M.E. Clifton James(1898-1963)

Actor
Writer

M.E. Clifton James in I Was Monty's Double (1958)

Served in WWI, and was badly gassed. After the war, took up acting, and was on the London stage in WWII, where he came to the attention of MI5 (British Military Intelligence) by accident. At the end of one nightly performance, he couldn't find the hat that he would normally wear, and so he donned a beret and walked onstage; the audience, thinking that he was Bernard L. Montgomery, promptly stood and cheered.

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Known for

I Was Monty's Double

6.9

M.E. Clifton James
General Montgomery(as M. E. Clifton James)

1958

Blanche Fury

6.7

Prison Governor(as M. E. Clifton-James)

1948

To Tell the Truth

7.7

TV Series

Self - Contestant

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Actor

Desert Mice
5.3
- Field Marshal Montgomery (uncredited)
- 1959
I Was Monty's Double
6.9
- M.E. Clifton James
- General Montgomery (as M. E. Clifton James)
- 1958
The Calendar
5.8
- Car Driver at Petrol Station (uncredited)
- 1948
Blanche Fury
6.7
- Prison Governor (as M. E. Clifton-James)
- 1948