Cast and Crew of Robert Montgomery Presents

Cast of
Robert Montgomery Presents

About Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Released on January 30, 1950
  • Drama

"Robert Montgomery Presents" is a captivating American dramatic television series that graced the screens of viewers from January 30, 1950, to June 24, 1957. This remarkable series, produced by the esteemed NBC network, ran for an impressive seven years, a testament to its compelling storytelling and engaging performances. With its live format, the show brought an exceptional, raw quality to the screen, captivating audiences with its authenticity.

During its extended run, "Robert Montgomery Presents" had the privilege of being sponsored by several reputable brands. It was a common practice during this era for television shows to adopt the name of their sponsors within the title, and "Robert Montgomery Presents" was no exception. One such sponsor was the Lucky Strike cigarette company. This partnership brought about an iteration of the show titled "Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater". This collaboration was a fascinating look at the integration of product sponsorship in television during its infancy.

Another notable sponsor was Johnson's Wax, leading to the title "The Johnson's Wax Program". This arrangement showcased the diverse range of sponsors the series attracted, underscoring its popularity and reach. Despite the varying titles, the core essence of "Robert Montgomery Presents" remained consistent: a commitment to high-quality, dramatic storytelling that resonated with audiences across America. This classic television series is a prime example of the golden age of television, a time when live performances and dynamic sponsorships were integral to the viewing experience.

Main Cast of Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery
plays Self - Host (318 episodes)

Secondary Cast of Robert Montgomery Presents

Janice Rule

Diana Hyland
plays Judy (1 episode)

Rosemary Prinz
plays Janet Colby (1 episode)

John Lupton
plays Charlie (1 episode)

George Voskovec

Val Avery
plays Philip Reilly (The Tall Dark Man) (1 episode)

Estelle Winwood
plays Miss Havisham (2 episodes)

Carl Betz

Nancy Guild

Inger Stevens

House Jameson

E.G. Marshall

Gale Storm

Marian Winters
plays Miriam (1 episode)

Steve Cochran
plays Captain John Pringle (1 episode)

Mason Adams
plays Mr. Watkins (1 episode)

Richard Kiley

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Tom Ellis
plays Jim Martin - act 1 (1 episode)

Tom Ellis as Jim Martin - act 1

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Don Gordon

Robert Alda

David Clarke

Martine Bartlett

Phyllis Newman

Robert Walker Jr.

William Bendix
plays Mr. Minihan - an unlucky man (1 episode)

Mel Ruick

Alexis Smith

Elsa Lanchester

Claire Bloom
plays Queen Victoria (1 episode)

Sid Raymond
plays The Medicine Man (1 episode)

Aki Aleong
plays Sadao (1 episode)

Peter Falk

Peter Falk

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Charles Aidman

Betty Lou Keim

John Marley
plays Barney the Book (1 episode)

John Marley as Barney the Book

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Billy Daniels
plays Donald Kemper - act 2 (2 episodes)

Claudette Colbert

James Cagney
plays George Bridgeman (1 episode)

Max Adrian

Lois Smith

Lois Smith

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Henry Jones

Piper Laurie
plays Stacey Spender (1 episode)

Walter Slezak
plays Krisons Ringo (1 episode)

Mary Grace Canfield
plays Abigail Lewis (1 episode)

Paul Mazursky

James Pritchett
plays Tony Marino (1 episode)

Johnny Desmond
plays Tommy Navarro (1 episode)

Forrest Tucker
plays Bob Slater (1 episode)

Louis Edmonds

Tom Poston

Tom Poston

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Jim Backus
plays Lucus Edgerton (1 episode)

Dorothy Peterson

Dennis O'Keefe

Frank Overton
plays Lester (1 episode)

Martin Kosleck
plays Capt. Krueger (1 episode)

Billy Halop

Michael V. Gazzo

Patric Knowles
plays Self - Guest Host (1 episode)

Osa Massen
plays Lis Holbeck Poulson (1 episode)

June Duprez
plays Kathleen Moore (1 episode)

Vanessa Brown
plays Ann Kimball (1 episode)

