Monte Blue
Born
January 10, 1887
Died
February 18, 1963 (76 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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Monte Blue (January 11, 1887 – February 18, 1963) was a movie actor who began his career as a romantic leading man in the silent film era, and later progressed to character roles.
Blue was born as Gerard Montgomery Bluefeather in Indianapolis, Indiana. His father was half French, half Cherokee Indian. One of five children, his father died and his mother could not raise five children alone. Along with another brother, they both admitted to the Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home. This did not stop him working his way through to Purdue University.
When growing up, Blue built up his physique to become a football player (he grew to six feet three inches tall). He not only played football, but he was also a fireman, railroad worker, coal miner, cowpuncher, ranch hand, circus rider, lumberjack, and finally, a day laborer at the studios of D. W. Griffith.
He had no theatrical experience when he came to the screen. In his first movie, The Birth of a Nation (1915), he was a stuntman and an extra in the movie. In his next movie, he starred in another small part in the movie, Intolerance (1916). Gradually moving to supporting roles for both D. W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille, Blue earned his breakthrough role as Danton in Orphans of the Storm, starring sisters, Lillian Gish and Dorothy Gish. Then he rose to stardom as a rugged romantic lead along with top leading actresses such as Clara Bow, Gloria Swanson, and Norma Shearer. His most prolific female screen partner was Marie Prevost with whom he made several films in the mid 20s at Warner Brothers. Blue's finest silent screen performance was as the alcoholic doctor who finds paradise in MGM's White Shadows in the South Seas (1928). Blue became one of the few silent stars to survive the talkie revolution. However, he lost his investments in the stock market crash of 1929.
He rebuilt his career as a character actor, working until his retirement in 1954. One of his more memorable roles was the sheriff in Key Largo. He divorced his first wife in 1923 and married Tova Jansen in 1924. He had two children, Barbara Ann and Richard Monte. During the later part of his life, Monte Blue was an active Mason and the advance man for the Hamid-Morton Shrine Circus; while on business in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he had a heart attack because of complications from influenza, dying at age 76.
Monte Blue has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6286 Hollywood Blvd.
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Known For
Rawhide
(0 episode)
1959
26 Men
(1 episode)
1957
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
(1 episode)
1956
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
(1 episode)
1955
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
(1 episode)
1954
Apache
Geronimo
1954
Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush
Sheriff
1954
The Last Posse
Uncle Will
1953
Hangman's Knot
Maxwell
1952
Trail of the Arrow
(archive footage)
1952
Mr. & Mrs. North
(1 episode)
1952
This Is Your Life
Self · (1 episode)
1952
Rose of Cimarron
Lone Eagle
1952
Warpath
First Emigrant
1951
The Sea Hornet
Lt. Drake
1951
Gold Raiders
John Sawyer
1951
Snake River Desperadoes
Jim Haverly
1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
(2 episodes)
1951
Three Desperate Men
Marshal Pete Coleman
1951
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
Rice - Curry's Partner
1950
This Side of the Law
The Sheriff
1950
The Iroquois Trail
Chief Sagamore
1950
Backfire
Det. Sgt. Pluther (uncredited)
1950
The Blonde Bandit
Police Chief Ramsey
1949
Ranger of Cherokee Strip
Chief Hunter
1949
The Big Wheel
Deacon Jones
1949
The Lone Ranger
Sheriff Stanton · (1 episode)
