Montagu Love

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).

Known For

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Gunga Din

The Mark of Zorro

Northwest Passage

The Sea Hawk

The Wind

The Prisoner of Zenda

The King of Kings

All Movies (172)

• Torpedo of Doom1966 · as Col. White
• Devotion1946 · as Rev. Brontë
• Wings Over the Pacific1943 · as Jim Butler
• The Constant Nymph1943 · as Albert Sanger
• Forever and a Day1943 · as Sir John Bunn
• Tennessee Johnson1942 · as Chief Justice Chase
• Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror1942 · as General Jerome Lawford
• The Remarkable Andrew1942 · as General George Washington
• Lady for a Night1942 · as Judge
• Shining Victory1941 · as Dr. Blake
• The Devil and Miss Jones1941 · as Harrison
• Hudson's Bay1940 · as Governor D'Argenson
• The Son of Monte Cristo1940 · as Prime Minister Baron Von Neuhoff
• The Mark of Zorro1940 · as Don Alejandro Vega
• North West Mounted Police1940 · as Inspector Cabot
• A Dispatch from Reuters1940 · as Delane
• The Sea Hawk1940 · as King Philip II
• All This, and Heaven Too1940 · as Marechal Sebastiani
• Private Affairs1940 · as Noble Bullerton
• Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet1940 · as Professor Hartmann
• Northwest Passage1940 · as Wiseman Clagett
• The Lone Wolf Strikes1940 · as Emil Gorlick
• We Are Not Alone1939 · as Major Millman
• Rulers of the Sea1939 · as Malcolm Grant
• The Man in the Iron Mask1939 · as Spanish Ambassador
• Juarez1939 · as Jose de Montares
• Sons of Liberty1939 · as George Washington
• Gunga Din1939 · as Colonel Weed
• If I Were King1938 · as General Dudon
• Professor Beware1938 · as Professor Schmutz
• The Fighting Devil Dogs1938 · as General White
• Kidnapped1938 · as Colonel Whitehead
• The Adventures of Robin Hood1938 · as Bishop of the Black Canons
• The Buccaneer1938 · as Admiral Cockburn
• Tovarich1937 · as M. Courtois
• Adventure's End1937 · as Capt. Abner Drew
• A Damsel in Distress1937 · as Lord Marshmorton
• The Life of Emile Zola1937 · as M. Cavaignac
• The Prisoner of Zenda1937 · as Detchard
• London by Night1937 · as Sir Arthur Herrick
• Parnell1937 · as William Ewart Gladstone
• The Prince and the Pauper1937 · as Henry VIII
• One in a Million1937 · as Ratoffsky
• Lloyd's of London1936 · as Hawkins
• Reunion1936 · as Sir Basil Crawford
• Sing, Baby, Sing1936 · as Robert Wilson
• The White Angel1936 · as Mr. Bullock
• Champagne Charlie1936 · as Ivan Suchine
• Frankie and Johnnie1936 · as Colonel Brand
• The Country Doctor1936 · as Sir Basil Crawford
• Sutter's Gold1936 · as Capt. Kettleson
• The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo1935 · as Director
• Hi, Gaucho!1935 · as Hillario Bolario
• Hollywood Extra Girl1935 · as Crusades Actor (uncredited)
• The Crusades1935 · as The Blacksmith
• Clive of India1935 · as Governor Pigot
• Limehouse Blues1934 · as Pug Talbot
• Menace1934 · as Police Inspector
• The Expectant Father1934
• His Double Life1933 · as Duncan Farrel
• At Twelve Midnight1933 · as Captain James alias The Fox
• Out of Singapore1932 · as Capt. Scar Murray
• The Midnight Lady1932 · as Harvey Austin
• The Riding Tornado1932 · as Walt Corson
• The Silver Lining1932 · as Michael Moore
• Vanity Fair1932 · as Marquis of Steyne
• Stowaway1932 · as Groder
• Love Bound1932 · as John Randolph
• Alexander Hamilton1931 · as Thomas Jefferson
• The Lion and the Lamb1931 · as Professor Tottie
• The Cat Creeps1930 · as Hendricks
• Kismet1930 · as The Jailer
• Reno1930 · as Alexander W. Brett
• Outward Bound1930 · as Mr. Lingley
• Inside the Lines1930 · as Governor of Gibraltar
• Back Pay1930 · as Charles Wheeler
• A Notorious Affair1930 · as Sir Thomas Hanley
• Double Cross Roads1930 · as Gene Dyke
• Love Comes Along1930 · as Sangredo
