- Born Name: Edward Montgomery Clift
- Birthday: 1920-10-17 (Year-Month-Day)
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- Medium: Actor
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Montgomery Clift, Edward Montgomery Clift (October 17, 1920 – July 23, 1966) was an American film and stage 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 Stevenss A Place in the Sun, the anguished Catholic priest in Hitchcocks I Confess, the doomed regular soldier Robert E. Lee Prewitt in Fred Zinnemanns From Here to Eternity, and the Jewish GI bullied by antisemites in Edward Dmytryks The Young Lions. Later, as a result of heavy consumption of drink and prescription drugs, and after a disfiguring car crash in 1957, he became erratic. Nevertheless important roles still remained to him, including the reckless, alcoholic, mother-fixated rodeo performer in Hustons The Misfits, the title role in Hustons Freud, and the concentration camp victim in Stanley Kramers Judgment at Nuremberg. Clift received four Academy Award nominations during his career, three for Best Actor and one for Best Supporting Actor.