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Jack Montgomery (b. **/**/1880, Mile End, London – d. Johannesburg, 13/06/1943) was an actor.

== Biography =

John (Jack) Montgomery was the son of James Montgomery and Marion McEwan who came to New Zealand not long after he was born (a number of his siblings were born in Dunedin). He first came to South Africa in 1902 as a volunteer in the South Island Regiment to fight in the South African War. Before his departure he worked in the telegraph office in Dunedin. According to newspaper reports, he had a good baritone voice and in 1910 he played the title role in an amateur production of ''[[The Mikado]]'' that was staged at the [[Krugersdorp Town Hall]] and was later transferred to the [[Coliseum]]. The following year he was a gold medallist at the annual [[Eisteddfod]] and subsequently performed at numerous charity concerts. In 1914 he left for England to try his luck on the English stage, but was forced to return because he developed tuberculosis.

At various times he was a hotel proprietor and at one stage he was the manager of the [[Orpheum Theatre]], while his brother James managed the [[Palladium]] and another brother, Sydney, ran the [[Bijou]]. He had a life-long interest in horse racing and for some time he edited the racing columns of both the [[Sunday Times]] and the [[Rand Daily Mail]] under the penname of Carbine. In 1917 he played his only known film role when he featured as Preston Fanshall opposite [[Mabel May]] in ''[[The Symbol of Sacrifice]]'' ([[Dick Cruikshanks]]/1918). In 1925 he was the local agent of the British Bloodstock Agency and he became a successful businessman. Poor health plagued him at various stages of his life and in 1935 it forced him to resign as an assistant judge of the Pony and Galloway Club. When he died in 1943 his profession was given as stockbroker. (FO)

== Sources ==

Otago Witness, 28 September 1910

Rand Daily Mail (various issues)

Sunday Times (various issues)

Le Roux, André I. & Fourie, Lilla – Filmverlede: geskiedenis van die Suid-Afrikaanse speelfilm (1982)

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5428844/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm

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 John (Jack) Montgomery was the son of James Montgomery and Marion McEwan who left for to New Zealand not long after he was born (a number of his siblings were born in Dunedin).  He first came to South Africa in 1902 as a volunteer in the South Island Regiment to fight in the South African War.  Before his departure he worked in the telegraph office in Dunedin.  According to newspaper reports, he had a good baritone voice and in 1910 he played the title role in an amateur production of ''[[The Mikado]]'' that was staged at the [[Krugersdorp Town Hall]] and was later transferred to the [[Colosseum]].  The following year he was a gold medallist at the annual [[Eisteddfod]] and subsequently performed at numerous charity concerts.  In 1914 he left for England to try his luck on the English stage, but was forced to return because he developed tuberculosis.
-At various times  he was a hotel proprietor and at one stage he was the manager of the [[Orpheum Theatre]], while his brother James managed the [[Palladium]] and another brother, Sydney, ran the [[Bijou]].  He had a life-long interest in horse racing and for some time he edited the racing columns of both the [[Sunday Times]] and the [[Rand Daily Mail]] under the penname of Carbine.  In 1917 he played his only known film role when he featured as Preston Fanshall opposite [[Mabel May]] in ''[[The Symbol of Sacrifice]]'' ([[Dick Cruikshanks]]/1918).  In 1925 he was the local agent of the British Bloodstock Agency and he became a successful businessman.  Poor health plagued him at various stages of his life and in 1935 it forced him to resign as an assistant judge of the Pony and Galloway Club.  When he died in 1943 his profession was given as stockbroker.  (FO)
+At various times  he was a hotel proprietor and at one stage he was the manager of the [[Orpheum Theatre]], while his brother James managed the [[Palladium]] and another brother, Sydney, ran the [[Bijou]].  He had a life-long interest in horse racing and for some time he edited the racing columns of both the [[Sunday Times]] and the [[Rand Daily Mail]] under the penname of Carbine.  In 1917 he played his only known film role when he featured as Preston Fanshall opposite [[Mabel May]] in ''[[The Symbol of Sacrifice]]'' ([[Dick Cruikshanks]]/1918).  In 1925 he was the local agent of the British Bloodstock Agency and became a successful businessman.  Poor health plagued him at various stages of his life and in 1935 it forced him to resign as an assistant judge of the Pony and Galloway Club.  When he died in 1943 his profession was given as stockbroker.  (FO)
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 = Biography =
-John (Jack) Montgomery was the son of James Montgomery and Marion McEwan who left for to New Zealand not long after he was born (a number of his siblings were born in Dunedin).  He first came to South Africa in 1902 as a volunteer in the South Island Regiment to fight in the South African War.  Before his departure he worked in the telegraph office in Dunedin.  According to newspaper reports, he had a good baritone voice and in 1910 he played the title role in an amateur production of ''[[The Mikado]]'' that was staged at the [[Krugersdorp Town Hall]] and was later transferred to the [[Colloseum]].  The following year he was a gold medallist at the annual [[Eisteddfod]] and subsequently performed at numerous charity concerts.  In 1914 he left for England to try his luck on the English stage, but was forced to return because he developed tuberculosis.
+John (Jack) Montgomery was the son of James Montgomery and Marion McEwan who left for to New Zealand not long after he was born (a number of his siblings were born in Dunedin).  He first came to South Africa in 1902 as a volunteer in the South Island Regiment to fight in the South African War.  Before his departure he worked in the telegraph office in Dunedin.  According to newspaper reports, he had a good baritone voice and in 1910 he played the title role in an amateur production of ''[[The Mikado]]'' that was staged at the [[Krugersdorp Town Hall]] and was later transferred to the [[Colosseum]].  The following year he was a gold medallist at the annual [[Eisteddfod]] and subsequently performed at numerous charity concerts.  In 1914 he left for England to try his luck on the English stage, but was forced to return because he developed tuberculosis.
 At various times  he was a hotel proprietor and at one stage he was the manager of the [[Orpheum Theatre]], while his brother James managed the [[Palladium]] and another brother, Sydney, ran the [[Bijou]].  He had a life-long interest in horse racing and for some time he edited the racing columns of both the [[Sunday Times]] and the [[Rand Daily Mail]] under the penname of Carbine.  In 1917 he played his only known film role when he featured as Preston Fanshall opposite [[Mabel May]] in ''[[The Symbol of Sacrifice]]'' ([[Dick Cruikshanks]]/1918).  In 1925 he was the local agent of the British Bloodstock Agency and he became a successful businessman.  Poor health plagued him at various stages of his life and in 1935 it forced him to resign as an assistant judge of the Pony and Galloway Club.  When he died in 1943 his profession was given as stockbroker.  (FO)

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 = Biography =
-John (Jack) Montgomery was the son of James Montgomery and Marion McEwan who left for to New Zealand not long after he was born (a number of his siblings were born in Dunedin).  He first came to South Africa in 1902 as a volunteer in the South Island Regiment to fight in the South African War.  Before his departure he worked in the telegraph office in Dunedin.  According to newspaper reports, he had a good baritone voice and in 1910 he played the title role in an amateur production of ''[[The Mikado]]'' that was staged at the [[Krugersdorp Town Hall]] and was later transferred to the [[Coliseum Theatre]].  The following year he was a gold medallist at the annual [[Eisteddfod]] and subsequently performed at numerous charity concerts.  In 1914 he left for England to try his luck on the English stage, but was forced to return because he developed tuberculosis.
+John (Jack) Montgomery was the son of James Montgomery and Marion McEwan who left for to New Zealand not long after he was born (a number of his siblings were born in Dunedin).  He first came to South Africa in 1902 as a volunteer in the South Island Regiment to fight in the South African War.  Before his departure he worked in the telegraph office in Dunedin.  According to newspaper reports, he had a good baritone voice and in 1910 he played the title role in an amateur production of ''[[The Mikado]]'' that was staged at the [[Krugersdorp Town Hall]] and was later transferred to the [[Colloseum]].  The following year he was a gold medallist at the annual [[Eisteddfod]] and subsequently performed at numerous charity concerts.  In 1914 he left for England to try his luck on the English stage, but was forced to return because he developed tuberculosis.
 At various times  he was a hotel proprietor and at one stage he was the manager of the [[Orpheum Theatre]], while his brother James managed the [[Palladium]] and another brother, Sydney, ran the [[Bijou]].  He had a life-long interest in horse racing and for some time he edited the racing columns of both the [[Sunday Times]] and the [[Rand Daily Mail]] under the penname of Carbine.  In 1917 he played his only known film role when he featured as Preston Fanshall opposite [[Mabel May]] in ''[[The Symbol of Sacrifice]]'' ([[Dick Cruikshanks]]/1918).  In 1925 he was the local agent of the British Bloodstock Agency and he became a successful businessman.  Poor health plagued him at various stages of his life and in 1935 it forced him to resign as an assistant judge of the Pony and Galloway Club.  When he died in 1943 his profession was given as stockbroker.  (FO)

