Monty Woolley: Monty Woolley. Actor: The Man Who Came to Dinner. Large and hearty Monty Woolley was born to privilege on August 17, 1888, the son of a hotel proprietor who owned the Marie Antoinette Hotel on Broadway. A part of Manhattan's elite social circle at a young age, he studied at both Yale (Master's degree) and Harvard and returned to Yale as an English instructor and coach of graduate dramatics. Among...
Known For: The Man Who Came to Dinner (Sheridan Whiteside), The Bishop's Wife (Professor Wutheridge), The Pied Piper (John Sidney Howard), Holy Matrimony (Priam Farll)