Acting
Montagu Love
EN, XX cinema · 171 credits
Born
15 March 1880
Died
17 May 1943 (aged 63)
Birthplace
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK
Also known as Harry Montague Love · Montague Love
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
Filmography
Torpedo of Doom
as Col. White
Devotion
as Rev. Brontë
Wings Over the Pacific
as Jim Butler
The Constant Nymph
as Albert Sanger
Forever and a Day
as Sir John Bunn
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
as General Jerome Lawford
Lady for a Night
as Judge
The Remarkable Andrew
as General George Washington
Tennessee Johnson
as Chief Justice Chase
The Devil and Miss Jones
as Harrison
Shining Victory
as Dr. Blake
The Sea Hawk
as King Philip II
The Son of Monte Cristo
as Prime Minister Baron Von Neuhoff
North West Mounted Police
as Inspector Cabot
The Lone Wolf Strikes
as Emil Gorlick
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
as Professor Hartmann
Hudson's Bay
as Governor D'Argenson
The Mark of Zorro
as Don Alejandro Vega
All This, and Heaven Too
as Marechal Sebastiani
Northwest Passage
as Wiseman Clagett
A Dispatch from Reuters
as Delane
Private Affairs
as Noble Bullerton
Gunga Din
as Colonel Weed
Rulers of the Sea
as Malcolm Grant
We Are Not Alone
as Major Millman
Sons of Liberty
as George Washington
Juarez
as Jose de Montares
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Spanish Ambassador
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Bishop of the Black Canons
If I Were King
as General Dudon
The Fighting Devil Dogs
as General White
Professor Beware
as Professor Schmutz
Kidnapped
as Colonel Whitehead
The Buccaneer
as Admiral Cockburn
The Prince and the Pauper
as Henry VIII
Tovarich
as M. Courtois
The Prisoner of Zenda
as Detchard
A Damsel in Distress
as Lord Marshmorton
London by Night
as Sir Arthur Herrick
Parnell
as William Ewart Gladstone
Adventure's End
as Capt. Abner Drew
One in a Million
as Ratoffsky
The Life of Emile Zola
as M. Cavaignac
Lloyd's of London
as Hawkins
Sutter's Gold
as Capt. Kettleson
The Country Doctor
as Sir Basil Crawford
Sing, Baby, Sing
as Robert Wilson
Reunion
as Sir Basil Crawford
The White Angel
as Mr. Bullock
Champagne Charlie
as Ivan Suchine
Frankie and Johnnie
as Colonel Brand
Clive of India
as Governor Pigot
Hi, Gaucho!
as Hillario Bolario
The Crusades
as The Blacksmith
Hollywood Extra Girl
as Crusades Actor (uncredited)
Limehouse Blues
as Pug Talbot
Menace
as Police Inspector
His Double Life
as Duncan Farrel
At Twelve Midnight
as Captain James alias The Fox
The Midnight Lady
as Harvey Austin
Out of Singapore
as Capt. Scar Murray
Stowaway
as Groder
Love Bound
as John Randolph
Vanity Fair
as Marquis of Steyne
The Silver Lining
as Michael Moore
The Riding Tornado
as Walt Corson
Alexander Hamilton
as Thomas Jefferson
The Lion and the Lamb
as Professor Tottie
Outward Bound
as Mr. Lingley
Back Pay
as Charles Wheeler
Love Comes Along
as Sangredo
Kismet
as The Jailer
Inside the Lines
as Governor of Gibraltar
The Cat Creeps
as Hendricks
A Notorious Affair
as Sir Thomas Hanley
Double Cross Roads
as Gene Dyke
Reno
as Alexander W. Brett
Bulldog Drummond
as Peterson
Charming Sinners
as George Whitley
Synthetic Sin
as Brandy Mulane
The Mysterious Island
as Falon, as Mikhail
Her Private Life
as Sir Bruce Haden
A Most Immoral Lady
as John Williams
Midstream
as Dr. Nelson
Silks and Saddles
as Walter Sinclair
The Wind
as Roddy
The Haunted House
as Mad Doctor
The Divine Lady
as Capt. Hardy
The Last Warning
as Arthur McHugh
The Hawk's Nest
as Dan Daugherty
The Noose
as Buck Gordon
The Devil's Skipper
as First Mate
The Night of Love
as Duke de la Garda
Good Time Charley
as John Hartwell
The King of Kings
as Roman Centurion
Rose of the Golden West
as Gen. Vallero
The Tender Hour
1927
The Tender Hour
as Grand Duke Sergei
Jesse James
as Frederick Mimms
The Haunted Ship
as Captain Simon Gant
One Hour of Love
as J.W. McKay
Out of the Storm
as Timothy Keith
The Silent Lover
as Ben Achmed
Hands Up!
as Capt. Edward Logan
The Son of the Sheik
as Ghabah
Don Juan
as Count Giano Donati
Brooding Eyes
1926
Brooding Eyes
as Pat Callaghan
The Social Highwayman
as Ducket Nelson
The Ancient Highway
as Ivan Hurd
The Desert's Price
1925
The Desert's Price
as Jim Martin
Roulette
as Dan Carrington
A Son of the Sahara
as Sultan Cassim Ammeh / Colonel Barbier
Sinners in Heaven
as Native Chief
Restless Wives
1924
Restless Wives
as Hugo Cady
Who's Cheating?
as Harrison Fields
Love of Women
as Bronson Gibbs
Week End Husbands
as Thomas Mowry
The Eternal City
as Minghelli
The Leopardess
as Scott Quaigg
The Beauty Shop
as Maldonado
What's Wrong with the Women?
as Arthur Belden
Secrets of Paris
as The Schoolmaster
Love's Redemption
as Frederick Kent
Forever
as Colonel Ibbetson
The Case of Becky
as Prof. Balzamo
Shams of Society
1921
Shams of Society
as Herbert Porter
The Riddle: Woman
as Larz Olrik
The World and His Wife
as Don Julian
The Place of Honeymoons
as Edward Courtlandt
Man's Plaything
as Pelton Vab Teel
Through the Toils
as Noel Graham / Lewis Moffat
A Broadway Saint
as Dick Vernon
The Hand Invisible
as Rodney Graham
Three Green Eyes
as Allen Granat
The Rough Neck
as John Masters
The Steel King
1919
The Steel King
as John Blake
The Quickening Flame
as John Steele
The Cross Bearer
as Cardinal Mercier
The Cabaret
as Jaffrey Darrel
Stolen Orders
as John Le Page
The Grouch
as Donald Graham
Broken Ties
as John Fleming
Forget-Me-Not
as Gabriel Barrato / Benedetto Barrato
Rasputin, the Black Monk
as Gregory Novik / Rasputin
The Volunteer
as Self - Cameo Appearance
The Dancer's Peril
as Michael Pavloff
Yankee Pluck
as Baron Wootchi
The Awakening
as Jacques Revilly
The Brand of Satan
as Jacques Cordet
The Gilded Cage
as Baron Stefano
The Scarlet Oath
as Nicholas Savaroff
The Men She Married
as Jerry Trainor
The Hidden Scar
as Henry Dalton
Husband and Wife
as Patrick Alliston
A Woman's Way
as Oliver Whitney
The Devil's Toy
as Wilfred Barsley
The Challenge
as Quarrier
Bought and Paid For
as Robert Stafford
Friday the 13th
as Count Varneloff
The Greater Will
1915
The Greater Will
as Stuart Watson
A Royal Family
as Crown Prince of Kurland
The Suicide Club
as Prince Florizel