Monty and Dino

Not totally true. Granted he never quite had the same handsome looks after the accident. But in several bio's I've read, friends said there was also already some significant change in his looks before the accident due to his drinking and drug use. But the great Monty, really used a good bit of make-up for the part of Noah to further make himself look more ethnic. There was a slight prosthetic on the nose and he had his ears bent out and he purposely lost a good amount of weight for the role.

He was great in the part. And did help Dean Martin a great deal as was said, and also Liz Taylor in "Place in the Sun" and "Raintree County" and both Donna Reed and Frank Sinatra in "From Here to Eternity", both of whom won Oscars. I agree Monty could have been a great coach and director. He was an amazing talent and was often very generoous with his costars. He also worked alot with Hope Lang on this film as well.

As a side note, I think he was the love of the great Liz Taylor's life. When Richard Burton was married to Liz, he'd once said in a wonderfully matter-of-fact and not jealous-at-all statement to Monty; "Monty, Liz loves me, but she adores you!"

What a sad thing that we lost him so young.