Leatrice Joy

Louis Jourdan

Lynn Loring

Francis Lederer
plays Baron (1 episode)

Ernest Graves

Marshall Thompson

Don Dubbins
plays Luke (1 episode)

Jean-Pierre Aumont

Ruth Warrick
plays Marion Shaw (1 episode)

Jo Van Fleet

Jean Carson

Joan Lorring

Oskar Homolka

Peter Fernandez
plays Vince Clark (1 episode)

Mike Kellin

Van Heflin
plays Dr. Martin Arrowsmith (1 episode)

Thomas Mitchell

Geraldine Fitzgerald
plays Elizabeth (1 episode) , (5 episodes)

Geraldine Page

Paul Lukas

Wanda Hendrix

Thomas Gomez
plays Pancho (1 episode)

Cecil Parker
plays Sir Simon de Canterville (1 episode)

Anthony Ross

Kim Hunter

Nydia Westman

Melville Cooper

Francis L. Sullivan

Marjorie Gateson
plays Mrs. Skinner (1 episode)

Betty Field
plays Mrs. Howard (1 episode)

Cedric Hardwicke

Patricia Breslin

Madeleine Carroll
plays Leslie Crosbie (1 episode)

Patricia Morison
plays Rio Rita (1 episode)

James Daly

Gene Lockhart

Jane Wyatt

Donald Curtis

Cara Williams

Alan Mowbray

Richard Coogan

Herbert Marshall
plays Inspector Goole (1 episode)

Herbert Berghof

Brian Keith
plays Harry (1 episode)

John Craven

Brian Donlevy

Ann Rutherford
plays Lacy Holden (1 episode)

Ezio Pinza
plays Tony Valeri (1 episode)

Frank Wilson

Terry Becker

Ella Raines
plays Carol Richman (1 episode)

Kitty Kelly

Una O'Connor

Joan Caulfield
plays Kaye Burns (1 episode)

Dorothy Stickney

Don Taylor
plays Mark Pine (1 episode)

Harry Bellaver

Christopher Dark
plays Jack (1 episode)

Bibi Osterwald
plays Rosie (1 episode)

Barry McGuire
plays Tom (1 episode)

Patricia Bosworth

Phyllis Kirk
plays Daisy Buchanan (1 episode) , (2 episodes)

Barbara Britton
plays Liz (1 episode) , (2 episodes)

John Cassavetes

Edna Best
plays Pauline Martin (1 episode)

Richard Derr
plays Macaulay 'Mike' Connor (1 episode) , (3 episodes)

John McQuade

Diana Lynn

Lillian Gish

Gena Rowlands
plays Myrtle Wilson (1 episode)

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William Windom

Mark Roberts

Barbara Bel Geddes
plays Tracy Samantha Lord (1 episode) , The Second Mrs. de Winter (1 episode)

Barbara Baxley

Carlos Montalbán

John Cheever
plays Mr. Blake (1 episode)

Julie Haydon

Walter Abel
plays Harry Archer (1 episode) , Father (1 episode)

Joan Chandler

Joe De Santis

Dana Wynter

Robert Culp
plays Sam Bullock (1 episode)

Richard Greene
plays Peter Carter (1 episode) , (1 episode)

Anne Meacham

Gene Rayburn

Robert Cummings
plays Sawyer (1 episode) , (1 episode)

Wayne Howell
plays Neal Dalton (1 episode)

Barnard Hughes

Horace McMahon

Charles Dingle
plays Anthony Pollet (1 episode)

Barbara Barrie
plays Maggie Correll (1 episode)

Gaby Rodgers

Malachi Throne

Diana Millay

Chester Morris
plays Col. Bobo Nolan (1 episode) , (2 episodes)

Nita Talbot

Clarice Blackburn

Paul McGrath

Douglass Watson
plays Anthony Harker (1 episode)

Audra Lindley
plays Maggie (1 episode) , (3 episodes)

Audra Lindley as Maggie

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Logan Ramsey
plays Paul Hartell (1 episode)

