What is Montgomery Clift doing today? Net Worth, Death, Weight

Known for movies

Short Info

Died	July 23, 1966, New York City, New York, United States
Mark	Handsome appearance
Fact	At his near-fatal car accident in 1956, Rock Hudson, Michael Wilding and Kevin McCarthy formed a protective shield to prevent Clift's photo from being taken by photographers as he was carried from the wreck to the ambulance.
Payments	Earned $130,000 from Freud (1962)

Montgomery Clift was an American actor who rose to prominence in the 1940s and 1950s. He was known for his method acting style and his roles in such films as A Place in the Sun, From Here to Eternity, and The Misfits. Clift’s personal life was plagued by addiction and he died at the age of 45 from a heart attack.

Born on October 17, 1920, in Omaha, Nebraska, Montgomery Clift was the son of William Brooks Clift and Ethel Fogg Clift. His father was a successful businessman and his mother was a socialite. Clift had two older sisters, Frances and Brooks. He was educated at private schools in New York and Switzerland.

Clift’s film career began with a bit part in the 1941 film The Young Lions. He rose to prominence in the 1950s with starring roles in such films as A Place in the Sun, From Here to Eternity, and The Misfits. Clift was known for his method acting style and his ability to play both sympathetic and unsympathetic characters.

Clift’s personal life was plagued by addiction. He was an alcoholic and a heavy smoker. In 1966, he was involved in a near-fatal car accident that left him with facial paralysis. Clift died of a heart attack on July 23, 1966, at the age of 45.

General Info

Full Name	Montgomery Clift
Died	July 23, 1966, New York City, New York, United States
Height	1.78 m
Profession	Actor
Nationality	American

Family

Parents	William Brooks Clift, Ethel Fogg Anderson
Siblings	William Brooks Clift Jr., Roberta Clift

Accomplishments

Nominations	Academy Award for Best Actor, Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor
Movies	A Place in the Sun, From Here to Eternity, The Misfits, Red River, Raintree County, The Heiress, I Confess, Judgment at Nuremberg, The Search, Suddenly, Last Summer, The Young Lions, Lonelyhearts, The Big Lift, Wild River, The Defector, Terminal Station, Freud: The Secret Passion, Starring Sigmund F...

Social profile links

IMDB	http://imdb.com/name/nm0001050

Marks

#	Marks / Signs
1	Pioneered roles as dark, brooding, young outcasts later popularized by the likes of Marlon Brando and 'James Dean'
2	Known for playing brooding sensitive characters
3	Emotional acting style
4	Often played emotionally tortured men
5	Handsome appearance

Salary

Title	Salary
Freud (1962)	$130,000
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	Waived salary
Raintree County (1957)	$250,000
From Here to Eternity (1953)	$150,000
The Heiress (1949)	$100,000
Red River (1948)	$60,000
The Search (1948)	$100,000

Quotes

#	Quote
1	If I'm not interested in the movie, the audience is not going to be. How can you interest the audience if you're not interested yourself?
2	The only line that's wrong in William Shakespeare is 'holding a mirror up to nature.' You hold a magnifying glass up to nature. As an actor you just enlarge it enough so that your audience can identify with the situation. If it were a mirror, we would have no art.
3	Look, I'm not odd. I'm just trying to be an actor; not a movie star, an actor.
4	I watched myself in Red River (1948) and I knew I was going to be famous, so I decided I would get drunk anonymously one last time.
5	My childhood was hobgoblin - my parents traveled a lot. That's all I can remember
6	There are parts of me all over the hospital. They can't find my colon. I know they must have been looking for it for days but they haven't mentioned it to me because they'll think I'll get upset. I don't care. To hell with it.
7	Noah, from The Young Lions (1958), was the best performance of my life. I couldn't have given more of myself. I'll never be able to do it again. Never.
8	[on being born the younger twin.] I was always the gentleman. I let sister see the moon before I did!
9	[on Elizabeth Taylor] Liz is the only woman I have ever met who turns me on. She feels like the other half of me.
10	[on Marilyn Monroe] Marilyn was an incredible person to act with, the most marvelous I ever worked with and I have been working for 29 years.
11	I feel my real talent lies in directing for my later years.
12	I don't want to be labeled as either a pansy or a heterosexual. Labeling is so self-limiting. We are what we do, not what we say we are.
13	Good dialogue simply isn't enough to explain all the infinite gradations of a character. It's behavior -- it's what's going on behind the lines.
14	[recalling his arrival in Hollywood] I told them I wanted to choose my scripts and my directors myself. "But sweetheart," they said, "you're going to make a lot of mistakes." And I told them, "You don't understand; I want to be free to do so."
15	I keep my family out of my public life because it can be an awful nuisance to them. What's my mother going to tell strangers anyway? That I was a cute baby and that she's terribly proud of me? Nuts. Who cares?
16	I love the stage, but after a few months you can get tired. I would rather do three movies than play in one stage hit. I played in four flops in a row when I was about 17 and I was delighted. I was being paid to be trained.
17	What do I have to do to prove I can act?
18	[his reported last words, upon being asked if he wanted to see one of his movies on TV] Absolutely NOT!

