Jack Buchanan

He suffered from spinal arthritis (though this didn't stop him from performing several dance numbers with Astaire in Band Wagon), and died in London only four years later. Clift has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6104 Hollywood Blvd. He made his film debut in the silent cinema, in 1917, but his best-known film is undoubtedly his venture into Hollywood, The Band Wagon (1953), in which he plays camp theatre director, Jeffrey Cordova, opposite Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse. He is interred in the Quaker Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. Buchanan made his first appearance on the UK stage in 1912, and on Broadway in 1924. Montgomery Clift died at the age of 45 of heart problems brought on by his drug and alcohol addictions. Buchanan was born in Helensburgh, Scotland. He turned down the starring roles in East of Eden and Sunset Blvd..

Jack Buchanan (April 2, 1891 - October 20, 1957) was a British actor and singer. He needed reconstructive surgery on his face, but returned to acting and to stardom. In 1956, while filming Raintree County, he smashed his car into a tree, and only quick thinking by co-star Elizabeth Taylor, who pulled two teeth out of his throat to keep him from choking, saved his life. But the public never knew until after his death that he was a bisexual, and his guilt over this led to his continuing alcoholism and drug use. Amazingly, Clift was nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar for Judgement At Nuremberg in a role that only took up seven minutes of screen time.

He had a highly successful film career, performing in many Oscar-nominated roles and becoming a matinee idol for his good looks. Clift was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor that same year for The Search. He achieved success on the stage and starred there for ten years before moving to Hollywood, debuting in 1948's Red River opposite John Wayne. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Clift appeared on Broadway at the age of thirteen.

Montgomery Clift (October 17, 1920 - July 23, 1966) was an American actor. The Defector. Freud. Judgment at Nuremberg.

The Misfits. Wild River. Suddenly, Last Summer. Lonelyhearts.

The Young Lions. Raintree County. From Here to Eternity. Indescretion of an American Wife.

I Confess. A Place in the Sun. The Big Lift. The Heiress.

Red River. The Search. 1949 - Best Actor in a Leading Role - The Search. 1952 - Best Actor in a Leading Role - A Place in the Sun.

1954 - Best Actor in a Leading Role - From Here to Eternity. 1962 - Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Judgment at Nuremberg.