Montagu Love

Montagu Love

Born	(1877-03-15)15 March 1877 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Died	17 May 1943(1943-05-17) (aged 66) Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1914–1943
Spouse	Marjorie Hollis Love

Montagu Love (15 March 1877 – 17 May 1943)^[1] was an English screen, stage and vaudeville actor.

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Early years

Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, Love was the son of Harry Love and Fanny Louisa Love, née Poad; his father was listed as accountant on the 1881 English Census.

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.^[2]

Love's acting debut came with an American company in a production in the Isle of Wight.^[2] His Broadway debut occurred in The Second in Command (1913).^[1]

He was typically 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, also starring Flynn. However, he also played gruff authoritarian figures, such as Monsieur Cavaignac, who, contrary to history, demands the resignation of those responsible for the Dreyfus cover-up, 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. In 1939's Gunga Din, Montagu Love 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 66 in 1943. He was interred at Chapel of the Pines Crematory. His last acting performance was in Wings Over the Pacific (1943).

Personal life

Love was married to actress Marjorie Hollis. 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.^[3]

Death

On 17 May 1943, Love died in Beverly Hills, California at age 66.^[1]

Filmography

The Suicide Club (1914) as Prince Florizel (film debut)
Hearts in Exile (1915) as Count Nicolai
The Face in the Moonlight (1915) as Ambrose
Sunday (1915) as Henry Brinthorpe
A Royal Family (1915) as Crown Prince of Kurland
The Greater Will (1915) as Stuart Watson
The Devil's Toy (1916) as Wilfred Barsley
A Woman's Way (1916) as Oliver Whitney
Husband and Wife (1916) as Patrick Alliston
Friday the 13th (1916) as Count Varneloff
The Gilded Cage (1916) as Baron Stefano
The Hidden Scar (1916) as Henry Dalton
The Scarlet Oath (1916) as Nicholas Savaroff
Bought and Paid For (1916) as Robert Stafford
The Men She Married (1916) as Jerry Trainer
The Challenge (1916) as Quarrier
The Dancer's Peril (1917) as Michael Pavloff
Forget Me Not (1917) as Gabriel Barrat/Benedetto Barrato
Yankee Pluck (1917) as Baron Wootchi
The Brand of Satan (1917) as Jacques Cordet
The Guardian (1917) as James Rokeby
Rasputin, The Black Monk (1917) as Gregory Novik/Rasputin
The Dormant Power (1917) as Maurice Maxwell
The Awakening (1917) as Jacques Revilly
The Volunteer (1917) as Himself
Broken Ties (1918) as John Fleming
The Cross Bearer (1918) as Cardinal Mercier
Vengeance (1918) as Lorin Cuddlestone/John Cuddlestone
Stolen Orders' (1918) as John Le Page
The Cabaret (1918) as Jaffrey Darrel
To Him That Hath (1918) as David Aldrich
The Grouch (1918) as Donald Graham
The Hand Invisible (1919) as Rodney Graham
The Quickening Flame (1919) as John Steele
Three Green Eyes (1919) as Allen Granat
Through the Toils (1919) as Noel Graham/Lewis Moffat
A Broadway Saint (1919) as Dick Vernon
The Steel King (1919) as John Blake
Man's Plaything (1920) as Pelton Vab Teel
The Rough Neck (1919) as John Masters
The World and His Wife (1920) as Don Julian
The Riddle: Woman (1920) as Larz Olrik
The Wrong Woman (1920) as William Marshall
The Place of Honeymoons (1920) as Edward Courtlandt
Shams of Society (1921) as Herbert Porter
The Case of Becky (1921) as Prof. Balzamo
Forever (1921) as Colonel Ibbetson
Love's Redemption (1921) as Frederick Kent
The Beauty Shop (1922) as Maldonado
What's Wrong with the Women? (1922) as Arthur Belden
The Secrets of Paris (1922) as The Schoolmaster
The Darling of the Rich (1922) as Peyton Martin
The Leopardess (1923) as Scott Quaigg
Little Old New York (1923) as Minor Role
The Eternal City (1923) as Charles Minghelli
Restless Wives (1924) as Hugo Cady
Roulette (1924) as Dan Carrington
Week End Husbands (1924) as Thomas Mowry
A Son of the Sahara (1924) as Sultan Cassim Ammeh/Colonel Barbier
Love of Women (1924) as Bronson Gibbs
Who's Cheating? (1924) as Harrison Fields
Sinners in Heaven (1924) as Native Chief
The Ancient Highway (1925) as Ivan Hurd
The Desert's Price (1925) as Jim Martin
The Mad Marriage (1925) as Unknown role
Hands Up! (1926) as Capt. Edward Logan
Brooding Eyes (1926) as Pat Callaghan
Out of the Storm (1926) as Timothy Keith
The Social Highwayman (1926) as Ducket Nelson
Son of the Sheik (1926) as Ghabah
Don Juan (1926) as Count Giano Donati
The Silent Lover (1926) as Ben Achmed
One Hour of Love (1927) as J.W. McKay
The Night of Love (1927) as Duke de la Garda
The King of Kings (1927) as Roman Centurion
The Tender Hour (1927) as Grand Duke Sergei
Rose of the Golden West (1927) as Gen. Vallero
Jesse James (1927) as Frederick Mimms
