Montagu Love

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

159

Gender

Male

Birthday

1880-03-15

Day of death

1943-05-17 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK

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 Mysterious Island

    The Mysterious Island

  • The Mysterious Island

    The Mysterious Island

  • One in a Million

    One in a Million

  • The Life of Emile Zola

    The Life of Emile Zola

  • The Son of Monte Cristo

    The Son of Monte Cristo

  • If I Were King

    If I Were King

  • The Lone Wolf Strikes

    The Lone Wolf Strikes

  • Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

    Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

  • The Wind

    The Wind

  • Secrets of Paris

    Secrets of Paris

  • A Damsel in Distress

    A Damsel in Distress

  • Hands Up!

    Hands Up!

  • Devotion

    Devotion

  • Broken Ties

    Broken Ties

  • The Remarkable Andrew

    The Remarkable Andrew

  • Shining Victory

    Shining Victory

  • The Prince and the Pauper

    The Prince and the Pauper

  • The Man in the Iron Mask

    The Man in the Iron Mask

  • A Notorious Affair

    A Notorious Affair

  • Love Comes Along

    Love Comes Along

  • Forever

    Forever

  • The Buccaneer

    The Buccaneer

  • The Adventures of Robin Hood

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

  • The Divine Lady

    The Divine Lady

  • The Crusades

    The Crusades

  • The Devil's Skipper

    The Devil's Skipper

  • Bulldog Drummond

    Bulldog Drummond

  • The Hidden Scar

    The Hidden Scar

  • Stolen Orders

    Stolen Orders

  • The Voice Within

    The Voice Within

  • A Dispatch from Reuters

    A Dispatch from Reuters

  • Lloyd's of London

    Lloyd's of London

  • The Ancient Highway

    The Ancient Highway

  • Rasputin, the Black Monk

    Rasputin, the Black Monk

  • Love's Redemption

    Love's Redemption

  • Clive of India

    Clive of India

  • Back Pay

    Back Pay

  • Hearts in Exile

    Hearts in Exile

  • The Volunteer

    The Volunteer

  • Outward Bound

    Outward Bound

  • Limehouse Blues

    Limehouse Blues

  • The Mark of Zorro

    The Mark of Zorro

  • The Devil and Miss Jones

    The Devil and Miss Jones

  • Hudson's Bay

    Hudson's Bay

  • Champagne Charlie

    Champagne Charlie

  • The Last Warning

    The Last Warning

  • Double Cross Roads

    Double Cross Roads

  • Good Time Charley

    Good Time Charley

  • The Dancer's Peril

    The Dancer's Peril

  • The Sea Hawk

    The Sea Hawk

  • The Noose

    The Noose

  • The Gilded Cage

    The Gilded Cage

  • Northwest Passage

    Northwest Passage

  • Adventure's End

    Adventure's End

  • Rulers of the Sea

    Rulers of the Sea

  • A Royal Family

    A Royal Family

  • Sons of Liberty

    Sons of Liberty

  • Forever and a Day

    Forever and a Day

  • The Constant Nymph

    The Constant Nymph

  • Professor Beware

    Professor Beware

  • Kidnapped

    Kidnapped

  • The Night of Love

    The Night of Love

  • Forget-Me-Not

    Forget-Me-Not

  • The Hawk's Nest

    The Hawk's Nest

  • The Haunted House

    The Haunted House

  • Synthetic Sin

    Synthetic Sin

  • Private Affairs

    Private Affairs

  • Frankie and Johnnie

    Frankie and Johnnie

  • Love of Women

    Love of Women

  • Jesse James

    Jesse James

  • The Eternal City

    The Eternal City

  • Three Green Eyes

    Three Green Eyes

  • Juarez

    Juarez

  • The White Angel

    The White Angel

  • The King of Kings

    The King of Kings

  • Torpedo of Doom

    Torpedo of Doom

  • The Son of the Sheik