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 = Biography =
-John (Jack) Montgomery was the son of James Montgomery and Marion McEwan who left for to New Zealand not long after he was born (a number of his siblings were born in Dunedin).  He first came to South Africa in 1902 as a volunteer in the South Island Regiment to fight in the South African War.  Before his departure he worked in the telegraph office in Dunedin.  According to newspaper reports, he had a good baritone voice and in 1910 he played the title role in an amateur production of ''[[The Mikado]]'' that was staged at the [[Krugersdorp Town Hall]] and was later transferred to the [[Coliseum]].  The following year he was a gold medallist at the annual [[Eisteddfod]] and subsequently performed at numerous charity concerts.  In 1914 he left for England to try his luck on the English stage, but was forced to return because he developed tuberculosis.
+John (Jack) Montgomery was the son of James Montgomery and Marion McEwan who left for to New Zealand not long after he was born (a number of his siblings were born in Dunedin).  He first came to South Africa in 1902 as a volunteer in the South Island Regiment to fight in the South African War.  Before his departure he worked in the telegraph office in Dunedin.  According to newspaper reports, he had a good baritone voice and in 1910 he played the title role in an amateur production of ''[[The Mikado]]'' that was staged at the [[Krugersdorp Town Hall]] and was later transferred to the [[Coliseum Theatre]].  The following year he was a gold medallist at the annual [[Eisteddfod]] and subsequently performed at numerous charity concerts.  In 1914 he left for England to try his luck on the English stage, but was forced to return because he developed tuberculosis.
 At various times  he was a hotel proprietor and at one stage he was the manager of the [[Orpheum Theatre]], while his brother James managed the [[Palladium]] and another brother, Sydney, ran the [[Bijou]].  He had a life-long interest in horse racing and for some time he edited the racing columns of both the [[Sunday Times]] and the [[Rand Daily Mail]] under the penname of Carbine.  In 1917 he played his only known film role when he featured as Preston Fanshall opposite [[Mabel May]] in ''[[The Symbol of Sacrifice]]'' ([[Dick Cruikshanks]]/1918).  In 1925 he was the local agent of the British Bloodstock Agency and he became a successful businessman.  Poor health plagued him at various stages of his life and in 1935 it forced him to resign as an assistant judge of the Pony and Galloway Club.  When he died in 1943 his profession was given as stockbroker.  (FO)

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 Jack Montgomery (b. **/**/1880, Mile End, London – d. Johannesburg, 13/06/1943) was an actor.
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+= Biography =
 John (Jack) Montgomery was the son of James Montgomery and Marion McEwan who came to New Zealand not long after he was born (a number of his siblings were born in Dunedin).  He first came to South Africa in 1902 as a volunteer in the South Island Regiment to fight in the South African War.  Before his departure he worked in the telegraph office in Dunedin.  According to newspaper reports, he had a good baritone voice and in 1910 he played the title role in an amateur production of ''[[The Mikado]]'' that was staged at the [[Krugersdorp Town Hall]] and was later transferred to the [[Coliseum]].  The following year he was a gold medallist at the annual [[Eisteddfod]] and subsequently performed at numerous charity concerts.  In 1914 he left for England to try his luck on the English stage, but was forced to return because he developed tuberculosis.