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George Montgomery was boxing champion at the University of Montana where he majored in architecture and interior design. Dropping out a year later he decided to take up boxing more seriously. He moved to California where he was coached by ex-heavyweight world champion James J. Jeffries. While in Hollywood, he came to the attention of the studios (not least, because he was an expert rider) and was hired as a stuntman in 1935. After doing this for four years, George was offered a contract at 20th Century Fox in 1939, but found himself largely confined to leads in B-westerns. He did not secure a part in anything even remotely like a prestige picture until his co-starring role in Roxie Hart (1942), opposite Ginger Rogers. Next, in Orchestra Wives (1942), he played the perfunctory love interest for Ann Rutherford, though both, inevitably, ended up playing second trombone to Glenn Miller and His Orchestra.
In 1947, George got his first serious break, being cast as Raymond Chandler's private eye Philip Marlowe in The Brasher Doubloon (1947). Reviewers, however, compared his performance unfavorably with that of Humphrey Bogart and found the film "pallid" overall. So it was back in the saddle for George. Unable to shake his image as a cowboy actor he starred in scores of films with titles like Belle Starr's Daughter (1948), Dakota Lil (1950), Jack McCall, Desperado (1953), and Masterson of Kansas (1954) at Columbia, and for producer Edward Small at United Artists. When not cleaning up the Wild West with his six-shooter, he branched out into adventure films set in exotic locales (notably as Harry Quartermain in Watusi (1959)). During the 60s, he also wrote, directed and starred in several long-forgotten, low-budget wartime potboilers made in the Philippines.
At the height of his popularity, George attracted as much publicity for his acting as for his liaisons with glamorous stars, like Ginger Rogers, Hedy Lamarr (to whom he was briefly engaged) and singer Dinah Shore (whom he married in 1943). After his retirement from the film business, he devoted himself to his love of painting, furniture-making and sculpting bronze busts, including one of his close friend Ronald Reagan.- Del Pentecost was born on 13 November 1963 in Brady, Texas, USA. He is an actor, known for O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), In the Loop (2009) and Coyote Ugly (2000).
- Vicki Funk was born on 24 February 1944 in Brady, Texas, USA. She was married to Terry Funk. She died on 29 March 2019 in the USA.
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Originally from Texas, Jaime De La Rosa now divides his time between Boston and Austin, Texas. As a student at Texas A & M University, Jaime was "discovered" by a location scout while working on a horse ranch and was subsequently cast as a Spanish soldier in the Disney feature film "The Alamo". In 2003, upon graduating from college, he moved to Boston and has since worked there on a number of feature films including: My Best Friends Girl, Pink Panther Deux and The Game Plan. In addition to his film work, Jaime's experience has included print, industrial, voice-over, television and commercials.
In the Spring of 2008 he was cast as Oscar Nunez's stand-in on "The Proposal" also starring Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reyonlds and Betty White. Other projects include Shorts directed by acclaimed director Robert Rodriguez and The Two Bobs. Filming for both projects has been taking place in Austin, Texas, where Jaime will be temporarily based while the former was filmed in Boston. During this period he will continue studying his craft while attending The State Theatre School of Acting in Austin.- Scott Appleton was born on 20 February 1942 in Brady, Texas, USA. He died on 2 March 1992 in Austin, Texas, USA.