Montgomery
MacNeill,
With
red hair and hazel eyes, Montgomery stands at 5 feet 6 inches and refers to
himself as Short!
In
the episode “Baby Remember My Name Montgomery returns to the School of the Arts
and says “Growing up, I always felt like the world was a black tuxedo, and I
was a pair of brown loafers. I just didn't seem to fit in anywhere. And then I
started classes at School of the Arts, and I instantly felt comfortable here. I
was still my weird little self, but that seemed to be okay with everybody. I
also found out that I had this special talent – I was a good actor. All of a
sudden... I was somebody.”
Montgomery
lives in the shadow of his Mother, Melinda McNeill’s success. As a talented and
successful actress and performer her career came first leaving Montgomery in
the wings. A situation he came to hate as he felt his Mother was missing his
life.
Growing
up his Mother was always busy with a new role and Montgomery spent a lot of
time on his own. Be the time Montgomery
is at the School of the Arts his Mother’s career is slowing down but she is
still chasing the roles.
They
keep in touch by letter but don’t see each other very often.
In “Come
One Come All” Montgomery states that his mother is performing an act. An act
where she manipulates things to end up being the centre of attention.
Despite
knowing how Fame can change a person and affect family relationships,
Montgomery still decided he wanted to be a performer too and becomes a drama
major. Although he has a keen interest in working behind the scenes and is
often happy to be the stage manager of the school shows.
Montgomery
is more clued up about show business than many of his friends and in “But
Seriously Folks” he demonstrates his knowledge of TV commercials and when Doris
gets a part in a commercial she goes to Montgomery for advice.
He
also offers to help Julie settle in to life in New York when she first arrives in
“Metamorphosis”. In passing grade he educates Danny on what an entourage is.
Montgomery
is down to earth but has a head for business and in “A Musical Bridge” he
secretly records one of Bruno’s songs and plays it to a band in the hope that
it could lead to something big for both Bruno and himself.
Suddenly
Montgomery disappears at the end of season one with no explanation to where he
went and why. He returns in the final episode of season 6 but we never find out
what happened in the previous 5 years.
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