    The Son of the Sheik

  • Gunga Din

    Gunga Din

  • Vanity Fair

    Vanity Fair

  • Tennessee Johnson

    Tennessee Johnson

  • The Good for Nothing

    The Good for Nothing

  • Restless Wives

    Restless Wives

  • Menace

    Menace

  • Rose of the Golden West

    Rose of the Golden West

  • The Haunted Ship

    The Haunted Ship

  • Inside the Lines

    Inside the Lines

  • Kismet

    Kismet

  • We Are Not Alone

    We Are Not Alone

  • Reunion

    Reunion

  • The Mad Marriage

    The Mad Marriage

  • The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo

    The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo

  • A Son of the Sahara

    A Son of the Sahara

  • The Fighting Devil Dogs

    The Fighting Devil Dogs

  • Out of Singapore

    Out of Singapore

  • The Case of Becky

    The Case of Becky

  • Sutter's Gold

    Sutter's Gold

  • The Riddle: Woman

    The Riddle: Woman

  • Lady for a Night

    Lady for a Night

  • Stowaway

    Stowaway

  • Alexander Hamilton

    Alexander Hamilton

  • A Broadway Saint

    A Broadway Saint

  • The Prisoner of Zenda

    The Prisoner of Zenda

  • All This, and Heaven Too

    All This, and Heaven Too

  • Tovarich

    Tovarich

  • The Hand Invisible

    The Hand Invisible

  • The Riding Tornado

    The Riding Tornado

  • A Woman's Way

    A Woman's Way

  • The Tender Hour

    The Tender Hour

  • Parnell

    Parnell

  • Hi, Gaucho!

    Hi, Gaucho!

  • Roulette

    Roulette

  • Through the Toils

    Through the Toils

  • The Devil's Toy

    The Devil's Toy

  • Charming Sinners

    Charming Sinners

  • Her Private Life

    Her Private Life

  • Husband and Wife

    Husband and Wife

  • Love Bound

    Love Bound

  • Sing, Baby, Sing

    Sing, Baby, Sing

  • Don Juan

    Don Juan

  • The Brand of Satan

    The Brand of Satan

  • Our Film Stars

    Our Film Stars

  • The Cross Bearer

    The Cross Bearer

  • The Silent Lover

    The Silent Lover

  • North West Mounted Police

    North West Mounted Police

  • Sinners in Heaven

    Sinners in Heaven

  • The Country Doctor

    The Country Doctor

  • The Challenge

    The Challenge

  • The Midnight Lady

    The Midnight Lady

  • London by Night

    London by Night

  • His Double Life

    His Double Life

  • The Grouch

    The Grouch

  • The Men She Married

    The Men She Married

  • At Twelve Midnight

    At Twelve Midnight

  • The Awakening

    The Awakening

  • The Cat Creeps

    The Cat Creeps

  • Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

    Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

  • The Beauty Shop

    The Beauty Shop

  • The Suicide Club

    The Suicide Club

  • The Place of Honeymoons

    The Place of Honeymoons

  • The Scarlet Oath

    The Scarlet Oath

  • Yankee Pluck

    Yankee Pluck

  • Hollywood Extra Girl

    Hollywood Extra Girl

  • Out of the Storm

    Out of the Storm

  • The Silver Lining

    The Silver Lining

  • The World and His Wife

    The World and His Wife

  • Wings Over the Pacific

    Wings Over the Pacific

  • A Most Immoral Lady

    A Most Immoral Lady

  • Midstream

    Midstream

  • The Dormant Power

    The Dormant Power

  • Who's Cheating?

    Who's Cheating?

  • Reno

    Reno

  • Brooding Eyes

    Brooding Eyes

  • The Desert's Price

    The Desert's Price

  • What's Wrong with the Women?

    What's Wrong with the Women?

  • Silks and Saddles

    Silks and Saddles

  • The Cabaret

    The Cabaret

  • The Greater Will

    The Greater Will

  • Character Studies

    Character Studies

  • The Expectant Father

    The Expectant Father