Robert Douglass Montgomery (also credited as Kent Douglass; October 29, 1909[1] – July 23, 1966) was an American film actor.
Early years
The son of Chester Montgomery, a jeweler, and Leona Smith,[2] Montgomery graduated from Los Angeles High School.[1]
Career
Montgomery used the stage name Douglass Montgomery when he began acting in New York. He gained early acting experience at the Pasadena Community Playhouse.[1]
The film phase of his career began at M-G-M in 1930, playing the second male lead in films such as Paid and Five and Ten. When he signed his contract at the studio his name was changed to Kent Douglass, to avoid confusion with that studio's star Robert Montgomery.[3] Upon leaving MGM in 1932, he changed it back to Douglass Montgomery.
After serving in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II, Montgomery moved to Great Britain and made films there. He later returned to the U.S. and appeared in a number of television shows.
Marriage
Montgomery married British actress Kay Young (born Kathleen Tamar Young) on March 14, 1952, at Bethlehem Federated Church.[4] He was her second husband. Young had divorced film actor Michael Wilding the year before she wed Montgomery.[5] (Wilding remarried in 1952, to Hollywood star Elizabeth Taylor.)[6] Young and Montgomery remained married until his death.
Death
Douglass Montgomery died of spinal cancer in Norwalk, Connecticut, at age 56, on July 23, 1966. He was cremated, with his ashes given to his widow.[7]
