C. Montague Shaw
C. Montague Shaw was born on Mar 23, 1882 in Australia. C. Montague Shaw's big-screen debut came with The Set-Up directed by Clifford Smith in 1926, strarring Cliff Barton. C. Montague Shaw is known for Monsieur Verdoux directed by Charles Chaplin, Charles Chaplin stars as Henri Verdoux - Alias Varnay - Alias Bonheur - Alias Floray and Mady Correll as Mona Verdoux - His Wife. The upcoming new movie C. Montague Shaw plays is Road to the Big House which will be released on Dec 13, 1947.
Distinguished-looking C. Montague Shaw came to personify the somewhat tweedy but intellectual British scholar or professorial type in many of his more than 150 films, but he was actually an Australian, born in Adelaide in 1884. He began his stage career in Australia with a repertory company, and after touring that country the company traveled to Great Britain. Eventually he began appearing in plays on the London stage. He was also what was known as an "elocution" teacher, instructing actors, business executives and others on the best ways of expressing oneself through language and speech exercises. He became quite respected in this field, traveling throughout British Colonial Africa, Canada and the US in these endeavors. His film career began in 1926 in two-reel shorts, but he soon graduated to full-length features. He appeared in many of the more distinguished productions of the 1930s, such as
Birthday
Mar 23, 1882Place of Birth
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Known For
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