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).
Movie | Torpedo of Doom | Col. White | 1966-01-01 |
Movie | Devotion | Rev. Brontë | 1946-04-05 |
Movie | The Constant Nymph | Albert Sanger | 1943-06-23 |
Movie | Forever and a Day | Sir John Bunn | 1943-01-21 |
Movie | Wings Over the Pacific | Jim Butler | 1943-07-23 |
Movie | Lady for a Night | Judge | 1942-01-05 |
Movie | The Remarkable Andrew | General George Washington | 1942-03-05 |
Movie | Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror | General Jerome Lawford | 1942-09-18 |
Movie | Tennessee Johnson | Chief Justice Chase | 1942-12-01 |
Movie | The Devil and Miss Jones | Harrison | 1941-04-11 |
Movie | Hudson's Bay | Governor D'Argenson | 1941-01-03 |
Movie | Shining Victory | Dr. Blake | 1941-05-30 |
Movie | Northwest Passage | Wiseman Clagett | 1940-02-23 |
Movie | Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet | Professor Hartmann | 1940-02-23 |
Movie | The Lone Wolf Strikes | Emil Gorlick | 1940-01-26 |
Movie | Private Affairs | Noble Bullerton | 1940-07-05 |
Movie | All This, and Heaven Too | Marechal Sebastiani | 1940-07-05 |
Movie | The Son of Monte Cristo | Prime Minister Baron Von Neuhoff | 1940-12-05 |
Movie | The Mark of Zorro | Don Alejandro Vega | 1940-11-08 |
Movie | North West Mounted Police | Inspector Cabot | 1940-10-22 |
Movie | The Sea Hawk | King Philip II | 1940-08-10 |
Movie | A Dispatch from Reuters | Delane | 1940-10-19 |
Movie | Sons of Liberty | George Washington | 1939-05-20 |
Movie | Juarez | Jose de Montares | 1939-06-10 |
Movie | Gunga Din | Colonel Weed | 1939-01-26 |
Movie | The Man in the Iron Mask | Spanish Ambassador | 1939-07-13 |
Movie | We Are Not Alone | Major Millman | 1939-11-25 |
Movie | Rulers of the Sea | Malcolm Grant | 1939-11-08 |
Movie | The Buccaneer | Admiral Cockburn | 1938-02-04 |
Movie | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Bishop of the Black Canons | 1938-05-13 |
Movie | The Fighting Devil Dogs | General White | 1938-05-27 |
Movie | Professor Beware | Professor Schmutz | 1938-07-29 |
Movie | Kidnapped | Colonel Whitehead | 1938-05-27 |
Movie | If I Were King | General Dudon | 1938-09-28 |
Movie | London by Night | Sir Arthur Herrick | 1937-07-30 |
Movie | One in a Million | Ratoffsky | 1937-01-01 |
Movie | The Prisoner of Zenda | Detchard | 1937-09-03 |
Movie | The Prince and the Pauper | Henry VIII | 1937-04-30 |
Movie | Parnell | William Ewart Gladstone | 1937-06-04 |
Movie | The Life of Emile Zola | M. Cavaignac | 1937-09-09 |
Movie | Adventure's End | Capt. Abner Drew | 1937-12-05 |
Movie | Tovarich | M. Courtois | 1937-12-25 |
Movie | A Damsel in Distress | Lord Marshmorton | 1937-11-19 |
Movie | Frankie and Johnnie | Colonel Brand | 1936-04-30 |
Movie | Sutter's Gold | Capt. Kettleson | 1936-03-01 |
Movie | The Country Doctor | Sir Basil Crawford | 1936-03-12 |
Movie | Champagne Charlie | Ivan Suchine | 1936-05-06 |
Movie | The White Angel | Mr. Bullock | 1936-06-25 |
Movie | Lloyd's of London | Hawkins | 1936-11-25 |
Movie | Reunion | Sir Basil Crawford | 1936-11-20 |
Movie | Sing, Baby, Sing | Robert Wilson | 1936-08-21 |
Movie | Clive of India | Governor Pigot | 1935-01-25 |
Movie | The Crusades | The Blacksmith | 1935-08-21 |
Movie | The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo | Director | 1935-11-14 |
