Have you ever wondered what happened to a crush of yours from your childhood? Well, my answer is yes and it looks like my continuing saga of discussing celebrity crushes is back again; however, this one was a real special one.
In the early 1970s, child actor Lee Harcourt Montgomery began his career in the entertainment world. He appeared in the Disney movie, "The Million Dollar Duck" and then in other countless movies, like "Pete and Tillie"--with Walter Matthau and Carol Burnett playing the title roles--and "Ben," in which a young Michael Jackson sang the theme song to. As Lee grew older, he continued acting and appeared in more films, and did some guest stints on TV shows like "Fame," "Family Ties" and "Highway to Heaven."
In spring 1985, a film was released about teens competing in a dance competition titled Girls Just Want to Have Fun. It starred five unknown actors at the time: Sarah Jessica Parker (from TV's "Square Pegs"), Helen Hunt (from "Mad About You"), Jonathan Silverman (from "Weekend at Bernie's"), Shannen Doherty (from of "Little House on the Prairie" and "Beverly Hills, 90210") and Lee Montgomery. I had developed a huge crush on Lee when I saw him guest star in a TV movie titled "Happy Endings." Two years later, he was cast in GJWTHF. My crush was so bad that I used to rent GJWTHF like every week or weekend! Thankfully, many years later I got my hands on a copy of the film.
A few years after GJWTHF was released, I had read a rumor in a teen magazine that Lee had gotten married. I'm not sure if this was true, but nonetheless I was heartbroken. Shortly thereafter, he completely left show business altogether.
Several years ago, my curiosity got to me, so I poked around online to see if there were any sightings of the elusive Mr. Montgomery. I couldn't find anything about him on his sister Belinda's website and his other sister, Tannis, hadn't garnered much fame compared to Belinda and Lee. I then viewed Lee's page on IMDB.com and it indicated that he was a music composer for films. In 2002, he composed music for the films "Legend of the Phantom Rider (aka Trigon: The Legend of Pelgidium)" and 2005's "Trespasses," but as far as Lee's acting career, he has not acted in over 24 years. So this curious writer/journalist wants to know what he's been up to these days? Is he still composing music? Will he ever return to acting?
Recently, I poked around online again and did a search for him and came up with three 'new' search entries, including one by a friend of Lee's, one by another blogger who posted a tribute blog to Lee and another search that mentioned that he'll be making a public appearance sometime this year. Now if I can somehow attend the event he'll be at then I'll be a happy girl! I mean, after all these years, I'd still love to meet him! I'm crossing my fingers I can make this wish a reality! :)
Here's a favorite scene of mine from GJWTHF:
And here's the final scene, one of my other favorites:
