Ray Montgomery | |
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Born |
Los Angeles, California |
May 27, 1922
Died | June 4, 1998 Santa Barbara, California |
(aged 76)
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1941–1990 |
Ray Montgomery (May 27, 1922 – June 4, 1998) was an American actor.
The winner of the 1940 national declamation finals in the National Forensic League Tournament at Terre Haute, Indiana, Montgomery studied journalism at the University of Southern California.
Montgomery served in the Naval Reserve Merchant Marine during World War II.
When he was 18 and still in college, Montgomery played Noel Chandler in the soap opera Dear John.
Montgomery had the role of Professor Howard Ogden in the syndicated children's adventure series Ramar of the Jungle in 1952-1953. Ogden was a colleague of the main character, Dr. Tom Reynolds (called "Ramar" by the natives). He starred in the pilot of The West Point Story, a syndicated program about cadets at the United States Military Academy, and appeared in the premiere episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, October 2, 1955.
In 1957, Montgomery left acting to join Ad-Staff Inc., a "Hollywood firm specializing in creation and production of jingles and other radio and tv spots," as the TV coordinator for the firm's Canada Dry account in the West.
Montgomery was married to Jean Trent, a "beautiful Universal starlet."