RIP Lee Montague

 

British classical actor Lee Montague passed away in London, England on March 30th. He was 97. He trained at the Old Vic School and worked in the early part of his career in the Royal Exchange Manchester, the Old Vic, Bristol Old Vic and Oxford Playhouse. Moving into film he worked with great directors (such as Zeffirelli) appearing in some 30 films including “Moulin Rouge” in 1952, “Billy Budd”, “Brother Sun, Sister Moon”, and “Jesus of Nazareth”. In the 1970s television he had long runs with ‘The Sweeney’, Bergerac’ and ‘Seconds Out’. Montague appeared in one Euro-western as Pepe in 1961’s “The Singer Not the Song”.