Facts

#	Fact
1	Appeared in two movies that are set partly at Hickam Field in Honolulu: The Big Lift (1950) and From Here to Eternity (1953).
2	Robert LaGuardia, in his 1988 biography "Monty," claimed that director John Huston, who had paternalistic feelings towards Clift after directing the alcoholic and emotionally troubled actor in The Misfits (1961) (1961), became sadistic towards him during the troubled Freud (1962) (1962) shoot. Basing his charges on interviews with co-star Susannah York, LaGuardia claimed that Huston kept asking Clift about the Freudian concept of "represssion," obviously alluding to Clift's repressed homosexuality. Apparently, Huston himself could not broach the idea that Monty was gay in his own mind, but subconsciously, he reacted to Monty's homosexuality quite negatively. (Marilyn Monroe had admonished Monty not to work with Huston again, finding him a sadist on the "Misfits" set. Her ex-husband Arthur Miller, on the other hand, did not fault Huston in his autobiography "Timebends," but instead, marveled about how he kept his cool during the "Misfits" shoot, which was also troubled due to Marilyn Monroe's mental illness and frequent absences from the set.) Monty's biographer thought that Huston still had paternalistic feelings towards the actor, but was subconsciously appalled at his surrogate son's homosexuality; thus, he began to torture him on the set by insisting on unnecessary retakes and that he perform his own stunts, such as climbing up a rope. Despite Monty's many problems, he always proved a trouper, and gave as much as he could, including diving into a river in his last film, L'espion (1966) (1966).
3	In the James Kirkwood novel "Hit Me With A Rainbow", early on the lead character is told that he resembles Montgomery Clift. He reflects that this has been happening often and surmises is it due to Clift's recent death.
4	On the advice of his close friend Libby Holman, he turned down William Holden's role in Sunset Blvd. (1950) and Gary Cooper's role in High Noon (1952).
5	Related to actor Michael Anderson Brown.
6	In Italy, most of his early films were dubbed by Giulio Panicali, then by Giuseppe Rinaldi. He was occasionally dubbed by Gianfranco Bellini (in The Search (1948) and Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)), Nando Gazzolo (in The Young Lions (1958)) and once by Pino Locchi in Raintree County (1957).
7	He was a close friend of Elizabeth Taylor, although he greatly disliked her husband Richard Burton, and the feeling was mutual. Clift once said, "Richard Burton doesn't act, he just recites.".
8	Voted for Republican Thomas E. Dewey in the 1948 presidential election, but later actively campaigned for Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson in the 1952 presidential election - much to the annoyance of his father.
9	Son of William Brooks Clift and wife Ethel Anderson Fogg. Ethel is believed by some biographers to have been an illegitimate daughter of Woodbury Blair by Maria Latham Anderson. Woodbury Blair was the son of Montgomery Blair, after whom his great-grandson received his middle name, and wife Mary Elizabeth Woodbury, daughter of Levi Woodbury (1789-1851), US Supreme Court, and wife Elizabeth Wendell Clapp. Montgomery's ancestry was English, as well as more distant Scottish, Dutch, German, and French.
10	Became good friends with Dean Martin while filming The Young Lions (1958), and Clift helped the singer, who was best known at that time as a light comedian, with rehearsing his heavy dramatic scenes. In later years, as Clift was ostracized by the Hollywood social set for his substance abuses and mental instability, Martin stuck by the troubled actor and often brought him along as his guest to parties.
11	Turned down Dean Martin's role in Rio Bravo (1959), which would have reunited him with his Red River (1948) co-star John Wayne.
12	Marilyn Monroe described him as "the only person I know who is in worse shape than I am."
13	Is portrayed by Jeffrey Combs in Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996)
14	A sometime guest of Broadway legends Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne at their rural retreat Ten Chimneys in Genesee Depot, Wisconsin.
15	At his near-fatal car accident in 1956, Rock Hudson, Michael Wilding and Kevin McCarthy formed a protective shield to prevent Clift's photo from being taken by photographers as he was carried from the wreck to the ambulance.