Good Time Charley (1927) as John Hartwell
The Haunted Ship (1927) as Captain Simon Gant
The Noose (1928) as Buck Gordon
The Devil's Skipper (1928) as First Mate
The Hawk's Nest (1928) as Dan Daugherty
The Wind (1928) as Wirt Roddy
The Haunted House (1928) as Mad Doctor
Synthetic Sin (1929) as Brandy Mulane
The Last Warning (1929) as Arthur McHugh
The Divine Lady (1929) as Captain Hardy
Bulldog Drummond (1929) as Peterson
Midstream (1929) as Dr. Nelson
Charming Sinners (1929) as George Whitley
Her Private Life (1929) as Sir Bruce Haden
Silks and Saddles (1929) as Walter Sinclair
A Most Immoral Lady (1929) as John Williams
The Mysterious Island (1929) as Baron Falon
Love Comes Along (1930) as Sangredo
Double Cross Roads (1930) as Gene Dyke
A Notorious Affair (1930) as Sir Thomas Hanley
Back Pay (1930) as Charles Wheeler
Inside the Lines (1930) as Governor of Gibraltar
Outward Bound (1930) as Mr. Lingley
Reno (1930) as Alexander W. Brett
Kismet (1930) as The Jailer
The Cat Creeps (1930) as Hendricks
The Lion and the Lamb (1931) as Professor Tottie
Alexander Hamilton (1931) as Thomas Jefferson
Love Bound (1932) as John Randolph
Stowaway (1932) as Groder
Vanity Fair (1932) as Marquis of Steyne
The Silver Lining (1932) as Michael Moore
The Riding Tornado (1932) as Walt Corson
The Midnight Lady (1932) as Harvey Austin
Out of Singapore (1932) as Scar Murray – Boatswain
The Mystic Hour (1933) as Captain James alias The Fox
His Double Life (1933) as Duncan Farrel
Menace (1934) as Police Inspector
Limehouse Blues (1934) as Pug Talbot
Clive of India (1935) as Gov. Pigot
The Crusades (1935) as The Blacksmith
Hi, Gaucho! (1935) as Hillario Bolario
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1935) as Director
Sutter's Gold (1936) as Capt. Kettleson
The Country Doctor (1936) as Sir Basil Crawford
Frankie and Johnny (1936) as Colonel Brand (uncredited)
Champagne Charlie (1936) as Ivan Suchine
The White Angel (1936) as Mr. Bullock, Under Secretary of War
Sing, Baby, Sing (1936) as Robert Wilson
Reunion (1936) as Sir Basil Crawford
Lloyd's of London (1936) as Hawkins
One in a Million (1936) as Ratoffsky – alias of Sir Frederick Brooks, Olympic Secretary
The Prince and the Pauper (1937) as Henry VIII
Parnell (1937) as Gladstone
London by Night (1937) as Sir Arthur Herrick
The Life of Emile Zola (1937) as M. Cavaignac
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) as Detchard
A Damsel in Distress (1937) as Lord Marshmorton
Adventure's End (1937) as Capt. Abner Drew
Tovarich (1937) as M. Courtois
The Buccaneer (1938) as Admiral Cockburn
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) as Bishop of the Black Canons
Kidnapped (1938) as Colonel Whitehead
The Fighting Devil Dogs (1938, Serial) as General White
Professor Beware (1938) as Professor Schmutz (uncredited)
If I Were King (1938) as General Dudon
Gunga Din (1939) as Colonel Weed
Juarez (1939) as Jose de Montares
Sons of Liberty (1939, Short) as George Washington
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) as Spanish Ambassador
Rulers of the Sea (1939) as Malcolm Grant
We Are Not Alone (1939) as Major Millman
The Lone Wolf Strikes (1940) as Emil Gorlick
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940) as Prof. Hartmann
Northwest Passage (1940) as Wiseman Clagett
The Sea Hawk (1940) as King Philip II
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) as Marechal Sebastiani
Private Affairs (1940) as Noble Bullerton
A Dispatch from Reuter's (1940) as John Delane
North West Mounted Police (1940) as Inspector Cabot
The Mark of Zorro (1940) as Don Alejandro Vega
The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) as Prime Minister Baron Von Neuhoff
Hudson's Bay (1941) as Governor D'Argenson
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) as Harrison
Shining Victory (1941) as Dr. Blake
Lady for a Night (1942) as Judge
The Remarkable Andrew (1942) as General George Washington
The Voice of Terror (1942) as General Jerome Lawford
Tennessee Johnson (1942) as Chief Justice Chase
Forever and a Day (1943) as Sir John Bunn
The Constant Nymph (1943) as Albert Sanger (released posthumously)
Wings Over the Pacific (1943) as Jim Butler (released posthumously)
Holy Matrimony (1943) as Judge (uncredited; released posthumously)
Devotion (1946) as Rev. Brontë (final role; released posthumously)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Montagu Love". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on 9 September 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Montagu Love refused to be a minister". The San Francisco Examiner. California, San Francisco. 29 September 1921. p. 13. Retrieved 9 September 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Obituary: Montagu Love". Daily News. New York City. Associated Press. 19 May 1943. p. B 34. Retrieved 9 September 2019 – via Newspapers.com.