Dorothy Gish
plays Emily Madison (1 episode) , Ellen Zalinka (1 episode)

Darren McGavin
plays Joe Gillis (1 episode)

Art Jarrett
plays Mr. Blatt (1 episode)

Susan Douglas
plays Pila (1 episode)

Mimi Benzell
plays Lena Geyer (1 episode)

Teresa Wright

Donald Woods

Phyllis Thaxter

Gary Merrill
plays Felice Benuzzi (1 episode)

Bert Wheeler
plays Chuck Bean (1 episode)

Jayne Meadows

Vincent Price
plays Peter Hammond (1 episode)

Carol Stone

John Payne
plays Lt. Alec Austen (1 episode)

Robert Sterling
plays Peter Putnam (1 episode) , Richard Clyde (1 episode) , (2 episodes)

James Dean
plays Paul Zalinka (1 episode)

Nancy Coleman
plays Mona Stevens (1 episode)

Dorothy McGuire
plays Judith Traherne (1 episode)

Gig Young
plays Tony Marino (1 episode)

Margaret O'Brien
plays Ginny (1 episode)

Robin Morgan
plays Sarah Gross (1 episode) , (1 episode)

Faith Brook

David Niven
plays Sheffield (1 episode)

Grace Kelly
plays Therese (1 episode)

Doreen Lang

Dorothy Hart

Orson Bean

Richard Waring
plays Steve LaFarge (1 episode)

Ralph Dunn

Joanne Dru

Robert Preston
plays Jeff Frazer (1 episode) , Professor Richard Wanley (1 episode)

Diana Douglas

Mario Alcalde

Tom Ewell
plays Tom Howard (1 episode)

Lloyd Bridges

Richard Fraser

John Loder
plays Preston Mitchell (1 episode)

Frank Albertson

Lilia Skala

David Lewis
plays Steve (1 episode)

Anthony Dawson

Bill Erwin
plays Jens Nelson (1 episode)

Burt Brinckerhoff

Signe Hasso
plays Erika von Schluetow (1 episode) , (2 episodes)

Walter Matthau
plays The Bartender (1 episode) , (2 episodes)

David White
plays Barney (1 episode) , Tom Jackson (1 episode)

Ronald Long

Aneta Corsaut

Lin McCarthy
plays David Martin (1 episode) , (2 episodes)

Hurd Hatfield
plays Gringoire (2 episodes)

Skip Homeier
plays Tom Burton (1 episode) , (3 episodes)

Nancy Malone

Richard Carlson

Herbert Rudley

Terry O'Sullivan
plays Mr. Perry (1 episode)

Roger Moore
plays French Diplomat (1 episode) , (1 episode)

Joanne Linville

Mark Miller

Philip Bourneuf
plays David Brooks (1 episode) , (2 episodes)

Robert Webber
plays Philip (1 episode) , (2 episodes)

Karl Swenson

Hugh Reilly
plays Oliver (1 episode) , (3 episodes)

Mary Astor
plays Norma Desmond (1 episode)

June Lockhart
plays Janet Blake (1 episode) , Lucille Cotton (1 episode) , Lydia Carew (1 episode) , (6 episodes)

June Lockhart as Janet Blake

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Frank Maxwell

Constance Bennett
plays Wife (1 episode) , (1 episode)

Charles Korvin
plays Rupert Farrand (1 episode)

Jack Grimes
plays William Burke Miller (1 episode)

Gloria DeHaven
plays Betty Schaefer (1 episode) , Betty Laurence (1 episode)

Ruth McDevitt
plays Mrs. White (1 episode)

Helen Hayes
plays Queen Victoria (1 episode)

John Beal
plays Ken, the Commuter (1 episode) , Birger Dahlerus (1 episode)

Kevin Coughlin
plays Sandy (1 episode)

Lenka Peterson
plays Nancy Bolen (1 episode) , (1 episode)

Hildy Parks
plays French Diplomat (1 episode)

Scott Forbes
plays Joe Gargery (2 episodes) , (3 episodes)

Anna Lee

Jean Stapleton

J. Scott Smart

Lesley Woods

James Gregory

Farley Granger
plays Fred (1 episode) , (1 episode)

