Montagu Love

Early years Redvers Buller's VC action, painted by H. Montagu Love (1905) for the "How He Won the Victoria Cross" postcard series produced by Raphael Tuck & Sons

Harry Montague Love was born on 15 March 1877 in Southsea, Portsmouth, to Harry Love, an accountant, and Fanny Louisa Love (née Poad).

Career Educated in Great Britain, Love began his career as an artist, with his first important job as an illustrator for The Illustrated Daily News in London.

Love's acting debut came with an American company in a production in the Isle of Wight.

Besides acting, Montague had a keen interest in drawing and painting. He became very proficient in caricatures of cast mates and also military paintings, primarily those of British military uniforms.

Death On 17 May 1943, Love died aged 66 at his home in Beverly Hills, California.

Hearts in Exile Count Nicolai James Young Credited as Montague Love

The Face in the Moonlight Ambrose Albert Capellani Credited as Montague Love

Sunday Henry Brinthorpe George Lederer

A Royal Family Crown Prince of Kurland William Nigh Credited as Montague Love

The Greater Will Stuart Watson Harley Knoles Credited as Montague Love

The Devil's Toy Wilfred Barsley Harley Knoles

A Woman's Way Oliver Whitney Barry O'Neil

Husband and Wife Patrick Alliston Barry O'Neil

Friday the 13th Count Varneloff Émile Chautard Lost film

The Gilded Cage Baron Stefano Harley Knowles

The Hidden Scar Henry Dalton Barry O'Neil

The Scarlet Oath Nicholas Savaroff Frank Powell and Travers Vale

Bought and Paid For Robert Stafford Harley Knoles

The Men She Married Jerry Trainer Harley Knoles

The Challenge Quarrier Donald McKenzie

The Brand of Satan Jacques Cordet George Archainbaud

The Guardian James Rokeby Arthur Ashley Lost film

The Dancer's Peril Michael Pavloff Travers Vale

Rasputin, The Black Monk Gregory Novik, later known as Rasputin Arthur Ashley Lost film

The Awakening Jacques Revilly George Archainbaud

Forget-Me-Not Gabriel Barrato/Benedetto Barrato Émile Chautard Lost film

The Dormant Power Maurice Maxwell Travers Vale

Yankee Pluck Baron Wootchi George Archainbaud

The Volunteer Himself Harley Knoles Credited as Montague Love

Broken Ties John Fleming Arthur Ashley

The Cross Bearer Cardinal Mercier George Archainbaud

Vengeance Lorin Cuddlestone/John Cuddlestone Travers Vale

Stolen Orders John Le Page Harley Knoles Lost film

The Cabaret Jaffrey Darrel Harley Knoles

To Him That Hath David Aldrich Oscar Apfel

The Grouch Donald Graham Oscar Apfel

The Rough Neck John Masters Oscar Apfel

The Hand Invisible Rodney Graham Harry O. Hoyt

The Quickening Flame John Steele Travers Vale

Three Green Eyes Allen Granat Dell Henderson Lost film

Through the Toils Noel Graham/Lewis Moffat Harry O. Hoyt

A Broadway Saint Dick Vernon Harry O. Hoyt Lost film

The Steel King John Blake Oscar Apfel

Man's Plaything Pelton Vab Teel Charles T. Horan Credited as Montague Love

The World and His Wife Don Julian Robert G. Vignola Lost film

The Riddle: Woman Larz Olrik Edward José Lost film

The Wrong Woman William Marshall Ivan Abramson

The Place of Honeymoons Edward Courtlandt Kenean Buel

Shams of Society Herbert Porter Thomas B. Walsh

The Case of Becky Prof. Balzamo Chester M. Franklin Lost film

Forever Colonel Ibbetson George Fitzmaurice Lost film

Love's Redemption Frederick Kent Albert Parker Lost film

The Beauty Shop Maldonado Edward Dillon Lost film

What's Wrong with the Women? Arthur Belden Roy William Neill Lost film

The Secrets of Paris The Schoolmaster Kenneth S. Webb Lost film

The Darling of the Rich Peyton Martin John G. Adolfi Lost film

The Leopardess Scott Quaigg Henry Kolker Lost film

The Eternal City Charles Minghelli George Fitzmaurice Partially lost

Little Old New York Unknown role Sidney Olcott

Restless Wives Hugo Cady Gregory La Cava Lost film

Roulette Dan Carrington Stanner E.V. Taylor Lost film

Week End Husbands Thomas Mowry Edward H. Griffith Lost film

A Son of the Sahara Sultan Cassim Ammeh/ Colonel Barbier Edwin Carewe Lost film (trailer exists)

