Timeline Robert Montgomery

American actor and director, an MGM star, war veteran and television pioneer.

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1904 Robert Montgomery born in Beacon Robert Montgomery is born in Beacon.
1929 Robert Montgomery's film debut He makes his debut in So This Is College.
1930 Robert Montgomery in The Big House He stars in the prison drama.
1933 Elizabeth Montgomery born His daughter, later the star of Bewitched, is born.
1935 Robert Montgomery president of the Screen Actors Guild He leads the union for the first of two terms.
1937 Robert Montgomery in Night Must Fall His role as a killer earns an Oscar nomination.
1941 Robert Montgomery in Here Comes Mr. Jordan His role earns a second Oscar nomination.
1941 Robert Montgomery in Mr. and Mrs. Smith He stars in Hitchcock's comedy.
1941 Robert Montgomery joins the US Navy He serves in the war, including on a destroyer off Normandy on D-Day.
1945 Robert Montgomery in They Were Expendable He stars in John Ford's war film.
1947 Robert Montgomery directs Lady in the Lake He shoots the Philip Marlowe film entirely from the detective's point of view.
1950 Robert Montgomery Presents He hosts and produces the TV anthology series until 1957.
1953 Robert Montgomery advises Eisenhower He becomes the president's television adviser.
1981 Robert Montgomery dies in New York Robert Montgomery dies aged 77.