1949
The Fountainhead
Gas Station Executive (uncredited)
1949
Colorado Territory
U.S. Marshal (uncredited)
1949
The Younger Brothers
Deputy Joe
1949
Homicide
George, Sheriff
1949
South of St. Louis
Capt. Jeffrey
1949
Flaxy Martin
Joe, Detective
1949
Adventures of Don Juan
Turnkey (uncredited)
1948
Johnny Belinda
Ben (uncredited)
1948
Two Guys from Texas
Pete Nash
1948
Key Largo
Sheriff Ben Wade
1948
Silver River
'Buck' Chevigee
1948
Life with Father
The Policeman
1947
The Unfaithful
Businessman with Hunter
1947
Cheyenne
Timberline
1947
Possessed
Norris - lake house caretaker
1947
Stallion Road
Horse Rancher (uncredited)
1947
Bells of San Fernando
Governor Don Sebastian Fernando
1947
Humoresque
Moving Man (uncredited)
1947
The Time, The Place and The Girl
Stage Manager (uncredited)
1946
The Man I Love
Cop (uncredited)
1946
Never Say Goodbye
Policeman (uncredited)
1946
So You Want to Play the Horses
The Colonel (uncredited)
1946
Shadow of a Woman
Mike, Police Lieutenant
1946
Two Guys from Milwaukee
Broadcast Director (uncredited)
1946
Cinderella Jones
Jailer
1946
San Antonio
Cleve Andrews
1945
Frontier Days
Ned-U.S. Marshal
1945
Danger Signal
Policeman in Car
1945
The Horn Blows at Midnight
The Chef (uncredited)
1945
The Mask of Dimitrios
Abdul Dhris
1944
Trial by Trigger
Brewster (uncredited)
1944
Northern Pursuit
Jean
1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Bartender in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
1943
Action in the North Atlantic
Seaman (uncredited)
1943
Mission to Moscow
Heckler (uncredited)
1943
Edge of Darkness
Jens Petersen
1943
Truck Busters
Scrappy O'Brien
1943
Casablanca
American (uncredited)
1943
The Hard Way
Man in Audience (Uncredited)
1943
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
Bit Role
1943
Gentleman Jim
Gambler in "Lucky Guy"
1942
Road to Morocco
Kasim's Aide (uncredited)
1942
The Hidden Hand
Matthews, the undertaker (uncredited)
1942
I Married a Witch
Doorman (uncredited)
1942
Secret Enemies
Hugo Mehl
1942
Across the Pacific
Dan Morton
1942
My Favorite Blonde
Policeman at Union Hall (uncredited)
1942
Klondike Fury
Flight Dispatcher
1942
The Remarkable Andrew
Policeman
1942
North to the Klondike
John Burke
1942
Pacific Blackout
Colonel
1941
Law of the Timber
Hodge Mason
1941
The Great Man's Lady
Man #2, Hoyt City
1941
New York Town
McAuliffe (uncredited)
1941
King of the Texas Rangers
Capt. Tom King Sr.
1941
Bad Man of Deadwood
Sheriff Jordan
1941
Sunset in Wyoming
Jim Hayes
1941
Riders of Death Valley
Rance Davis
1941
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
Ben Mott
1941
The Great Train Robbery
The Super
1941
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
Pablo Slide Along
1940
Mystery Sea Raider
Captain Norberg
1940
North West Mounted Police
Indian
1940
Young Bill Hickok
Marshal Evans
1940
Road to Singapore
High Priest (uncredited)
1940
Days of Jesse James
Train Passenger
1939
Geronimo
Interpreter
1939
Our Leading Citizen
Frank
1939
Port of Hate
Hammond
1939
Juarez
Lerdo de Tajada
1939
Union Pacific
Indian (uncredited)
1939
Frontier Pony Express
Cherokee
1939
Dodge City
Barlow
1939
Tom Sawyer, Detective
Sheriff Walker
1938
Hawk of the Wilderness
Yellow Weasel
1938
Illegal Traffic
Captain Moran
1938
King of Alcatraz
Officer
1938
The Mysterious Rider
Cap Folsom
1938
Touchdown, Army
Pilot (uncredited)
1938
Rebellious Daughters
Charlie, alias Clint Houston
1938
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Mr. Cameron
1938
Cocoanut Grove
Undetermined Role
1938
The Big Broadcast of 1938
Passenger (uncredited)
1938
Born to the West
Bart Hammond
1937
Amateur Crook
Crone
1937
Sky Racket
Benjamin Arnold
1937
Souls at Sea
Mate
1937
Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm
Joe Stafford
1937
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Indian Jim
1937
Secret Agent X-9
Baron Michael Karsten
1937
A Million to One
John Kent Sr.