Love of Women Bronson Gibbs Whitman Bennett Lost film

Who's Cheating? Harrison Fields Joseph Levering

Sinners in Heaven Native Chief Alan Crosland Lost film

The Ancient Highway Ivan Hurd Irvin Willat Lost film

The Desert's Price Jim Martin W. S. Van Dyke

The Mad Marriage Unknown role Frank P. Donovan Lost film

Hands Up! Capt. Edward Logan Clarence Badger

Brooding Eyes Pat Callaghan Edward LeSaint

Out of the Storm Timothy Keith Louis J. Gasnier

The Social Highwayman Ducket Nelson William Beaudine

Son of the Sheik Ghabah George Fitzmaurice Credited as Montague Love

Don Juan Count Giano Donati Alan Crosland Synchronised Score andSound Effects

The Silent Lover Ben Achmed George Archainbaud

One Hour of Love J.W. McKay Robert Florey

The Night of Love Duke de la Garda George Fitzmaurice

The King of Kings Roman Centurion Cecil B. Demille Synchronised Score andSound Effects

The Tender Hour Grand Duke Sergei George Fitzmaurice

Rose of the Golden West Gen. Vallero George Fitzmaurice

Jesse James Frederick Mimms Lloyd Ingraham

Good Time Charley John Hartwell Michael Curtiz Synchronised Score andSound Effects

The Haunted Ship Captain Simon Gant Forrest Sheldo

The Noose Buck Gordon John Francis Dillon

The Devil's Skipper First Mate John G. Adolfi

The Hawk's Nest Dan Daugherty Benjamin Christensen Lost film

The Wind Wirt Roddy Victor Sjöström Synchronised Score andSound Effects

The Haunted House Mad Doctor Benjamin Christensen Lost FilmSynchronised Score and Sound Effects

Synthetic Sin Brandy Mulane William A. Seiter Synchronised Score andSound Effects

