose of the Golden West
Movie · as Gen. Vallero
The Tender Hour
Movie · as Grand Duke Sergei
Jesse James
Movie · as Frederick Mimms
The Haunted Ship
Movie · as Captain Simon Gant
One Hour of Love
Movie · as J.W. McKay
Out of the Storm
Movie · as Timothy Keith
The Silent Lover
Movie · as Ben Achmed
Hands Up!
Movie · as Capt. Edward Logan
The Son of the Sheik
Movie · as Ghabah
Don Juan
Movie · as Count Giano Donati
Brooding Eyes
Movie · as Pat Callaghan
The Social Highwayman
Movie · as Ducket Nelson
The Ancient Highway
Movie · as Ivan Hurd
The Desert's Price
Movie · as Jim Martin
The Mad Marriage
Movie
Roulette
Movie · as Dan Carrington
A Son of the Sahara
Movie · as Sultan Cassim Ammeh / Colonel Barbier
Sinners in Heaven
Movie · as Native Chief
Restless Wives
Movie · as Hugo Cady
Who's Cheating?
Movie · as Harrison Fields
Love of Women
Movie · as Bronson Gibbs
Week End Husbands
Movie · as Thomas Mowry
The Eternal City
Movie · as Minghelli
The Leopardess
Movie · as Scott Quaigg
The Beauty Shop
Movie · as Maldonado
What's Wrong with the Women?
Movie · as Arthur Belden
Secrets of Paris
Movie · as The Schoolmaster
Love's Redemption
Movie · as Frederick Kent
Forever
Movie · as Colonel Ibbetson
The Case of Becky
Movie · as Prof. Balzamo
Shams of Society
Movie · as Herbert Porter
The Riddle: Woman
Movie · as Larz Olrik
The World and His Wife
Movie · as Don Julian
The Place of Honeymoons
Movie · as Edward Courtlandt
Man's Plaything
Movie · as Pelton Vab Teel
Our Film Stars
Movie
Through the Toils
Movie · as Noel Graham / Lewis Moffat
A Broadway Saint
Movie · as Dick Vernon
The Hand Invisible
Movie · as Rodney Graham
Three Green Eyes
Movie · as Allen Granat
The Rough Neck
Movie · as John Masters
The Steel King
Movie · as John Blake
The Quickening Flame
Movie · as John Steele
The Cross Bearer
Movie · as Cardinal Mercier
The Cabaret
Movie · as Jaffrey Darrel
Stolen Orders
Movie · as John Le Page
The Grouch
Movie · as Donald Graham
Broken Ties
Movie · as John Fleming
Forget-Me-Not
Movie · as Gabriel Barrato / Benedetto Barrato
The Volunteer
Movie · as Self - Cameo Appearance
Rasputin, the Black Monk
Movie · as Gregory Novik / Rasputin
The Dancer's Peril
Movie · as Michael Pavloff
Yankee Pluck
Movie · as Baron Wootchi
The Dormant Power
Movie
The Awakening
Movie · as Jacques Revilly
The Brand of Satan
Movie · as Jacques Cordet
The Good for Nothing
Movie
The Gilded Cage
Movie · as Baron Stefano
The Scarlet Oath
Movie · as Nicholas Savaroff
The Men She Married
Movie · as Jerry Trainor
The Hidden Scar
Movie · as Henry Dalton
Husband and Wife
Movie · as Patrick Alliston
A Woman's Way
Movie · as Oliver Whitney
The Devil's Toy
Movie · as Wilfred Barsley
The Challenge
Movie · as Quarrier
Bought and Paid For
Movie · as Robert Stafford
Friday the 13th
Movie · as Count Varneloff
The Greater Will
Movie · as Stuart Watson
Hearts in Exile
Movie
A Royal Family
Movie · as Crown Prince of Kurland
The Face in the Moonlight
Movie
The Suicide Club
Movie · as Prince Florizel