Ivor Montagu | |
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![]() Ivor Montagu in middle age | |
Born | Ivor Goldsmid Samuel Montagu 23 April 1904 |
Died | 5 November 1984 Watford, Hertfordshire, England | (aged 80)
Known for | Filmmaker, critic, table tennis player, spy |
Relatives | Ewen Montagu (brother) |
Awards | Lenin Peace Prize International Table Tennis Foundation Hall of Fame |
Ivor Goldsmid Samuel Montagu (23 April 1904, in Kensington, London – 5 November 1984, in Watford) was an English filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, film critic, writer, table tennis player, and Communist activist and spy in the 1930s. He helped to develop a lively intellectual film culture in Britain during the interwar years, and was also the founder of the International Table Tennis Federation.