Alice Frost

Fay Bainter
plays Bella Fleace (1 episode) , (2 episodes)

Wendell Corey

Jeffrey Lynn

John Forsythe
plays Dr. Frederick Steele (1 episode)

Patrick O'Neal
plays Brooks (1 episode)

Douglass Montgomery

Leora Dana

Augusta Dabney
plays Mrs. Monroe (1 episode) , Constance Warburton (1 episode) , Allie (1 episode) , (7 episodes)

James Dunn

Heywood Hale Broun

Howard St. John

Andrew Duggan

Romney Brent

Jan Miner
plays Jennie Ward (1 episode) , Janet Ballard (1 episode) , Enid Garroway (1 episode) , Lesley (1 episode) , Melinda Phillips (1 episode) , Irene (1 episode) , Julia (1 episode) , (14 episodes)

Parker Fennelly

Jeanne Bates

Luther Adler

Joseph Campanella
plays Tony (1 episode) , (2 episodes)

Brett Somers

Ford Rainey
plays Rev. C.K. Dickey (1 episode)

Alfred Ryder
plays Detective Avery (1 episode) , Henry (1 episode) , (2 episodes)

Robert Scheerer
plays Frank Arnold (1 episode)

Isobel Elsom
plays Mrs. Micawber (2 episodes) , (4 episodes)

Scott Brady

Earl Hammond
plays Henri (1 episode) , (1 episode)

Louis Sorin

Peggy McCay
plays Grizel McGregor (1 episode)

Boris Karloff

Loring Smith

Robert H. Harris
plays Lord Beaconsfield (Benjamin Disraeli) (1 episode) , (2 episodes)

Edmond O'Brien

Kathleen Crowley
plays Esther Blodgett (1 episode)

Roddy McDowall
plays Gerald Forbes (1 episode) , Pip (2 episodes)

Elliott Reid
plays Alistair Cochran (1 episode)

Ed Begley
plays Karl Zalinka (1 episode) , Joe Grant (1 episode)

Mary Jackson
plays Mrs. Gross (1 episode)

Jack Lemmon

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James Olson
plays Capt. Dicer (1 episode)

Robert Coote
plays Sir Archibald Bruern (1 episode) , (2 episodes)

Burgess Meredith
plays Self - Guest Host / Frank Hugo (1 episode) , Stage Manager (1 episode)

Arthur Franz
plays Dr. Craig's Son (1 episode) , (1 episode)

Eddie Albert
plays Jesse (1 episode)

Leo Penn
plays Marshall Collins (1 episode)

June Havoc
plays Betty MacDonald (1 episode) , Crystal Davis (1 episode) , Linda Duffield (1 episode)

Frank M. Thomas

Sidney Blackmer
plays Vardis Ward (1 episode) , (1 episode) , Julian Prescott (1 episode)

Brian Aherne
plays Self - Guest Host (1 episode) , Phillip Armstrong, a scientist (1 episode) , (1 episode)

Abby Lewis

Rebecca Welles
plays Arlene (1 episode)

Franchot Tone

Conrad Nagel
plays Norman Maine (1 episode)

Morton Stevens

John Harvey

Margaret Hayes
plays Alice Newcombe (1 episode) , Maggie Frazer (1 episode) , Betty Roberts (1 episode) , (13 episodes)

Jack Harvey

Claudia Morgan

Raymond Bramley

Viola Roache

Edmon Ryan

Frederick Worlock

Wyatt Cooper
plays Mr. Cooke (1 episode)

Karl Weber
plays Judge Thompson (1 episode)

Joanne Woodward
plays Penny (1 episode) , Elsie (1 episode)

Leslie Nielsen
plays C. K. Dexter Haven (1 episode) , George (1 episode) , Gates Holden (1 episode)

Leslie Nielsen as C. K. Dexter Haven

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John McGovern

Addison Richards
plays Henry (1 episode) , (2 episodes)

Geoffrey Horne
plays Cal Travers (1 episode) , Travis (1 episode)

