Montgomery Clift

Clift has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6104 Hollywood Blvd. The one for motion pictures is at 6901 Hollywood Blvd., and the one for television is at 6734 Hollywood Blvd. He is interred in the Quaker Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. Crawford has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Montgomery Clift died at the age of 45 of heart problems brought on by his drug and alcohol addictions. He made several European films, but few more in Hollywood. He turned down the starring roles in East of Eden and Sunset Blvd.. Dan Matthews.

He needed reconstructive surgery on his face, but returned to acting and to stardom. He moved to television, most notably starring in the police drama series Highway Patrol, as Lt. 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. Having been caught up in only certain types of characters, Crawford's career suffered. 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. The next year he starred in another smash hit film, Born Yesterday. 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. In 1949, Crawford was cast as the Huey Long character in All the King's Men, which not only won the Academy Award for Best Picture, but gained Crawford the Academy Award for Best Actor.

He had a highly successful film career, performing in many Oscar-nominated roles and becoming a matinee idol for his good looks. He moved to Hollywood afterwards, but did not get the role in the movie version of the play. Clift was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor that same year for The Search. Crawford gained fame in 1937 when he starred in Of Mice and Men on Broadway. 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. His parents were vaudeville performers, and his mother, Helen Broderick, had a minor career in Hollywood comedies. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Clift appeared on Broadway at the age of thirteen. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was stereotyped as a rough-talking tough guy, frequently a bad guy.

Montgomery Clift (October 17, 1920 - July 23, 1966) was an American actor. Broderick Crawford (December 9, 1911 - April 26, 1986) was an American actor. The Defector. Real name: William Broderick Crawford. 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.