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Monty Woolley was an American actor, director and professor, best known for his role as Sheridan Whiteside in The Man Who Came to Dinner. He was a friend and classmate of Cole Porter, and lived with a companion named Cary Abbott until his death in 1963.
Monty Woolley was a versatile and witty actor who starred in Broadway musicals, Hollywood films and radio shows. He was nominated for two Oscars and is best remembered for his role as Sheridan Whiteside in The Man Who Came to Dinner.
- January 1, 1
- New York City, New York, USA
- January 1, 1
- Albany, New York, USA
Monty Woolley was a versatile actor, director and theater professor who starred in musicals, dramas and comedies. He was known for his distinctive white beard, his friendship with Cole Porter and his role as Sheridan Whiteside in The Man Who Came to Dinner.
- August 17, 1888
- May 6, 1963
Monty Woolley was an American actor who starred in The Man Who Came to Dinner and other films. TMDB provides his biography, filmography, and photos.
- The Man Who Came to Dinner, Directed by William Keighley
- Holy Matrimony, Directed by John M. Stahl
- Since You Went Away, Directed by John Cromwell
- The Bishop’s Wife, Directed by Henry Koster
- As Young as You Feel, Directed by Harmon Jones
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Most sources will tell you that the film featuring Woolley’s signature role as theatre critic Sheridan Whiteside was a 1942 release. It opened, however, in New York on the last day of 1941, but wasn’t reviewed until January 2, 1942. Third billed behind Bette Davis and Ann Sheridan, it is Woolley’s marvelous portrayal of the acerbic critic modeled o...
Filmed once before with Roland Young and Lillian Gish as His Double Life and done much later as the Broadway musical Darling of the Day with Vincent Price and Tony-winning Patricia Routledge, this is nevertheless the definitive version of Arnold Bennett’s Buried Alive. Woolley is at his considerable best as the reclusive artist who masquerades as h...
David O. Selznick’s tribute to the U.S. home-front during World War II was his most ambitious project since Gone With the Wind and his answer to MGM’s similarly themed exploration of the British home-front in Mrs. Miniver. Claudette Colbert was the woman whose husband is off fighting the war who rents a room to retired colonel Woolley. His visiting...
Cary Grant and David Niven switched their intended roles in this Christmas classic, in which Grant plays an angel and Niven an unhappy Episcopalian bishop who is being coerced into building a cathedral to the liking of domineering Gladys Cooper. Woolley plays a retired professor and Latin scholar, an old friend of Niven and his wife, Loretta Young,...
In his last starring role, Woolley plays a 65-year-old printer being forced into retirement by his company’s policy. He puts together an elaborate scam in which he pretends to be his boss’s boss who comes up with a new company plan. Constance Bennett, also in her last major role, plays the boss’s amorous wife who falls for Woolley. David Wayne, Jea...
Learn about the life and career of Monty Woolley, a versatile performer who starred in The Man Who Came to Dinner, The Bishop's Wife, and more. Find out his essential films, awards, and trivia on this Oscar profile.
Monty Woolley was an American actor and entertainer who became famous for his role in The Man Who Came to Dinner. He was a closeted gay man and died in 1963 from heart attack and kidney failure.
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Monty Woolley was a versatile and witty actor who starred in several classic comedies, such as The Moon Is Down and Life Begins at Eight-thirty. He also appeared in thrillers, dramas, and musicals, and was nominated for an Oscar for his role in The Man Who Came to Dinner.