The Divine Lady Captain Hardy Frank Lloyd Synchronised Score andSound Effects

Sound films Year Title Role Director Notes 1928The Last WarningArthur McHugh Paul Leni Part-talkie 1929Silks and SaddlesWalter SinclairRobert F. Hill Bulldog Drummond PetersonF. Richard Jones Charming SinnersGeorge WhitleyRobert MiltonDorothy Arzner MidstreamDr. NelsonJames FloodPart-Talkie Her Private LifeSir Bruce HadenAlexander Korda A Most Immoral LadyJohn WilliamsJohn Griffith Wray The Mysterious IslandBaron FalonLucien HubbardPart-talkie 1930Love Comes Along SangredoRupert JulianPartially Lost Double Cross RoadsGene DykeGeorge E. MiddletonAlfred L. WerkerA Notorious AffairSir Thomas HanleyLloyd Bacon Back Pay Charles WheelerWilliam A. Seiter Inside the Lines Governor of GibraltarRoy Pomeroy Outward BoundMr. LingleyRobert Milton RenoAlexander W. BrettGeorge J. Crone Kismet The JailerJohn Francis DillonLost film The Cat CreepsHendricksRupert JulianPartially Lost 1931The Lion and the LambProfessor TottieGeorge B. Seitz Alexander HamiltonThomas JeffersonJohn G. Adolfi 1932Love BoundJohn RandolphRobert F. HillStowawayGroderPhil WhitmanCredited as Montague Love Vanity FairMarquis of SteyneChester M. Franklin The Silver LiningMichael MooreAlan Crosland The Riding TornadoWalt CorsonD. Ross Lederman The Midnight LadyHarvey AustinRichard ThorpeOut of SingaporeScar Murray – BoatswainCharles Hutchison1933The Mystic HourCaptain James alias The FoxMelville De Lay His Double LifeDuncan FarrelArthur HopkinsWilliam C. deMille 1934MenacePolice InspectorRalph MurphyLimehouse BluesPug TalbotAlexander Hall1935Clive of IndiaGov. PigotRichard BoleslawskiCredited as Montague Love The CrusadesHercules, The BlacksmithCecil B. DeMilleHi, Gaucho! Hillario BolarioTommy Atkins The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte CarloDirectorStephen Roberts1936Sutter's Gold Capt. KettlesonJames CruzeThe Country DoctorSir Basil CrawfordHenry King Frankie and Johnny Colonel Brand (uncredited)Chester ErskineJohn H. Auer Champagne CharlieIvan SuchineJames Tinling The White Angel Mr. Bullock, Under Secretary of WarWilliam Dieterle Sing, Baby, Sing Robert WilsonSidney LanfieldReunionSir Basil CrawfordNorman TaurogLloyd's of LondonHawkinsHenry King One in a MillionRatoffsky – alias of Sir Frederick Brooks, Olympic SecretarySidney Lanfield 1937The Prince and the PauperHenry VIIIWilliam Keighley Parnell GladstoneJohn M. Stahl London by Night Sir Arthur HerrickWilhelm Thiele The Life of Emile ZolaM. CavaignacWilliam Dieterle The Prisoner of ZendaDetchard (uncredited)John Cromwell A Damsel in DistressLord MarshmortonGeorge Stevens Adventure's EndCapt. Abner DrewArthur Lubin Tovarich M. CourtoisAnatole Litvak 1938The BuccaneerAdmiral CockburnCecil B. DeMille The Adventures of Robin HoodBishop of the Black CanonsMichael CurtizWilliam Keighley KidnappedColonel WhiteheadAlfred L. WerkerOtto Preminger The Fighting Devil DogsGeneral WhiteWilliam WitneyJohn EnglishSerial Professor BewareProfessor Schmutz (uncredited)Elliott NugentIf I Were KingGeneral DudonFrank Lloyd 1939Gunga DinColonel WeedGeorge Stevens JuarezJose de MontaresWilliam Dieterle Sons of LibertyGeorge WashingtonMichael CurtizShort The Man in the Iron MaskSpanish AmbassadorJames Whale Rulers of the SeaMalcolm GrantFrank Lloyd We Are Not AloneMajor MillmanEdmund Goulding 1940The Lone Wolf StrikesEmil GorlickSidney Salkow Dr. Ehrlich's Magic BulletProf. HartmannWilliam Dieterle Northwest PassageWiseman ClagettKing Vidor The Sea HawkKing Philip IIMichael Curtiz All This, and Heaven TooMarechal SebastianiAnatole Litvak Private AffairsNoble BullertonAlbert S. Rogell A Dispatch from Reuter'sJohn DelaneWilliam Dieterle North West Mounted PoliceInspector CabotCecil B. DeMille The Mark of ZorroDon Alejandro VegaRouben Mamoulian The Son of Monte CristoPrime Minister Baron Von NeuhoffRowland V. Lee 1941Hudson's BayGovernor D'ArgensonIrving Pichel The Devil and Miss Jones HarrisonSam Wood Shining VictoryDr. BlakeIrving Rapper1942Lady for a NightJudgeLeigh Jason The Remarkable AndrewGeneral George WashingtonStuart Heisler The Voice of TerrorGeneral Jerome LawfordJohn Rawlins Tennessee JohnsonChief Justice ChaseWilliam Dieterle 1943Forever and a DaySir John BunnRené ClairEdmund GouldingCedric HardwickeFrank LloydVictor SavilleRobert StevensonHerbert Wilcox The Constant NymphAlbert SangerEdmund Goulding(released posthumously) Wings Over the PacificJim ButlerPhil Rosen(released posthumously)Holy MatrimonyJudgeJohn M. Stahl(released posthumously) 1946DevotionRev. BrontëCurtis Bernhardt(final role; released posthumously)

Stage Year Title Role Playwright Venue 1913 The Second in Command Performer Robert Marshall Wallack's Theatre The Ghost of Jerry Bundler Performer Charles Rock and W. W. Jacobs Wallack's Theatre Beauty and the Barge Performer W. W. Jacobs Wallack's Theatre Grumpy Performer Horace Hodges and T. Wigney Percyval Wallack's Theatre 1915 The Adventure of Lady Ursula Performer Anthony Hope Maxine Elliott's Theatre You Never Can Tell Mr. Bohun (Replacement) George Bernard Shaw Garrick Theatre Arms and the Man Major Sergius Saranoff (Replacement) George Bernard Shaw Garrick Theatre Candida The Reverend James Mavor Morell (Replacement) George Bernard Shaw Garrick Theatre Search Me Performer Augustin MacHugh Gaiety Theatre Husband and Wife Performer Charles Kenyon 48th Street Theatre The Ware Case Performer George Pleydell Bancroft Maxine Elliott's Theatre 1916 The Great Pursuit Performer C. Haddon Chambers Shubert Theatre 1921 The Survival of the Fittest John Webster George Atkinson Greenwich Village Theatre 1930 A Kiss of Importance Gilbert Laurent Courcel Arthur Hornblow Jr. Fulton Theatre 1932 Firebird Police Commissioner Szentesi Lajos Zilahy Empire Theatre 1933 Hangman's Whip Prin Norman Reilly Raine, Frank Butler St. James Theatre Birthright Jakob Eisner Richard Maibaum 49th Street Theatre 1934 Otto Zigurny Ritz Theatre Samson Raphaelson Richard of Bordeaux Earl of Arundel Gordon Daviot Empire Theatre

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