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name: "Lee Montague"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lee-montague"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 October 1927"
died: "30 March 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:21:04.445913+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Lee Montague

Actor. Born 16 October 1927 in Bow, London, England, UK. Died 30 March 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 October 1927, Bow, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 30 March 2025

## Biography

Lee Montague (born Leonard Goldberg) was an English actor. Born on 16 October 1927 in Bow, London, he trained at the Old Vic Theatre School and began his career in the early 1950s.

His film credits include *Moulin Rouge* (1952), *Billy Budd* (1962), *Brother Sun, Sister Moon* (1972), *Mahler* (1974), *Jesus of Nazareth* (1977) and *The Legacy* (1978). On television he appeared in series including *Space: 1999* (1975), *Holocaust* (1978), *Dempsey and Makepeace* (1985–86) and *Bergerac*. He was the first storyteller on the BBC children's programme *Jackanory* in 1965.

Montague was married to the actress Ruth Goring from 1955 until her death in 2023; they had two children. He died on 30 March 2025, aged 97.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dempsey and Makepeace* (1985), Fi1m 76, as Det. Chief. Inspector Lacey — [page](https://film.one/tv/dempsey-and-makepeace.md)

## Also known for

- *Jesus of Nazareth* (1977), Habbukuk
- *Space: 1999* (1975), Dorzak
- *Brother Sun, Sister Moon* (1972), Pietro Di Bernardone
- *Moulin Rouge* (1952), Maurice Joyant
- *Billy Budd* (1962), Squeak, Mr. Claggart's assistant
- *The Legacy* (1978), Jacques Grandier
- *Holocaust* (1978), Uncle Sasha
- *Deadlier Than the Male* (1967), Boxer

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