Monty Woolley
Know for: Acting
Born: 1888-08-17
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Also know as:
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a Midwestern family.
Since You Went Away (1944)
In 1943, several people enter, re-enter, and exit the difficult life of a Midwestern family whose patriarch has been called up to war, leaving behind...
Night and Day (1946)
When his first stage show fails, songwriter Cole Porter goes off to fight in WWI until, injured, he lands in a hospital. He impresses nurse Linda Lee...
The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
A bandit disguises himself as an officer in an attempt to woo a saloon singer.
As Young as You Feel (1951)
Sixty-five-year-old John Hodges must retire from Acme Printing. He later impersonates the president of the parent company and arrives at his old...
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for...
The Pied Piper (1942)
Englishman Mr. Howard is on a fishing holiday in eastern France when the Germans invade in 1940. Setting off to try and get back home he is persuaded...
Arsène Lupin Returns (1938)
A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the belle in question is Lorraine de Grissac, a very wealthy...
Holy Matrimony (1943)
An artist returning from years abroad takes the identity of his dead valet and gets married, but then there are complications.
Live, Love and Learn (1937)
A starving, uncompromising artist and an heiress fall in love on first sight and immediately get married. She loves his outrageous behaviour, his...
Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944)
Climbing to fame, Irish-American composer Ernest R. Ball romances a showgirl, who catches the eye of an underworld character.
Zaza (1938)
A seductive music hall star falls in love with a married aristocrat.
Artists and Models Abroad (1938)
Buck Boswell and his all-girl troupe are stranded in Paris, but Buck manages to con the manager of the 'Hotel de Navarre' in furnishing...
Man About Town (1939)
Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she won't take him seriously as a lover. To show her, he...
Everybody Sing (1938)
Boisterous teen Judy Bellaire is expelled from her all-female boarding school for convincing her fellow school chorus members to sing a classical...
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942)
Kathy lives in a cramped New York flat with her father Madden Thomas, a celebrated actor brought down by drink. Lame from an early age and feeling...
Midnight (1939)
An unemployed showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian society.
Young Dr. Kildare (1938)
A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigorous (and sometimes embarrassing) testing of his...
Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948)
After the accidental death of an idiot heir, a stunt man is hired to impersonate him while the family gathers to determine the dispersment of the...
Never Say Die (1939)
Bob Hope is being stalked by a predatory widow who is a widow of wealthy husbands many times over. Martha Raye is a Texan heiress who wants to marry...
Dancing Co-Ed (1939)
After discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman and his publicist concoct a scheme to stage a college...
Honeymoon in Bali (1939)
Bill Burnett, a resident of Bali, visits New York City, meets and falls in love with Gail Allen, the successful manager of a Fifth Avenue shop, who...
Molly and Me (1945)
A vivacious actress needing work becomes a housekeeper for a crusty retired politician, and gives his life the shaking-up that it needs.
Eloise (1956)
It's not so much that Eloise is a mischievous child, but the darnedest things do happen when she's around.
Nothing Sacred (1937)
When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine.
The Forgotten Step (1938)
An American art collector, living in France in the 1870s, who loses his fortune in a stock market crash devises a scheme to get back his wealth...
Three Comrades (1938)
A love story centered on the lives of three young German soldiers in the years following World War I. Their close friendship is strengthened by their...
Kismet (1955)
A silver-tongued poet and self-proclaimed "King of the Beggars" searches old Baghdad for a rich bachelor to marry his dreamy daughter, Marsinah....
See Your Doctor (1939)
A lecturer tells the audience that it is National Take Care Week. He tells the story of a man who gets stung in his garden and the problems the man...
Lord Jeff (1938)
Spoiled child Geoffrey Bramer teams up with a pair of small time crooks to pose as an aristocrat and steal jewelry from exclusive shops. During a a...
Breakdowns of 1942 (1942)
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1942.