Angela Lansbury
plays Rosie (1 episode) , Christine Manson (1 episode)

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Denise Alexander
plays Jeannie (1 episode) , (1 episode)

Luis van Rooten
plays Juan (1 episode) , (3 episodes)

Bramwell Fletcher
plays Henry Ormonroyd (1 episode) , Dr. Reeves (1 episode) , (2 episodes) , Frolio (2 episodes)

J. Pat O'Malley
plays Sam White (1 episode) , Riley (1 episode) , Mr. Micawber (2 episodes) , (5 episodes)

Jackie Cooper
plays Willy Benton (1 episode) , Maurice Gaines (1 episode) , Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow (1 episode) , Peter Graves (1 episode) , Pvt. Oscar Purkey (1 episode) , (2 episodes)

Rosemary Murphy

Lee Remick
plays Bee-Jay - act 1 (1 episode) , Josephine Perry (1 episode) , Edith (1 episode) , (3 episodes)

Peggy Ann Garner
plays Claire Ambler (1 episode) , (2 episodes)

Norman Rose
plays Astorg (1 episode) , Dr. Archer (1 episode) , (1 episode)

Robert Ellenstein

Bruce Gordon
plays Pontius Pilate (1 episode) , (2 episodes)

Edward Binns
plays Dan Thompson (1 episode) , (1 episode)

Jack Mullaney

Vaughn Taylor
plays Barnes (1 episode) , Bill Stapp (1 episode) , Pa Kettle (1 episode) , Quincy Berry (1 episode) , Lester (1 episode) , Dabe (1 episode) , Gramps (1 episode) , William Deveraux (1 episode) , Harry Knighton (1 episode) , Edward (1 episode) , Retz (1 episode) , Captain Crocker (1 episode) , (15 episodes)

George Mathews

Charlton Heston
plays Cashel Bryon (1 episode) , Melody Jones (1 episode) , Peter Handley (1 episode)

Charlton Heston as Cashel Bryon

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Martha Scott
plays Marietta Jackson (1 episode) , Ellen Scott (1 episode) , Julia Brougham (1 episode) , (2 episodes)

Raymond Massey

George Chandler

Scott McKay
plays Sam Ellis (1 episode) , (1 episode)

Elizabeth Montgomery
plays Cornelia Otis Skinner (1 episode) , Claire (1 episode) , Betty (1 episode) , Chris Luck (1 episode) , Jen Deveraux (1 episode) , Susan Ward (1 episode) , Patricia (1 episode) , (19 episodes)

Kent Smith
plays Prince Albert (1 episode) , (3 episodes)

Lee Bowman
plays Terry Ballard (1 episode) , Nick Carraway (1 episode) , Self - Guest Host (1 episode) , Stacey Spender (1 episode) , John Forbes (2 episodes) , (2 episodes)

Anne Seymour
plays Caroline (1 episode) , Mother (1 episode) , Dr. Matthews (1 episode) , Baroness (1 episode) , Landlady (1 episode) , Grace Knighton (1 episode) , Linda Evans (1 episode) , Sara (1 episode) , Mrs. Compton (1 episode) , (3 episodes)

Barry Jones

Charles Drake
plays Johnny Bond (1 episode) , Carl Phillips (1 episode) , Ivan (1 episode) , Lew (1 episode) , Gavin Rhodes (1 episode) , Paul Doniger (1 episode) , Billy Gordon (5 episodes) , (7 episodes)

John Newland
plays Dick Perry (1 episode) , Harold Newcombe (1 episode) , Tom Buchanan (1 episode) , David Brooke (1 episode) , Jim Carlson (1 episode) , Stephen (1 episode) , Bill (1 episode) , Robert Meredith (1 episode) , Jackson Pollet (1 episode) , Felix (1 episode) , Richard (1 episode) , Michael (1 episode) , Frederick Carstens (1 episode) , (21 episodes)

Edward Andrews
plays Agent (1 episode) , Birnam's Friend (1 episode) , Mr. Monroe (1 episode) , (2 episodes)

Olive Blakeney


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