Lee Montgomery
| Lee Montgomery | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Elliott Harcourt Montgomery November 3, 1961 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Occupation | Actor, real-estate agent |
Elliott "Lee" Harcourt Montgomery (born on November 3, 1961) is a former Canadian-American child actor best known for his role as a lonely little boy who befriends a pack of killer rats in the film Ben (1972) and for his role as Sarah Jessica Parker's hunky dance partner, Jeff Malone, in Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985).
Brother of actresses Belinda Montgomery and Tannis G. Montgomery, and son of actor , Montgomery began his career as a model before venturing into the acting business. He made his debut in the Disney film The Million Dollar Duck in 1971, before landing a starring role in Ben (1972), the sequel to Willard (1971). Montgomery played a dying boy in the Academy Award-nominated film, "Pete 'n' Tillie," starring Carol Burnett and Walter Matthau. He made appearances on television series such as Mod Squad, Columbo, Kojak, Adam-12, Emergency!, Marcus Welby, M.D., and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. He also acted in an infamous incest-themed film by George C. Scott called The Savage Is Loose, and in a cult horror film with Oliver Reed, Karen Black, and Bette Davis called Burnt Offerings.
In the 1980s, he made more cameo appearances such as CHiPs, Family Ties, Hotel, Fame, and Dallas, and he made a transition to adult roles in films such as Split Image (1982) with Peter Fonda, Night Shadows (aka Mutant) with Wings Hauser (1984) and Into the Fire (1988) co-starring Susan Anspach and Olivia D'Abo. One of his best known later roles was as Phil Grenville in Midnight Hour. He also played Jeff Malone in the teen comedy Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985), alongside Sarah Jessica Parker, Helen Hunt, and Shannen Doherty.
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