Bruce Montague

Bruce Montague (born 24 March 1939) is a British actor, best known for his role as Leonard Dunn in the television sitcom Butterflies he has also acted in over 300 television productions - one of his earliest being in the 1965 sci-fi drama Undermind. In 2000, he guest-starred in the Doctor Who audio adventure The Genocide Machine and, in the following year, he starred alongside Paul McGann in the Doctor Who story Sword of Orion. In 2015, he appeared as a guest role in Hollyoaks as Derek Clough.

Bruce Montague
Born24 March 1939 (1939-03-24) (age 81)
Deal, Kent, England
OccupationActor
Years active1963–present
Spouse(s)Barbara Latham.[1]

Life and career

He played Mr Brownlow in Oliver! directed by Sam Mendes at the London Palladium for 3 years. He played in Phantom of the Opera directed by Hal Prince at Her Majesty's Theatre for 2 years. He starred as Abner Dillon in a UK tour of 42nd street. He would later reprise his role in the 2017 West Revival. He guest-starred in "Wild Justice", a 2013 episode of New Tricks. In that episode was Nicholas Lyndhurst, one of his fellow cast members from Butterflies.[2] In 2015, he starred in Casa Valentina by Harvey Fierstein. In October 2019, he appeared in an episode of Doctors alongside former Butterflies co-star Wendy Craig.[3]

Montague lives in Hove with his wife, actress and novelist Barbara Latham.[4]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
196380,000 SuspectsBrooksUncredited
1976SextetJonathan
1980George and MildredSpanish Businessman
1988Olympus Force: The KeyCaptain of the Yacht

1995 “Keeping Up Appearances” Lord of the Stately House

References
  1. "Bruce Montague - actor". Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  2. Webber, Richard. "Butterflies star Bruce Montague: 'I became an actor because I couldn't do anything else'". Daily Express. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  3. Selwood, Sarah (2019-10-08). "Butterflies stars Wendy Craig and Bruce Montague: 'We're playing naughty seniors in Doctors!'". What's on TV. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  4. "Bruce Montague - actor". Retrieved 17 July 2013.


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