Montgomery Clift

Born: 1920-10-17 Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Died: 1966-07-23

Edward Montgomery Clift (October 17, 1920 – July 23, 1966) was an American actor. The New York Times’ obituary noted his portrayal of 'moody, sensitive young men'. He invariably played outsiders, often 'victim-heroes' - examples include the social climber in George Stevens' A Place in the Sun, the anguished Catholic priest in Hitchcock's I Confess, the doomed regular soldier Robert E. Lee Prewitt in Fred Zinnemann's From Here to Eternity, and the Jewish GI bullied by anti-Semites in Edward Dmytryk's The Young Lions. Later, as a result of heavy consumption of drink and prescription drugs, and after a disfiguring car crash in 1956, he became e ...