Lee Montgomery
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Lee Montgomery was a child actor
in the 1970s, best known for his role as a lonely little boy who befriends a pack of killer rats in the film
, Ben (1972).
and Tannis G. Montgomery, Montgomery began his career as a model before venturing into the acting business. He made his debut in the Disney film The Million Dollar Duck
1971, before landing a starring role in Ben (1972), the sequel to Willard
(1971). He made appearances on television series such as Mod Squad, Columbo, Kojak
, Adam-12
, Emergency!
, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show
. He also acted in an infamous incest-themed film by George C. Scott
called The Savage is Loose
, and in a cult horror film with Oliver Reed
, Karen Black
, and Bette Davis
called Burnt Offerings
.
In the 1980s, he made more cameo appearances such as CHiPs
, Family Ties
and Dallas
, and he made a transition to adult roles in films such as Split Image
(1982) with Peter Fonda
, Night Shadows
(1984) with Wings Hauser
, and Into the Fire
(1988) co-starring Susan Anspach
. One of his best known later roles was his portrayal of Jeff Malene in the teen comedy Girls Just Want to Have Fun
(1985), alongside Sarah Jessica Parker
, Helen Hunt
, and Shannen Doherty
.
Montgomery also did an after-school special called Hear Me Cry (1984) (TV) with Robert MacNaughton
of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
. The story revolves around two students with nothing in common beyond a mutual suicide fantasy.
for the film Trigon: The Legend of Pelgidium (2000).
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
in the 1970s, best known for his role as a lonely little boy who befriends a pack of killer rats in the film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
, Ben (1972).
Hollywood
Brother of actresses Belinda MontgomeryBelinda Montgomery
Belinda J. Montgomery is a Canadian-born actress and painter currently living in California.-Life and career:Montgomery was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She is perhaps best known as Mrs...
and Tannis G. Montgomery, Montgomery began his career as a model before venturing into the acting business. He made his debut in the Disney film The Million Dollar Duck
The Million Dollar Duck
The Million Dollar Duck is a 1971 Disney comedy film that was directed by Vincent McEveety, and stars Dean Jones, Sandy Duncan and Joe Flynn.-Plot:...
1971, before landing a starring role in Ben (1972), the sequel to Willard
Willard (1971 film)
Willard is a 1971 horror film starring Bruce Davison and Ernest Borgnine, directed by Daniel Mann. The movie is based on the novel Ratman's Notebooks by Stephen Gilbert, and was nominated for an Edgar Award for best picture...
(1971). He made appearances on television series such as Mod Squad, Columbo, Kojak
Kojak
Kojak is an American television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, bald New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak. It aired from October 24, 1973, to March 18, 1978, on CBS. It took the time slot of the popular Cannon series, which was moved one hour earlier...
, Adam-12
Adam-12
Adam-12 was a television police drama which followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12. Created by Jack Webb who is known for creating Dragnet, the series captured a...
, Emergency!
Emergency!
Emergency! is an American television series that combines the medical drama and action-adventure genres. It was produced by Mark VII Limited and distributed by Universal Studios...
, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show is an American television sitcom created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns that aired on CBS from 1970 to 1977...
. He also acted in an infamous incest-themed film by George C. Scott
George C. Scott
George Campbell Scott was an American stage and film actor, director and producer. He was best known for his stage work, as well as his portrayal of General George S. Patton in the film Patton, and as General Buck Turgidson in Stanley Kubrick's Dr...
called The Savage is Loose
The Savage is Loose
The Savage is Loose is a 1974 psychological melodrama that addresses incest within a small marooned family on a deserted island. It starred George C...
, and in a cult horror film with Oliver Reed
Oliver Reed
Oliver Reed was an English actor known for his burly screen presence. Reed exemplified his real-life macho image in "tough guy" roles...
, Karen Black
Karen Black
Karen Black is an American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter. She is noted for appearing in such films as Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, The Great Gatsby, Rhinoceros, The Day of the Locust, Nashville, Airport 1975, and Alfred Hitchcock's final film, Family Plot...
