Lee Montague
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16 October 1927 Bow, London |
Lee Montague (born 16 October 1927) is an English actor noted for his roles on film and television, usually playing tough guys.
Film credits include The Camp on Blood Island, Billy Budd, The Secret of Blood Island, Deadlier Than the Male, Brother Sun, Sister Moon, Mahler and The Legacy.
Theatre credits include: Who Saw Him Die by Tudor Gates staged in 1974 at London's Theatre Royal Haymarket in which he played the part of John Rawlings the nemesis of former police Superintendent Pratt played by Stratford Johns.
Television credits include: The Four Just Men, Danger Man, The Baron, The Troubleshooters, Department S, Dixon of Dock Green, The Sweeney, Holocaust, Space: 1999, Minder, The Chinese Detective, Bergerac, Bird of Prey, Dempsey and Makepeace, Jekyll & Hyde, Casualty and Waking the Dead. In the sitcom Seconds Out he had a regular part as the manager of a boxer played by Robert Lindsay.
He also holds the distinction of being the first storyteller on the BBC children's programme Jackanory in 1965.[1]
Selected filmography
- The Silent Enemy (1958)
- The Camp on Blood Island (1958)
- Blind Date (1959)
- The Savage Innocents (1960)
- The Secret Partner (1961)
- Billy Budd (1962)
- Operation Snatch (1962)
- The Secret of Blood Island (1964)
- You Must Be Joking! (1965)
- Deadlier Than the Male (1967)
- How I Won the War (1967)
- Nobody Runs Forever (1968)
- Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
- Eagle in a Cage (1972)
- The Best Pair of Legs in the Business (1973)
- Mahler (1974)
- Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
- Brass Target (1978)
- The Legacy (1979)
- The London Connection (1979)
- If You Go Down in the Woods Today (1981)
- Pope John Paul II (1984)
- Lady Jane (1986)
- Madame Sousatzka (1988)
References
- ↑ McGown, Alistair. "Jackanory (1965–96)". BFI Screenonline. British Film Institute. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
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