RAY MONTGOMERY BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Ray Montgomery was born on May 27th, 1919 and he became a Warner Brothers Contract Player. Some of his more well known film roles included, "You're in the Army Now" (1941) starring Jimmy Durante, Phil Silvers, Jane Wyman, Joe Sawyer and Regis Toomey, "The Hard Way" (1943) starring Ida Lupino, Jack Carson, Joan Leslie and Dennis Morgan, "June Bride" (1948) starring Bette Davis, Robert Montgomery, Fay Bainter, Jerome Cowan and Tom Tully, "Bombers B-52" (1957) starring Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Marsha Hunt and Efrem Zimbalist Jr., and "A Gathering of Eagles" (1963) starring alongside Rock Hudson, Rod Taylor, Mary Peach, Barry Sullivan, Kevin McCarthy, Henry Silva, Robert Lansing, Leif Erickson, Louise Fletcher and Richard Anderson.
He first reached a whole new level of popularity when he was cast to portray Professor Howard Ogden for 52 episodes in the television adventure series, "Ramar of the Jungle" (1952-1954) co-starring Jon Hall as Dr. Tom Reynolds which takes place in the remote jungles of Africa and India.
Other television roles included, "The Veil", "Ironside", "The Loretta Young Show", "Telephone Time", "Shotgun Slade", "The Lone Ranger", "Meet Millie", "Lassie", "Tales of Tomorrow", "Your Favorite Story", 'The Lone Ranger", "Cheyenne", " Rocky Jones, Space Ranger ", "The Jack Benny Program", "Sky King", "Racket Squad", "The Abbott and Costello Show", "Men Into Space", "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet", 'Rawhide", "Surfside 6", "77 Sunset Strip", "Mr. Novak" and "Petticoat Junction" among many others.
Ray also added such film credits as, "A Guide for the Married Man" (1967) starring Walter Matthau, Robert Morse, Aline Towne, Sue Ane Langdon and Inger Stevens and "Madigan" (1968) starring Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Inger Stevens, Don Stroud, Harry Guardino, James Whitmore and Susan Clark, however the majority of his career was focused as a television actor.
His last known roles were on the television series, "Dragnet 1967" (1969), "Adam-12" (1969) and "Hunter" (1988-1990). He later retired from the industry and opened a real estate agency in California.
Filmography
1988-1990 Hunter
1972 The Screaming Woman
1970 The Resurrection of Broncho Billy
1969 Adam-12
1969 Dragnet 1967
1968 Felony Squad
1967-1968 Ironside
1968 Madigan
1967 A Guide for the Married Man
1956-1967 Lassie
1966 Batman
1966 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1966 Run for Your Life
1966 Not with My Wife, You Don't!
1964-1966 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1961-1966 Perry Mason
1966 The Silencers
1963-1966 The Virginian
1965 Daniel Boone
1965 The Munsters
1965 Brainstorm
1964 Petticoat Junction
1964 Kraft Suspense Theatre
1964 Kisses for My President
1964 Mr. Novak
1964 Day in Court
1960-1964 77 Sunset Strip
1963 The Bill Dana Show
1963 A Gathering of Eagles
1963 Critic's Choice
1962-1963 Hawaiian Eye
1963 The Wide Country
1963 The Gallant Men
1962 The Donna Reed Show
1958-1962 Leave It to Beaver
1960-1962 Thriller
1962 Shannon
1962 87th Precinct
1962 House of Women
1961-1962 Surfside 6
1955-1962 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1960-1962 Rawhide
1961 G.E. True Theater
1961 Bringing Up Buddy
1960 Dante
1960 Not for Hire
1960 Shotgun Slade
1960 Men Into Space
1960 Cash McCall
1959 Markham
1957-1959 The Gale Storm Show
1959 The FBI Story
1959 A Private's Affair
1959 Bronco
1958 In Love and War
1958 Steve Canyon
1956-1958 The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1958 The Real McCoys
1958 Flight
1958 The Veil
1958 Hey, Jeannie!
1957 Navy Log
1957 Peyton Place
1957 Kiss Them for Me
1957 Code 3
1957 Bombers B-52
1957 The Adventures of McGraw
1957 Lux Video Theatre
1957 The Silent Service
1956-1957 Telephone Time
1956 Three Brave Men
1956 Fury
1956 Between Heaven and Hell
1956 Adventures of Superman
1956 Hilda Crane
1954-1956 The Loretta Young Show
1956 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 Sincerely Yours
1955 Cheyenne
1953-1955 Fireside Theatre
1955 The Green Mountain Boys
1950-1955 The Lone Ranger
1954 Your Favorite Story
1954-1955 Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
1952-1954 Ramar of the Jungle
1954 Waterfront
1954 The Jack Benny Program
1953 Sabre Jet
1953 Bandits of the West
1953 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953 Pickup on South Street
1953 Column South
1953 Destination Gobi
1953 Down Among the Sheltering Palms
1953 The I Don't Care Girl
1953 Tales of Tomorrow
1953-1956 Meet Millie
1953 The Abbott and Costello Show
1952 Stars and Stripes Forever
1952 The Unexpected
1952 Monkey Business
1952 One Minute to Zero
1952 Sky King
1952 Bugles in the Afternoon
1952 Racket Squad
1951-1952 Gruen Guild Theater
1952 The Las Vegas Story
1951 Starlif
1951 Love Nest
1951 People Will Talk
1950-1951 Stars Over Hollywood
1951 Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
1951 Tomahawk
1949-1950 Actor's Studio
1950 Backfire
1949 The Lady Takes a Sailor
1949 The House Across the Street
1949 White Heat
1949 Task Force
1949 It's a Great Feeling
1949 The Girl from Jones Beach
1949 A Kiss in the Dark
1949 South of St. Louis
1949 John Loves Mary
1948 One Sunday Afternoon
1948 Whiplash
1948 Fighter Squadron
1948 June Bride
1948 Smart Girls Don't Talk
1948 Johnny Belinda
1948 Embraceable You
1948 The Big Punch
1948 Romance on the High Seas
1948 Wallflower
1948 Silver River
1948 To the Victor
1947 That Hagen Girl
1947 The Unsuspected
1947 Dark Passage
1947 The Unfaithful
1946 Deception
1943 Murder on the Waterfront
1943 Action in the North Atlantic
1943 The Hard Way
1943 Air Force
1942 The Gay Sisters
1942 Men of the Sky
1942 Wings for the Eagle
1942 Winning Your Wings
1942 Larceny, Inc.
1942 Murder in the Big House
1942 The Male Animal
1942 Bullet Scars
1942 Captains of the Clouds
1942 Soldiers in White
1941 You're in the Army Now
1941 All Through the Night
