Montagu Love

• Name — Montagu Love • Birth Name — Harry Montague Love • Born — 15 March 1877 • Birthplace — Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England • Died — 17 May 1943 • Place of death — Beverly Hills, California, United States • Other Names — Montague Love • Occupation — * Actor • illustrator • Years Active — 1914–1943 • Spouse — Marjorie Hollis Love

• Illustration — Redvers Buller's VC action, painted by H. Montagu Love (1905) for the "How He Won the Victoria Cross" postcard series produced by Raphael Tuck & Sons Harry Montague Love was born on 15 March 1877 in Southsea, Portsmouth, to Harry Love, an accountant, and Fanny Louisa Love (née Poad).

Educated in Great Britain, Love began his career as an artist, with his first important job as an illustrator for The Illustrated Daily News in London. Love's acting debut came with an American company in a production in the Isle of Wight. His Broadway debut occurred in The Second in Command (1913). He was typically 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, also starring Flynn. However, he also played gruff authoritarian figures, such as Monsieur Cavaignac, who, contrary to history, demands the resignation of those responsible for the Dreyfus cover-up, 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. In 1939's Gunga Din, Montagu Love 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 66 in 1943. He was interred at Chapel of the Pines Crematory. His last acting performance was in Wings Over the Pacific (1943).

On 3 April 1929, Love married Marjorie Love (née Hollis), a stage actress, in Los Angeles. Besides acting, Montague had a keen interest in drawing and painting. He became very proficient in caricatures of cast mates and also military paintings, primarily those of British military uniforms.

On 17 May 1943, Love died aged 66 at his home in Beverly Hills, California.

• Year — Title — Role — Playwright — Venue — Ref(s) Reference(s) • 1913 — The Second in Command — Performer — Robert Marshall — Wallack's Theatre • The Ghost of Jerry Bundler — Performer — Charles Rock and W. W. Jacobs — Wallack's Theatre • Beauty and the Barge — Performer — W. W. Jacobs — Wallack's Theatre • Grumpy — Performer — Horace Hodges and T. Wigney Percyval — Wallack's Theatre • 1915 — The Adventure of Lady Ursula — Performer — Anthony Hope — Maxine Elliott's Theatre • You Never Can Tell — Mr. Bohun (Replacement) — George Bernard Shaw — Garrick Theatre • Arms and the Man — Major Sergius Saranoff (Replacement) — George Bernard Shaw — Garrick Theatre • Candida — The Reverend James Mavor Morell (Replacement) — George Bernard Shaw — Garrick Theatre • Search Me — Performer — Augustin MacHugh — Gaiety Theatre • Husband and Wife — Performer — Charles Kenyon — 48th Street Theatre • The Ware Case — Performer — George Pleydell Bancroft — Maxine Elliott's Theatre • 1916 — The Great Pursuit — Performer — C. Haddon Chambers — Shubert Theatre • 1921 — The Survival of the Fittest — John Webster — George Atkinson — Greenwich Village Theatre • 1930 — A Kiss of Importance — Gilbert Laurent Courcel — Arthur Hornblow Jr. — Fulton Theatre • 1932 — Firebird — Police Commissioner Szentesi — Lajos Zilahy — Empire Theatre • 1933 — Hangman's Whip — Prin — Norman Reilly Raine, Frank Butler — St. James Theatre • Birthright — Jakob Eisner — Richard Maibaum — 49th Street Theatre • 1934 — ' — Otto Zigurny — Ritz Theatre — Samson Raphaelson • Richard of Bordeaux — Earl of Arundel — Gordon Daviot — Empire Theatre

