Monty Woolley

Born: 1888-08-17

Edgar Montilion "Monty" Woolley (August 17, 1888 – May 6, 1963) was an American actor. At the age of 50, he achieved a measure of stardom for his role in the 1939 stage play The Man Who Came to Dinner and its 1942 film adaptation. Description above from the Wikipedia article Monty Woolley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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The Bishop's Wife

as Professor Wutheridge
Released: 1947-12-25

An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate...

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The Man Who Came to Dinner

as Sheridan Whiteside
Released: 1941-12-24

An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a...

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Nothing Sacred

as Dr. Oswald Vunch (uncredited)
Released: 1937-11-25

When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing...

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Night and Day

as Monty Woolley
Released: 1946-07-02

When his first stage show fails, songwriter Cole Porter goes off to fight in WWI until, injured,...

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Midnight

as The Judge
Released: 1939-03-24

An unemployed showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian society.

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Kismet

as Omar
Released: 1955-10-08

A silver-tongued poet and self-proclaimed "King of the Beggars" searches old Baghdad for a rich...

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Since You Went Away

as Colonel William G. Smollett
Released: 1944-06-30

In 1943, several people enter, re-enter, and exit the difficult life of a Midwestern family...

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Three Comrades

as Dr. Jaffe
Released: 1938-06-02

A love story centered on the lives of three young German soldiers in the years following World...

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As Young as You Feel

as John R. Hodges
Released: 1951-06-15

Sixty-five-year-old John Hodges must retire from Acme Printing. He later impersonates the...

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Live, Love and Learn

as Mr. Bawltitude
Released: 1937-10-29

A starving, uncompromising artist and an heiress fall in love on first sight and immediately get...

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Never Say Die

as Dr. Schmidt
Released: 1939-03-08

Bob Hope is being stalked by a predatory widow who is a widow of wealthy husbands many times...

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Molly and Me

as John Graham
Released: 1945-05-25

A vivacious actress needing work becomes a housekeeper for a crusty retired politician, and...

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Lord Jeff

as Jeweler
Released: 1938-06-17

Spoiled child Geoffrey Bramer teams up with a pair of small time crooks to pose as an aristocrat...

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Dancing Co-Ed

as Professor Lange
Released: 1939-09-29

After discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman and...

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Young Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Lane-Porteus
Released: 1938-10-14

A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a...

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Breakdowns of 1942

as Self
Released: 1942-12-31

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1942.

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The Girl of the Golden West

as Governor
Released: 1938-03-18

A bandit disguises himself as an officer in an attempt to woo a saloon singer.

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Everybody Sing

as John Fleming
Released: 1938-01-01

Boisterous teen Judy Bellaire is expelled from her all-female boarding school for convincing her...

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The Pied Piper

as John Sidney Howard
Released: 1942-08-21

Englishman Mr. Howard is on a fishing holiday in eastern France when the Germans invade in 1940....

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Holy Matrimony

as Priam Farll
Released: 1943-08-24

An artist returning from years abroad takes the identity of his dead valet and gets married, but...

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Man About Town

as Henri Dubois
Released: 1939-06-29

Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she...

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Miss Tatlock's Millions

as Miles Tatlock
Released: 1948-11-19

After the accidental death of an idiot heir, a stunt man is hired to impersonate him while the...

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Honeymoon in Bali

as Parker (uncredited)
Released: 1939-09-29

Bill Burnett, a resident of Bali, visits New York City, meets and falls in love with Gail Allen,...

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Arsène Lupin Returns

as Georges Bouchet
Released: 1938-02-25

A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the...

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The Forgotten Step

as The Art Collector
Released: 1938-05-20

An American art collector, living in France in the 1870s, who loses his fortune in a stock...

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Irish Eyes Are Smiling

as Edgar Brawley
Released: 1944-10-19

Climbing to fame, Irish-American composer Ernest R. Ball romances a showgirl, who catches the...

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Zaza

as Fouget
Released: 1938-12-29

A seductive music hall star falls in love with a married aristocrat.

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Artists and Models Abroad

as Gantvoort
Released: 1938-12-20

Buck Boswell and his all-girl troupe are stranded in Paris, but Buck manages to con the manager...

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Life Begins at Eight-Thirty

as Madden Thomas
Released: 1942-12-09

Kathy lives in a cramped New York flat with her father Madden Thomas, a celebrated actor brought...

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Eloise

as Himself
Released: 1956-11-22

It's not so much that Eloise is a mischievous child, but the darnedest things do happen when...

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See Your Doctor

as Doctor
Released: 1939-12-16

A lecturer tells the audience that it is National Take Care Week. He tells the story of a man...

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The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self
First aired: 1950-09-10

The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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