16	Hollywood folklore has it that his ghost haunts the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The actor had stayed there while filming From Here to Eternity (1953), even though all filming locations for "From Here to Eternity" were in Hawaii.
17	One of only six actors to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his first screen appearance. The other five actors are: Orson Welles, Lawrence Tibbett, Alan Arkin, Paul Muni and James Dean.
18	His father was a violent, abusive, ultra-conservative bigot and did not get along with his son. As an actor, whenever Clift was playing characters snapping as they went up against ignorance or brutality, Clift was said to have acted with his father in mind as an antagonist.
19	Spoke fluent French, Italian and German.
20	Suffered from dysentery and colitis for most of his adult life.
21	Marlon Brando, who calls him a "friend" in his autobiography, says that Clift was a tormented soul addicted to alcohol and chloral hydrate, a depressant and sedative which he drank. On the set of The Young Lions (1958), he warned Clift that he was destroying himself like Brando's own alcoholic mother had. For his part, Clift was always supportive of Brando as an actor, even when his career began faltering after Mutiny on the Bounty (1962).
22	On the set of The Young Lions (1958), Marlon Brando insisted on doing his own stunt fall after being "shot" by co-stars Clift and Dean Martin and wound up dislocating his shoulder. Clift, seeing that Brando was in pain, offered him a swig from the thermos jug he carried with him at all times. The combination of vodka and prescription drugs in the thermos helped Brando through the ordeal.
23	In Robert Laguardia's "Monty" (1977), the first published biography, Laguardia tells of how Clift was discomfited when he initially met co-star Burt Lancaster on the set of From Here to Eternity (1953). Lancaster was in awe of Monty and was so nervous, he actually shook during their first scene (as also mentioned in Lancaster's biography).
24	Was Elizabeth Taylor's choice to play her husband, the closeted homosexual Major Weldon Penderton, in Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967). He died before the film began shooting and was replaced by Marlon Brando, who at one time was considered his only rival as an attractive leading man who was also a great actor.
25	He was voted the 60th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly.
26	Younger brother of Brooks Clift.
27	Always in high demand as an actor, he turned down the role played by William Holden in Sunset Blvd. (1950) and the part of James Dean's brother in East of Eden (1955). In 1955, alone, he passed on five Broadway plays, (among them Eugene O'Neill's "Desire Under the Elms"), and he turned down the films Désirée (1954), Friendly Persuasion (1956), Prince of Players (1955), Fahrenheit 451 (1966), Moby Dick (1956) and The Trouble with Harry (1955).
28	He had so many health problems on the set of Freud (1962) that Universal sued him for the cost of the film's production delays. During the trial, the film opened and was such a huge hit that Clift's lawyers brought up the point that the film was doing well because of Clift's involvement. Clift won a lucrative settlement.
29	Interred at Quaker Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
30	The release of Red River (1948) made him an overnight sensation and instant star. He embodied a new type of man on screen, the beautiful, sensual and vulnerable man that seemed to appeal to women and men alike. After A Place in the Sun (1951) came out he was Hollywood's hottest male star and adored by millions. He looked incredible and was a fine actor, a rare combination. His only rival in this regard during the next few years was Marlon Brando, whose career turned out to be more stable and successful in the end. Clift's mental problems prevented him from staying at the top, as his drinking and drug problem began to affect his acting and bankability. The loss of his dashing looks in a well publicized road accident during the filming of Raintree County (1957) didn't help, either. What followed could be described as the longest suicide in show-business history.
31	Was a close friend of Elizabeth Taylor, Kevin McCarthy, Marilyn Monroe and Roddy McDowall.
32	He is the subject of R.E.M.'s song "Monty Got a Raw Deal", from their LP "Automatic For the People".
33	He is the subject of the song "The Right Profile" on The Clash's album "London Calling".
34	He is referred to in the Jets to Brazil song, "Conrad" on their album, "Orange Rhyming Dictionary".
35	1995: Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#29).