• The Mysterious Island1929 · as Mikhail
• The Mysterious Island1929 · as Falon
• A Most Immoral Lady1929 · as John Williams
• Her Private Life1929 · as Sir Bruce Haden
• Charming Sinners1929 · as George Whitley
• Midstream1929 · as Dr. Nelson
• Bulldog Drummond1929 · as Peterson
• The Voice Within1929
• Silks and Saddles1929 · as Walter Sinclair
• Synthetic Sin1929 · as Brandy Mulane
• The Divine Lady1928 · as Capt. Hardy
• The Last Warning1928 · as Arthur McHugh
• The Haunted House1928 · as Mad Doctor
• The Wind1928 · as Roddy
• The Hawk's Nest1928 · as Dan Daugherty
• Character Studies1928
• The Devil's Skipper1928 · as First Mate
• The Noose1928 · as Buck Gordon
• The Haunted Ship1927 · as Captain Simon Gant
• Good Time Charley1927 · as John Hartwell
• Jesse James1927 · as Frederick Mimms
• Rose of the Golden West1927 · as Gen. Vallero
• The Tender Hour1927 · as Grand Duke Sergei
• The King of Kings1927 · as Roman Centurion
• The Night of Love1927 · as Duke de la Garda
• One Hour of Love1927 · as J.W. McKay
• The Silent Lover1926 · as Ben Achmed
• The Son of the Sheik1926 · as Ghabah
• Don Juan1926 · as Count Giano Donati
• The Social Highwayman1926 · as Ducket Nelson
• Out of the Storm1926 · as Timothy Keith
• Brooding Eyes1926 · as Pat Callaghan
• Hands Up!1926 · as Capt. Edward Logan
• The Desert's Price1925 · as Jim Martin
• The Ancient Highway1925 · as Ivan Hurd
• The Mad Marriage1925
• Sinners in Heaven1924 · as Native Chief
• Love of Women1924 · as Bronson Gibbs
• A Son of the Sahara1924 · as Sultan Cassim Ammeh / Colonel Barbier
• Who's Cheating?1924 · as Harrison Fields
• Week End Husbands1924 · as Thomas Mowry
• Roulette1924 · as Dan Carrington
• Restless Wives1924 · as Hugo Cady
• The Eternal City1923 · as Minghelli
• The Leopardess1923 · as Scott Quaigg
• Secrets of Paris1922 · as The Schoolmaster
• What's Wrong with the Women?1922 · as Arthur Belden
• The Beauty Shop1922 · as Maldonado
• Love's Redemption1921 · as Frederick Kent
• Forever1921 · as Colonel Ibbetson
• The Case of Becky1921 · as Prof. Balzamo
• Shams of Society1921 · as Herbert Porter
• The Place of Honeymoons1920 · as Edward Courtlandt
• The Riddle: Woman1920 · as Larz Olrik
• The World and His Wife1920 · as Don Julian
• Man's Plaything1920 · as Pelton Vab Teel
• The Steel King1919 · as John Blake
• Our Film Stars1919
• A Broadway Saint1919 · as Dick Vernon
• Through the Toils1919 · as Noel Graham / Lewis Moffat
• Three Green Eyes1919 · as Allen Granat
• The Quickening Flame1919 · as John Steele
• The Hand Invisible1919 · as Rodney Graham
• The Rough Neck1919 · as John Masters
• The Grouch1918 · as Donald Graham
• The Cabaret1918 · as Jaffrey Darrel
• Stolen Orders1918 · as John Le Page
• The Cross Bearer1918 · as Cardinal Mercier
• Broken Ties1918 · as John Fleming
• The Volunteer1917 · as Self - Cameo Appearance
• The Good for Nothing1917
• The Awakening1917 · as Jacques Revilly
• The Dormant Power1917
• Rasputin, the Black Monk1917 · as Gregory Novik / Rasputin
• The Brand of Satan1917 · as Jacques Cordet
• Yankee Pluck1917 · as Baron Wootchi
• Forget-Me-Not1917 · as Gabriel Barrato / Benedetto Barrato
• The Dancer's Peril1917 · as Michael Pavloff
• The Challenge1916 · as Quarrier
• The Men She Married1916 · as Jerry Trainor
• Bought and Paid For1916 · as Robert Stafford
• The Scarlet Oath1916 · as Nicholas Savaroff
• The Hidden Scar1916 · as Henry Dalton
• The Gilded Cage1916 · as Baron Stefano
• Friday the 13th1916 · as Count Varneloff
• Husband and Wife1916 · as Patrick Alliston
• A Woman's Way1916 · as Oliver Whitney
• The Devil's Toy1916 · as Wilfred Barsley
• The Greater Will1915 · as Stuart Watson
• A Royal Family1915 · as Crown Prince of Kurland
• The Face in the Moonlight1915
• Hearts in Exile1915
• The Suicide Club1914 · as Prince Florizel