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Lee Montague

Actor

Lee Montague

Born October 16, 1927 in Bow, London, England, UKDied March 30, 202550 films

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lee Montague was an English actor noted for his roles on film and television, usually playing tough guys.

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Film credits include: Moulin Rouge, The Camp on Blood Island, The Savage Innocents, Billy Budd, The Secret of Blood Island, Deadlier Than the Male, The Legacy and Brother Sun, Sister Moon.

Television credits include: Danger Man, The Baron, The Troubleshooters, Department S, Dixon of Dock Green, The Sweeney, Space: 1999, Minder, The Chinese Detective, Bergerac, Bird of Prey, Dempsey and Makepeace, Casualty and Waking the Dead. In the sitcom Seconds Out he had a regular part as the manager of a boxer played by Robert Lindsay.

He also holds the distinction of being the first storyteller on the BBC children's programme Jackanory in 1965. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lee Montague, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Billy Budd posterFirst watchBilly Budd19627.3as Squeak, Mr. Claggart's assistantBilly is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Brother Sun, Sister Moon poster7.1Brother Sun, Sister Moon1972Moulin Rouge poster6.6Moulin Rouge1952The Legacy poster5.4The Legacy1978Deadlier Than the Male poster5.9Deadlier Than the Male1967

Filmography

50 films as actor
  1. 2025Prisoners in SpaceDorzak
  2. 1991Incident in Judaea
  3. 1990Jekyll & HydeInspector Palmer
  4. 1989Countdown to WarHore-Belisha
  5. 1988Madame SousatzkaVincent Pick
  6. 1984Much Ado About NothingLeonato
  7. 1984SakharovSlavsky
  8. 1984KimKozelski
  9. 1984Pope John Paul IIMarshall Konev
  10. 1983Red MonarchLee
  11. 1982Passing ThroughArthur
  12. 1982The WorkshopLeon
  13. 1981No Visible ScarInterrogator
  14. 1981If You Go Down in the Woods TodayGuvnor
  15. 1980Silver Dream RacerJack Freeman
  16. 1979The London ConnectionVorg
  17. 1978Brass TargetLucky Luciano
  18. 1978Thank You, ComradesLunacharsky
  19. 1978The LegacyJacques Grandier
  20. 1975Judge the Bloody CityAvraham Grumberg
  21. 1974ReganArthur Dale
  22. 1974MahlerBernhard Mahler
  23. 1973The Best Pair of Legs in the BusinessCharlie Green
  24. 1972Brother Sun, Sister MoonPietro Di Bernardone
  25. 1972Eagle in a CageCipriani
  26. 1969The Spy KillerIgor
  27. 1968The Male AnimalJoe Ferguson
  28. 1968Nobody Runs ForeverDenzil
  29. 1967How I Won the WarTransom
  30. 1967Deadlier Than the MaleBoxer
  31. 1965You Must Be JokingStaff Sergeant Mansfield
  32. 1965A Tap on the ShoulderArchibald Cooper
  33. 1964The Secret of Blood IslandLevy
  34. 1964The Horse Without a HeadMallart
  35. 1963Five to OneLarry Hart
  36. 1962Billy BuddSqueak, Mr. Claggart's assistant
  37. 1961Man at the Carlton TowerTim Jordan
  38. 1961The Secret PartnerD.I. Tom Henderson
  39. 1961The Singer Not the SongPepe
  40. 1960The Savage InnocentsIttimargnek
  41. 1960Foxhole in CairoAberle
  42. 1959Blind DateSgt. Farrow
  43. 1959The Bird, the Bear and the ActressHarris Glass
  44. 1958Heart of a Child2nd Soldier
  45. 1958The Camp on Blood IslandJapanese Soldier
  46. 1958The Silent EnemyMiguel's Mate
  47. 1957The Truth About WomenCoachman (uncredited)
  48. 1957The Secret PlaceJeweller (uncredited)
  49. 1954Another SkyMichael
  50. 1952Moulin RougeMaurice Joyant