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Bull Montana

Born 16 May 1887 in Vogliera, Lombardy, Italy, as Luigi Montagna.
Died 24 January 1950 in Los Angeles, California, USA, of coronary thrombosis.

Married Mary Mathews; divorced 1931.

Bull Montana began his film career under the auspices of Douglas Fairbanks, in 1917. In 1922, Montana signed a contract with Robertson-Cole Company for up to $1,000 a week. Among his most famous film roles is as the ape man in The Lost World (1925).

Montana ended his motion picture career, of more than 80 films, in 1937.

References: Screenland-192204 p. 7 : Website-IMDb.