Pictures

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Movies

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
L'espion	1966		Prof. James Bower
Freud	1962		Sigmund Freud
Judgment at Nuremberg	1961		Rudolph Petersen
The Misfits	1961		Perce Howland
Wild River	1960		Chuck Glover
Suddenly, Last Summer	1959		Dr. Cukrowicz
The Young Lions	1958		Noah Ackerman
Lonelyhearts	1958		Adam White
Raintree County	1957		John Wickliff Shawnessy
From Here to Eternity	1953		Robert E. Lee Prewitt
Indiscretion of an American Wife	1953		Giovanni Doria
I Confess	1953		Father Michael Logan
A Place in the Sun	1951		George Eastman
The Big Lift	1950		Danny MacCullough
The Heiress	1949		Morris Townsend
Red River	1948		Matt Garth
The Search	1948		Ralph Stevenson
Hay Fever	1939	TV Movie

Writer

Title	Year	Status
L'espion	1966	uncredited
Judgment at Nuremberg	1961	uncredited
The Search	1948	uncredited

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Heiress	1949	performer: "Plaisir d'amour The Joys of Love" 1780 - uncredited

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
The New Bike	2009	Short acknowledgment

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Starring Sigmund Freud	2012	Documentary short
William Faulkner's Mississippi	1965	TV Movie documentary	Narrator
The David Susskind Show	1964	TV Series	Himself
The Merv Griffin Show	1963	TV Series	Himself
What's My Line?	1963	TV Series	Himself - Mystery Guest
Here's Hollywood	1962	TV Series	Himself
Operation Raintree	1957	Documentary short	Himself (uncredited)
The Ed Sullivan Show	1954	TV Series	Himself

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
La otra sala: Clásicos	2016	TV Series documentary
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All	2015	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself
Listen to Me Marlon	2015	Documentary	Himself (uncredited)
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence	2008	TV Series	Perce Howland in 'The Misfits'
How the West Was Lost	2008	TV Movie documentary	Perce Howland (uncredited)
Brando	2007	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Fragiles et sublimes... Stars en clair obscur	2006	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Ciclo Alfred Hitchcock	2005	TV Series	Fr. Logan
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust	2004	Documentary
Biography	1998-2003	TV Series documentary	Himself
Sendung ohne Namen	2002	TV Series documentary	Matt Garth
Great Performances	2002	TV Series	Himself
Hollywood Remembers Lee Marvin	2000	TV Movie documentary	Himself / John Wickliff Shawnessy
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories	2000	Video documentary	Himself
Omnibus	2000	TV Series documentary
The Rat Pack	1999	TV Series documentary	Himself
Great Romances of the 20th Century: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton	1997	TV Short documentary
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender	1997	Documentary	Himself
100 Years at the Movies	1994	TV Short documentary	Himself
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey	1984	Documentary	Himself
Montgomery Clift	1983	Documentary	Himself (film clips and documentary footage)
Sixty Years of Seduction	1981	TV Movie documentary
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks	1973	TV Movie documentary	Himself (uncredited)
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe	1966	Documentary	Actor 'The Misfits' (uncredited)
The Love Goddesses	1965	Documentary	Himself
The Ed Sullivan Show	1955-1961	TV Series	Perce Howland / Himself

Awards

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
1960	Star on the Walk of Fame	Walk of Fame	Motion Picture	On 8 February 1960. At 6104 Hollywood Blvd.

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
1962	Oscar	Academy Awards, USA	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
1962	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Supporting Actor	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
1962	BAFTA Film Award	BAFTA Awards	Best Foreign Actor	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
1962	Golden Laurel	Laurel Awards	Top Male Supporting Performance	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
1954	Oscar	Academy Awards, USA	Best Actor in a Leading Role	From Here to Eternity (1953)
1952	Oscar	Academy Awards, USA	Best Actor in a Leading Role	A Place in the Sun (1951)
1949	Oscar	Academy Awards, USA	Best Actor in a Leading Role	The Search (1948)