• Year — Title — Role — Director — Notes — Ref(s) Reference(s) • 1914 — The Suicide Club — Prince Florizel — Maurice Elvey — Film debut • 1915 — Hearts in Exile — Count Nicolai — James Young — Credited as Montague Love • The Face in the Moonlight — Ambrose — Albert Capellani — Credited as Montague Love • Sunday — Henry Brinthorpe — George Lederer • A Royal Family — Crown Prince of Kurland — William Nigh — Credited as Montague Love • The Greater Will — Stuart Watson — Harley Knoles — Credited as Montague Love • 1916 — The Devil's Toy — Wilfred Barsley — Harley Knoles • A Woman's Way — Oliver Whitney — Barry O'Neil • Husband and Wife — Patrick Alliston — Barry O'Neil • Friday the 13th — Count Varneloff — Émile Chautard — Lost film • The Gilded Cage — Baron Stefano — Harley Knowles • The Hidden Scar — Henry Dalton — Barry O'Neil • The Scarlet Oath — Nicholas Savaroff — Frank Powell and Travers Vale • Bought and Paid For — Robert Stafford — Harley Knoles • The Men She Married — Jerry Trainer — Harley Knoles • The Challenge — Quarrier — Donald McKenzie • 1917 — The Brand of Satan — Jacques Cordet — George Archainbaud • The Guardian — James Rokeby — Arthur Ashley — Lost film • The Dancer's Peril — Michael Pavloff — Travers Vale • Rasputin, The Black Monk — Gregory Novik, later known as Rasputin — Arthur Ashley — Lost film • The Awakening — Jacques Revilly — George Archainbaud • Forget-Me-Not — Gabriel Barrato/Benedetto Barrato — Émile Chautard — Lost film • The Dormant Power — Maurice Maxwell — Travers Vale • Yankee Pluck — Baron Wootchi — George Archainbaud • The Volunteer — Himself — Harley Knoles — Credited as Montague Love • 1918 — Broken Ties — John Fleming — Arthur Ashley • The Cross Bearer — Cardinal Mercier — George Archainbaud • Vengeance — Lorin Cuddlestone/John Cuddlestone — Travers Vale • Stolen Orders — John Le Page — Harley Knoles — Lost film • The Cabaret — Jaffrey Darrel — Harley Knoles • To Him That Hath — David Aldrich — Oscar Apfel • The Grouch — Donald Graham — Oscar Apfel • 1919 — The Rough Neck — John Masters — Oscar Apfel • The Hand Invisible — Rodney Graham — Harry O. Hoyt • The Quickening Flame — John Steele — Travers Vale • Three Green Eyes — Allen Granat — Dell Henderson — Lost film • Through the Toils — Noel Graham/Lewis Moffat — Harry O. Hoyt • A Broadway Saint — Dick Vernon — Harry O. Hoyt — Lost film • The Steel King — John Blake — Oscar Apfel • 1920 — Man's Plaything — Pelton Vab Teel — Charles T. Horan — Credited as Montague Love • The World and His Wife — Don Julian — Robert G. Vignola — Lost film • The Riddle: Woman — Larz Olrik — Edward José — Lost film • The Wrong Woman — William Marshall — Ivan Abramson • The Place of Honeymoons — Edward Courtlandt — Kenean Buel • 1921 — Shams of Society — Herbert Porter — Thomas B. Walsh • The Case of Becky — Prof. Balzamo — Chester M. Franklin — Lost film • Forever — Colonel Ibbetson — George Fitzmaurice — Lost film • Love's Redemption — Frederick Kent — Albert Parker — Lost film • 1922 — The Beauty Shop — Maldonado — Edward Dillon — Lost film • What's Wrong with the Women? — Arthur Belden — Roy William Neill — Lost film • The Secrets of Paris — The Schoolmaster — Kenneth S. Webb — Lost film • The Darling of the Rich — Peyton Martin — John G. Adolfi — Lost film • 1923 — The Leopardess — Scott Quaigg — Henry Kolker — Lost film • The Eternal City — Charles Minghelli — George Fitzmaurice — Partially lost • Little Old New York — Unknown role — Sidney Olcott • 1924 — Restless Wives — Hugo Cady — Gregory La Cava — Lost film • Roulette — Dan Carrington — Stanner E.V. Taylor — Lost film • Week End Husbands — Thomas Mowry — Edward H. Griffith — Lost film • A Son of the Sahara — Sultan Cassim Ammeh/ Colonel Barbier — Edwin Carewe — Lost film (trailer exists) • Love of Women — Bronson Gibbs — Whitman Bennett — Lost film • Who's Cheating? — Harrison Fields — Joseph Levering • Sinners in Heaven — Native Chief — Alan Crosland — Lost film • 1925 — The Ancient Highway — Ivan Hurd — Irvin Willat — Lost film • The Desert's Price — Jim Martin — W. S. Van Dyke • The Mad Marriage — Unknown role — Frank P. Donovan — Lost film • 1926 — Hands Up! — Capt. Edward Logan — Clarence Badger • Brooding Eyes — Pat Callaghan — Edward LeSaint • Out of the Storm — Timothy Keith — Louis J. Gasnier • The Social Highwayman — Ducket Nelson — William Beaudine • Son of the Sheik — Ghabah — George Fitzmaurice — Credited as Montague Love • Don Juan — Count Giano Donati — Alan Crosland — Synchronised Score and Sound Effects • The Silent Lover — Ben Achmed — George Archainbaud • 1927 — One Hour of Love — J.W. McKay — Robert Florey • The Night of Love — Duke de la Garda — George Fitzmaurice • The King of Kings — Roman Centurion — Cecil B. Demille — Synchronised Score and Sound Effects • The Tender Hour — Grand Duke Sergei — George Fitzmaurice • Rose of the Golden West — Gen. Vallero — George Fitzmaurice • Jesse James — Frederick Mimms — Lloyd Ingraham • Good Time Charley — John Hartwell — Michael Curtiz — Synchronised Score and Sound Effects • The Haunted Ship — Captain Simon Gant — Forrest Sheldo • 1928 — The Noose — Buck Gordon — John Francis Dillon • The Devil's Skipper — First Mate — John G. Adolfi • The Hawk's Nest — Dan Daugherty — Benjamin Christensen — Lost film • The Wind — Wirt Roddy — Victor Sjöström — Synchronised Score and Sound Effects • The Haunted House — Mad Doctor — Benjamin Christensen — Lost Film Synchronised Score and Sound Effects • 1929 — Synthetic Sin — Brandy Mulane — William A. Seiter — Synchronised Score and Sound Effects • The Divine Lady — Captain Hardy — Frank Lloyd — Synchronised Score and Sound Effects