, and Bette Davis
Bette Davis
Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis was an American actress of film, television and theater. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters, she was highly regarded for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional...
called Burnt Offerings
Burnt Offerings
Burnt Offerings may mean:Burnt offering, a form of animal sacrifice.Capitalized*Burnt Offerings , a 1973 novel by Robert Marasco...
.
In the 1980s, he made more cameo appearances such as CHiPs
CHiPs
CHiPs is an American television drama series produced by MGM Studios that originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977, to July 17, 1983. CHiPs followed the lives of two motorcycle police officers of the California Highway Patrol...
, Family Ties
Family Ties
Family Ties is an American sitcom that aired on NBC for seven seasons, from 1982 to 1989. The sitcom reflected the move in the United States from the cultural liberalism of the 1960s and 1970s to the conservatism of the 1980s. This was particularly expressed through the relationship between young...
and Dallas
Dallas (TV series)
Dallas is an American serial drama/prime time soap opera that revolves around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries. Throughout the series, Larry Hagman stars as greedy, scheming oil baron J. R. Ewing...
, and he made a transition to adult roles in films such as Split Image
Split Image (film)
Split Image is a 1982 film that tells the story of an all-American college athlete who becomes involved in a youth-oriented "cult", and his family's struggle to bring him home...
(1982) with Peter Fonda
Peter Fonda
Peter Henry Fonda is an American actor. He is the son of Henry Fonda, brother of Jane Fonda, and father of Bridget and Justin Fonda...
, Night Shadows
Night Shadows
Night Shadows is a studio album by Dive and Controlled Bleeding.-Track listing:# Controlled Bleeding - "Hymn from the Shadows " – 29:17# Dive - "Glow in the Dark" – 20:16-Personnel:Controlled Bleeding:...
(1984) with Wings Hauser
Wings Hauser
Wings Hauser is an American actor, director and film writer.-Life and career:Hauser was born Gerald Dwight Hauser in Hollywood, California, the son of Geraldine and Academy Award-winning director and producer Dwight Hauser...
, and Into the Fire
Into the Fire
Into the Fire may refer to:*Into the Fire , a 1988 thriller film directed by Graeme Campbell*Into the Fire , a 1989 Hong Kong film produced by Sammo Hung*Into the Fire , a 2005 film directed by Michael Phelan...
(1988) co-starring Susan Anspach
Susan Anspach
-Private life:Anspach was born in New York City and was raised in Queens, New York. She graduated from William Cullen Bryant High School in Long Island City in 1960. Paul Simon was a neighbor. She enrolled in the music department at the Catholic University of America...
. One of his best known later roles was his portrayal of Jeff Malene in the teen comedy Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Girls Just Want to Have Fun (film)
Girls Just Want to Have Fun is a 1985 dance film starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt, directed by Alan Metter.It resembles the style of Footloose and Flashdance. For many years, Comedy Central, Lifetime, USA Network, Lifetime Movie Network and ABC Family have aired the film...
(1985), alongside Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Jessica Parker is an American film, television, and theater actress and producer.She is best known for her leading role as Carrie Bradshaw on the HBO television series Sex and the City , for which she won four Golden Globe Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Emmy Awards...
, Helen Hunt
Helen Hunt
Helen Elizabeth Hunt is an American actress, film director, and screenwriter. She starred in the sitcom Mad About You for seven years, before being cast in the romantic comedy As Good as It Gets...
, and Shannen Doherty
Shannen Doherty
Shannen Maria Doherty is an American actress, producer, author and television director, known for her work as Heather Duke in Heathers , as Brenda Walsh in Beverly Hills, 90210 and its spinoff series 90210, and as Prue Halliwell in Charmed .-Early life and career:Doherty was born in Memphis,...
.
Montgomery also did an after-school special called Hear Me Cry (1984) (TV) with Robert MacNaughton
Robert MacNaughton
Robert MacNaughton is an American actor, best known for his role as Elliott's brother Michael in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, for which he won a 1983 Young Artist Award as Best Young Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture...
of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 American science fiction film co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Melissa Mathison and starring Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, and Peter Coyote...
. The story revolves around two students with nothing in common beyond a mutual suicide fantasy.
After Hollywood
Since more or less of dropping out of the limelight, Montgomery pursued his other interests, such as music related projects, where he composed the soundtrackSoundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
for the film Trigon: The Legend of Pelgidium (2000).
