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Montagu Love

Acting

1.4 Popularity Mar 15, 1880 (63 years old) Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK

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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); ...

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).

Filmography 159

1966
Torpedo of Doom Movie

as Col. White

1946
Devotion Movie

as Rev. Brontë

1943
Wings Over the Pacific Movie

as Jim Butler

1943
The Constant Nymph Movie

as Albert Sanger

1943
Forever and a Day Movie

as Sir John Bunn

1942
Tennessee Johnson Movie

as Chief Justice Chase

1942
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror Movie

as General Jerome Lawford

1942
The Remarkable Andrew Movie

as General George Washington

1942
Lady for a Night Movie

as Judge

1941
Shining Victory Movie

as Dr. Blake

1941
The Devil and Miss Jones Movie

as Harrison

1941
Hudson's Bay Movie

as Governor D'Argenson

1940
The Son of Monte Cristo Movie

as Prime Minister Baron Von Neuhoff

1940
The Mark of Zorro Movie

as Don Alejandro Vega

1940
North West Mounted Police Movie

as Inspector Cabot

1940
1940
The Sea Hawk Movie

as King Philip II

1940
All This, and Heaven Too Movie

as Marechal Sebastiani

1940
Private Affairs Movie

as Noble Bullerton

1940
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet Movie

as Professor Hartmann

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Personal Details

Known For Acting
Gender Male
Birthday March 15, 1880 (63 years old)
Died May 17, 1943
Place of Birth Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK
Also Known As Harry Montague Love, Montague Love
Years Active 1914 - 1966
Popularity 1.4
Career Stats
159 Total Credits
159 Movie Roles
4 Photos