• Year — Title — Role — Director — Notes — Ref(s) Reference(s) • 1928 — The Last Warning — Arthur McHugh — Paul Leni — Part-talkie • 1929 — Silks and Saddles — Walter Sinclair — Robert F. Hill • Bulldog Drummond — Peterson — F. Richard Jones • Charming Sinners — George Whitley — Robert Milton Dorothy Arzner • Midstream — Dr. Nelson — James Flood — Part-Talkie • Her Private Life — Sir Bruce Haden — Alexander Korda • A Most Immoral Lady — John Williams — John Griffith Wray • The Mysterious Island — Baron Falon — Lucien Hubbard — Part-talkie • 1930 — Love Comes Along — Sangredo — Rupert Julian — Partially Lost • Double Cross Roads — Gene Dyke — George E. Middleton Alfred L. Werker • A Notorious Affair — Sir Thomas Hanley — Lloyd Bacon • Back Pay — Charles Wheeler — William A. Seiter • Inside the Lines — Governor of Gibraltar — Roy Pomeroy • Outward Bound — Mr. Lingley — Robert Milton • Reno — Alexander W. Brett — George J. Crone • Kismet — The Jailer — John Francis Dillon — Lost film • The Cat Creeps — Hendricks — Rupert Julian — Partially Lost • 1931 — The Lion and the Lamb — Professor Tottie — George B. Seitz • Alexander Hamilton — Thomas Jefferson — John G. Adolfi • 1932 — Love Bound — John Randolph — Robert F. Hill • Stowaway — Groder — Phil Whitman — Credited as Montague Love • Vanity Fair — Marquis of Steyne — Chester M. Franklin • The Silver Lining — Michael Moore — Alan Crosland • The Riding Tornado — Walt Corson — D. Ross Lederman • The Midnight Lady — Harvey Austin — Richard Thorpe • Out of Singapore — Scar Murray – Boatswain — Charles Hutchison • 1933 — The Mystic Hour — Captain James alias The Fox — Melville De Lay • His Double Life — Duncan Farrel — Arthur Hopkins William C. deMille • 1934 — Menace — Police Inspector — Ralph Murphy • Limehouse Blues — Pug Talbot — Alexander Hall • 1935 — Clive of India — Gov. Pigot — Richard Boleslawski — Credited as Montague Love • The Crusades — Hercules, The Blacksmith — Cecil B. DeMille • Hi, Gaucho! — Hillario Bolario — Tommy Atkins • The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo — Director — Stephen Roberts • 1936 — Sutter's Gold — Capt. Kettleson — James Cruze • The Country Doctor — Sir Basil Crawford — Henry King • Frankie and Johnny — Colonel Brand (uncredited) — Chester Erskine John H. Auer • Champagne Charlie — Ivan Suchine — James Tinling • The White Angel — Mr. Bullock, Under Secretary of War — William Dieterle • Sing, Baby, Sing — Robert Wilson — Sidney Lanfield • Reunion — Sir Basil Crawford — Norman Taurog • Lloyd's of London — Hawkins — Henry King • One in a Million — Ratoffsky – alias of Sir Frederick Brooks, Olympic Secretary — Sidney Lanfield • 1937 — The Prince and the Pauper — Henry VIII — William Keighley • Parnell — Gladstone — John M. Stahl • London by Night — Sir Arthur Herrick — Wilhelm Thiele • The Life of Emile Zola — M. Cavaignac — William Dieterle • The Prisoner of Zenda — Detchard (uncredited) — John Cromwell • A Damsel in Distress — Lord Marshmorton — George Stevens • Adventure's End — Capt. Abner Drew — Arthur Lubin • Tovarich — M. Courtois — Anatole Litvak • 1938 — The Buccaneer — Admiral Cockburn — Cecil B. DeMille • The Adventures of Robin Hood — Bishop of the Black Canons — Michael Curtiz William Keighley • Kidnapped — Colonel Whitehead — Alfred L. Werker Otto Preminger • The Fighting Devil Dogs — General White — William Witney John English — Serial • Professor Beware — Professor Schmutz (uncredited) — Elliott Nugent • If I Were King — General Dudon — Frank Lloyd • 1939 — Gunga Din — Colonel Weed — George Stevens • Juarez — Jose de Montares — William Dieterle • Sons of Liberty — George Washington — Michael Curtiz — Short • The Man in the Iron Mask — Spanish Ambassador — James Whale • Rulers of the Sea — Malcolm Grant — Frank Lloyd • We Are Not Alone — Major Millman — Edmund Goulding • 1940 — The Lone Wolf Strikes — Emil Gorlick — Sidney Salkow • Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet — Prof. Hartmann — William Dieterle • Northwest Passage — Wiseman Clagett — King Vidor • The Sea Hawk — King Philip II — Michael Curtiz • All This, and Heaven Too — Marechal Sebastiani — Anatole Litvak • Private Affairs — Noble Bullerton — Albert S. Rogell • A Dispatch from Reuter's — John Delane — William Dieterle • North West Mounted Police — Inspector Cabot — Cecil B. DeMille • The Mark of Zorro — Don Alejandro Vega — Rouben Mamoulian • The Son of Monte Cristo — Prime Minister Baron Von Neuhoff — Rowland V. Lee • 1941 — Hudson's Bay — Governor D'Argenson — Irving Pichel • The Devil and Miss Jones — Harrison — Sam Wood • Shining Victory — Dr. Blake — Irving Rapper • 1942 — Lady for a Night — Judge — Leigh Jason • The Remarkable Andrew — General George Washington — Stuart Heisler • The Voice of Terror — General Jerome Lawford — John Rawlins • Tennessee Johnson — Chief Justice Chase — William Dieterle • 1943 — Forever and a Day — Sir John Bunn — René Clair Edmund Goulding Cedric Hardwicke Frank Lloyd Victor Saville Robert Stevenson Herbert Wilcox • The Constant Nymph — Albert Sanger — Edmund Goulding — (released posthumously) • Wings Over the Pacific — Jim Butler — Phil Rosen — (released posthumously) • Holy Matrimony — Judge — John M. Stahl — (released posthumously) • 1946 — Devotion — Rev. Brontë — Curtis Bernhardt — (final role; released posthumously)