Movie | Hi, Gaucho! | Hillario Bolario | 1935-10-10 |
Movie | Hollywood Extra Girl | Crusades Actor (uncredited) | 1935-08-22 |
Movie | Menace | Police Inspector | 1934-11-22 |
Movie | Limehouse Blues | Pug Talbot | 1934-12-11 |
Movie | At Twelve Midnight | Captain James alias The Fox | 1933-05-28 |
Movie | His Double Life | Duncan Farrel | 1933-12-14 |
Movie | Stowaway | Groder | 1932-03-01 |
Movie | Love Bound | John Randolph | 1932-03-01 |
Movie | Vanity Fair | Marquis of Steyne | 1932-03-15 |
Movie | The Midnight Lady | Harvey Austin | 1932-05-15 |
Movie | The Silver Lining | Michael Moore | 1932-04-16 |
Movie | Out of Singapore | Capt. Scar Murray | 1932-09-23 |
Movie | Alexander Hamilton | Thomas Jefferson | 1931-09-12 |
Movie | Back Pay | Charles Wheeler | 1930-06-01 |
Movie | A Notorious Affair | Sir Thomas Hanley | 1930-04-26 |
Movie | Double Cross Roads | Gene Dyke | 1930-04-20 |
Movie | Love Comes Along | Sangredo | 1930-01-05 |
Movie | Outward Bound | Mr. Lingley | 1930-09-17 |
Movie | Inside the Lines | Governor of Gibraltar | 1930-07-05 |
Movie | Kismet | The Jailer | 1930-10-30 |
Movie | The Cat Creeps | Hendricks | 1930-11-10 |
Movie | Reno | Alexander W. Brett | 1930-09-30 |
Movie | Bulldog Drummond | Peterson | 1929-05-02 |
Movie | Synthetic Sin | Brandy Mulane | 1929-01-06 |
Movie | Charming Sinners | George Whitley | 1929-08-17 |
Movie | A Most Immoral Lady | John Williams | 1929-09-22 |
Movie | Her Private Life | Sir Bruce Haden | 1929-08-25 |
Movie | The Mysterious Island | Mikhail | 1929-10-05 |
Movie | Character Studies | 1928-03-15 | |
Movie | The Noose | Buck Gordon | 1928-01-29 |
Movie | The Wind | Roddy | 1928-09-15 |
Movie | The Haunted House | Mad Doctor | 1928-11-04 |
Movie | The Divine Lady | Capt. Hardy | 1928-12-26 |
Movie | The Last Warning | Arthur McHugh | 1928-12-25 |
Movie | The King of Kings | Roman Centurion | 1927-04-19 |
Movie | The Night of Love | Duke de la Garda | 1927-01-22 |
Movie | Rose of the Golden West | Gen. Vallero | 1927-09-25 |
Movie | Good Time Charley | John Hartwell | 1927-11-05 |
Movie | Hands Up! | Capt. Edward Logan | 1926-01-11 |
Movie | Brooding Eyes | Pat Callaghan | 1926-03-15 |
Movie | The Son of the Sheik | Ghabah | 1926-09-05 |
Movie | Don Juan | Count Giano Donati | 1926-08-06 |
Movie | The Mad Marriage | 1925-01-30 | |
Movie | Restless Wives | Hugo Cady | 1924-01-06 |
Movie | Sinners in Heaven | Native Chief | 1924-09-09 |
Movie | The Eternal City | Minghelli | 1923-12-17 |
Movie | The Beauty Shop | Maldonado | 1922-05-13 |
Movie | Forever | Colonel Ibbetson | 1921-10-16 |
Movie | Love's Redemption | Frederick Kent | 1921-12-19 |
Movie | Through the Toils | Noel Graham / Lewis Moffat | 1919-06-08 |
Movie | Our Film Stars | 1919-11-22 | |
Movie | A Broadway Saint | Dick Vernon | 1919-07-21 |
Movie | Forget-Me-Not | Gabriel Barrato / Benedetto Barrato | 1917-04-16 |
Movie | The Dormant Power | 1917-10-22 | |
Movie | The Volunteer | Self - Cameo Appearance | 1917-12-24 |
Movie | A Woman's Way | Oliver Whitney | 1916-08-07 |
Movie | Husband and Wife | Patrick Alliston | 1916-08-28 |
Movie | The Gilded Cage | Baron Stefano | 1916-10-09 |
Movie | The Hidden Scar | Henry Dalton | 1916-10-15 |
Movie | Hearts in Exile | 1915-04-11 | |
Movie | The Suicide Club | 1914-07-01 |