![]() ![]() This, in addition to his lifelong struggles with alcohol and drug addiction, and a certain mental and emotional instability derived in part from a conflicted attitude about his own bisexuality, hampered his career. Surgery left him with a stranger, character-actor's face. ![]() "From Here to Eternity" solidified his reputation and fame.Ĭlift's career as an unorthodox romantic leading man ended with an automobile accident in 1957 which disfigured his good looks. Then came "The Heiress" in 1949 and, perhaps his best known credit, 1951's "A Place in the Sun"-an adaptation of Theodore Dreiser's "An American Tragedy"-opposite Elizabeth Taylor. He was respected for bringing an intensity and vulnerability to his portrayals.Īfter a stage career (including roles in the original productions of Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth, Lillian Hellman's The Searching Wind and There Shall Be No Night opposite the Lunts), he made his screen debut in 1948 with "The Search" and "Red River," earning an Oscar nomination for the first film. With dark hair and dark eyes, he possessed a hesitant delivery and fragile handsomeness. Along with Marlon Brando and James Dean, Clift is regarded at the epitome of the moody Method approach to acting that took film by storm in the late '40s early '50s. He expects to workshop the bioplay in 2006. "We're looking for the right actor to play Monty," Moss told the trade. Director Larry Moss is collaborating on the project. ![]()
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