Films
- 1988: Into the Fire (1988 film)Into the Fire (1988 film)Into the Fire is a 1988 thriller film about a man who takes a job at a mysterious road-side lodge. The film was directed by Graeme Campbell, and stars Susan Anspach, Art Hindle, and Olivia d'Abo.-Cast:* Susan Anspach as Rosalind Winfield...
.... Wade Burnett - 1985: The Midnight HourThe Midnight HourThe Midnight Hour is a 1985 comedy/horror television movie which aired on ABC on October 27, 1985, and stars Shari Belafonte-Harper, LeVar Burton, Peter DeLuise, and Dedee Pfeiffer.- Plot :...
(TV movie) .... Phil Grenville - 1985: Prime RiskPrime Risk-Plot summary:A female engineer, with the assistance of her pilot-wannabe male friend, discovers a way to rip off automated teller machines, but in doing so stumbles upon a plot to destroy the U.S. monetary system....
.... Michael Fox - 1985: Girls Just Want to Have Fun (film)Girls Just Want to Have Fun (film)Girls Just Want to Have Fun is a 1985 dance film starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt, directed by Alan Metter.It resembles the style of Footloose and Flashdance. For many years, Comedy Central, Lifetime, USA Network, Lifetime Movie Network and ABC Family have aired the film...
.... Jeff Malene - 1984: MutantMutant (film)Mutant is a 1984 horror film. It was initially released to theaters as Night Shadows, but it premiered on video with the Mutant title, which it has retained for all subsequent VHS and DVD releases. Directed by John "Bud" Cardos...
.... Mike Cameron - 1983: Happy Endings (TV movie) .... Jimmy Bartlett
- 1983: Hotel (TV) .... Eric Stevens
- 1982: Split ImageSplit Image (film)Split Image is a 1982 film that tells the story of an all-American college athlete who becomes involved in a youth-oriented "cult", and his family's struggle to bring him home...
.... Walter - 1978: True Grit: A Further AdventureTrue Grit: A Further AdventureTrue Grit: A Further Adventure is a 1978 television film sequel to the films True Grit and Rooster Cogburn.While John Wayne played the role of Rooster Cogburn in the first two films, Warren Oates played him in this 1978 television film.-Plot:...
(TV movie) .... Daniel Sumner - 1977: Dead of NightDead of NightDead of Night is a British portmanteau horror film made by Ealing Studios, its various episodes directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden and Robert Hamer. The film stars Mervyn Johns, Googie Withers and Michael Redgrave...
(TV movie) .... Bobby - 1976: Baker's Hawk .... Billy Baker
- 1976: Burnt OfferingsBurnt OfferingsBurnt Offerings may mean:Burnt offering, a form of animal sacrifice.Capitalized*Burnt Offerings , a 1973 novel by Robert Marasco...
.... David 'Davey' Rolf - 1975: Man on the Outside (TV movie) .... Mark Griffin
- 1974: The Savage Is LooseThe Savage is LooseThe Savage is Loose is a 1974 psychological melodrama that addresses incest within a small marooned family on a deserted island. It starred George C...
.... Young David - 1974: Doctor Dan (TV movie) .... Jimmy Wallace
- 1974: A Cry in the Wilderness (TV movie) .... Gus Hadley
- 1974: Columbo: Mind Over Mayhem (TV movie) .... Steve Spelberg
- 1973: Runaway! (TV movie) .... Mark Shedd
- 1973: Female Artillery (TV movie) .... Brian Townsend
- 1972: Pete 'n' TilliePete 'n' TilliePete 'n' Tillie is a 1972 American comedy-drama film starring Walter Matthau and Carol Burnett in the title roles. Its advertising tagline was "Honeymoon's over...
.... Robbie - 1972: Ben .... David Garrison
- 1971: The Harness (TV movie) .... Tor Shagaras
- 1971: The Million Dollar DuckThe Million Dollar DuckThe Million Dollar Duck is a 1971 Disney comedy film that was directed by Vincent McEveety, and stars Dean Jones, Sandy Duncan and Joe Flynn.-Plot:...
.... Jimmy Dooley