1920 - 1966
Edward Montgomery Clift (; October 17, 1920 – July 23, 1966) was an American actor. A four-time Academy Award nominee, he was known for his portrayal of "moody, sensitive young men", according to The New York Times.He is best remembered for his roles in Howard Hawks's Red River (1948), George Stevens's A Place in the Sun (1951), Fred Zinnemann's From Here to Eternity (1953), Stanley Kramer's Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), and John Huston's The Misfits (1961). Along with Marlon Brando and James Dean, Clift was considered one of the original method actors in Hollywood (though Clift distanced himself from the term); he was one of the first actors to be invited to study in the Actors Studio with Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Montgomery Clift has received more than 7,710,010 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Montgomery Clift is the 242nd most popular actor (down from 188th in 2019), the 447th most popular biography from United States (down from 369th in 2019) and the 119th most popular American Actor.
Montgomery Clift was an American actor who is most famous for playing the role of a sensitive, introspective man in such films as A Place in the Sun, The Heiress, and From Here to Eternity.
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Among actors, Montgomery Clift ranks 242 out of 9,996. Before him are Kim Basinger, George Clooney, Ian McShane, Stellan Skarsgård, Joan Crawford, and Joan Fontaine. After him are Annie Girardot, Glenn Close, Rudolph Valentino, Isabelle Huppert, Pat Morita, and Sharon Stone.
1953 - Present
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 236
1961 - Present
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 237
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 238
1951 - Present
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 239
1904 - 1977
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 240
1917 - 2013
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 241
1920 - 1966
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 242
1931 - 2011
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 243
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 244
1895 - 1926
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 245
1953 - Present
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 246
1932 - 2005
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 247
1958 - Present
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 248
Among people born in 1920, Montgomery Clift ranks 22. Before him are Melina Mercouri, Gianni Rodari, Zecharia Sitchin, Amália Rodrigues, Juan Antonio Samaranch, and Traudl Junge. After him are Boris Vian, Owen Chamberlain, Richard von Weizsäcker, Walter Matthau, Helmut Newton, and John Demjanjuk. Among people deceased in 1966, Montgomery Clift ranks 15. Before him are Peter Debye, Jean Arp, Sepp Dietrich, Sayyid Qutb, Giuseppe Farina, and Chester W. Nimitz. After him are Dietrich von Choltitz, Felix Steiner, Cemal Gürsel, George de Hevesy, Frits Zernike, and Lal Bahadur Shastri.
1920 - 1994
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 16
1920 - 1980
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 17
1920 - 2010
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 18
1920 - 1999
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 19
1920 - 2010
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 20
1920 - 2002
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 21
1920 - 1966
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 22
1920 - 1959
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 23
1920 - 2006
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 24
1920 - 2015
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 25
1920 - 2000
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 26
1920 - 2004
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 27
1920 - 2012
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 28
1884 - 1966
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 9
1886 - 1966
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 10
1892 - 1966
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 11
1906 - 1966
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 12
1906 - 1966
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 13
1885 - 1966
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 14
1920 - 1966
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 15
1894 - 1966
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 16
1896 - 1966
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 17
1895 - 1966
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 18
1885 - 1966
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 19
1888 - 1966
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 20
1904 - 1966
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 21
Among people born in United States, Montgomery Clift ranks 447 out of 18,182. Before him are Milton H. Erickson (1901), Joan Crawford (1904), Louisa May Alcott (1832), Gordon Allport (1897), Tennessee Williams (1911), and Cliff Burton (1962). After him are The Notorious B.I.G. (1972), John Wayne Gacy (1942), Glenn Close (1947), Pat Morita (1932), Jim Jones (1931), and Rutherford B. Hayes (1822).
1901 - 1980
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 441
1904 - 1977
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 442
1832 - 1888
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 443
1897 - 1967
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 444
1911 - 1983
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 445
1962 - 1986
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 446
1920 - 1966
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 447
1972 - 1997
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 448
1942 - 1994
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 449
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 450
1932 - 2005
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 451
1931 - 1978
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 452
1822 - 1893
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 453
Among actors born in United States, Montgomery Clift ranks 119. Before him are Willem Dafoe (1955), Jessica Lange (1949), Viggo Mortensen (1958), Kim Basinger (1953), George Clooney (1961), and Joan Crawford (1904). After him are Glenn Close (1947), Pat Morita (1932), Sharon Stone (1958), Dennis Hopper (1936), Julianne Moore (1960), and Michelle Pfeiffer (1958).
1955 - Present
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 113
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 114
1958 - Present
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 115
1953 - Present
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 116
1961 - Present
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 117
1904 - 1977
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 118
1920 - 1966
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 119
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 120
1932 - 2005
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 121
1958 - Present
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 122
1936 - 2010
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 123
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 124
1958 - Present
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 125