1936
Ride, Ranger, Ride
Duval, aka Chief Tavibo
1936
Song of the Gringo
Sheriff
1936
Mary of Scotland
Messenger
1936
Prison Shadows
Bert McNamee
1936
Sharad of Atlantis
Unga Khan
1936
Treachery Rides the Range
Colonel Drummond
1936
Desert Gold
Chetley 'Chet' Kasedon
1936
Nevada
Clem Dillon
1935
Wanderer of the Wasteland
Guerd Larey
1935
Trails of the Wild
RCMP Larry Doyle
1935
The Test
Pepite La Joie
1935
'G' Men
Fingerprint Expert
1935
Social Error
Dean Carter
1935
On Probation
Al Murray
1935
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Hamzulla Khan
1935
Student Tour
Jeff Kane
1934
Wagon Wheels
Kenneth Murdock
1934
The Last Round-up
Jack Kells
1934
Come On, Marines!
Lt. Allen
1934
Her Forgotten Past
Donald Thorne
1933
The Intruder
John Brandt
1933
Buffalo Stampede
Smiley
1933
Officer Thirteen
Tom Burke
1932
The Stoker
Dick Martin
1932
Those Who Dance
Dan Hogan
1930
Isle of Escape
Dave Wade
1930
Tiger Rose
Devlin
1929
The Show of Shows
Condemned Man (segment "Rifle Execution") (uncredited)
1929
Skin Deep
Joe Daley
1929
From Headquarters
Happy Smith
1929
No Defense
Monte Collins
1929
The Greyhound Limited
Monte
1929
Conquest
Donald Overton
1928
White Shadows in the South Seas
Dr. Matthew Lloyd
1928
Across the Atlantic
Hugh Clayton
1928
Brass Knuckles
Zac Harrison
1927
One-Round Hogan
Robert Emmet Hogan
1927
Life in Hollywood No. 4
1927
The Bush Leaguer
Buchanan 'Specs' White
1927
The Black Diamond Express
Dan Foster
1927
Bitter Apples
John Wyncote
1927
The Brute
Martin 'Easy-Going' Sondes
1927
Wolf's Clothing
Barry Baline
1927
Across the Pacific
Monte
1926
So This Is Paris
Dr. Paul Giraud
1926
Other Women's Husbands
Dick Lambert
1926
The Man Upstairs
Geoffrey West
1926
Hogan's Alley
Lefty O'Brien
1925
Red Hot Tires
Al Jones
1925
The Limited Mail
Bob Wilson / Bob Snobson
1925
Kiss Me Again
Gaston Fleury
1925
Recompense
Peter Graham
1925
The Dark Swan
Lewis Dike
1924
The Lover of Camille
Jean Gaspard Deburau
1924
Her Marriage Vow
Bob Hilton
1924
Being Respectable
Charles Carpenter
1924
Revelation
Paul Granville
1924
Daughters of Pleasure
Kent Merrill
1924
How to Educate a Wife
Ernest Todd
1924
Mademoiselle Midnight
Owen Burke / Jerry Brent
1924
The Marriage Circle
Dr. Franz Braun
1924
Loving Lies
Captain Dan stover
1924
Lucretia Lombard
Stephen Winship
1923
Defying Destiny
Jack Fenton
1923
The Purple Highway
Edgar Prentice, aka Edgar Craig
1923
Main Street
Dr. Will Kennicott
1923
Brass
Philip Baldwin
1923
Broadway Rose
Tom Darcy
1922
My Old Kentucky Home
Richard Goodloe
1922
Peacock Alley
Elmer Harmon
1922
Orphans of the Storm
Danton
1921
The Affairs of Anatol
Abner Elliott
1921
Moonlight and Honeysuckle
Ted Musgrove
1921
A Broken Doll
Tommy Dawes
1921
A Perfect Crime
Wally Griggs
1921
The Kentuckians
Boone Stallard
1921
Something to Think About
Jim Dirk
1920
The 13th Commandment
1920
Everywoman
Love
1919
Too Much Johnson
Billy Lounsberry
1919
Told in the Hills
Kalitan
1919
Romance and Arabella
Harry Atteridge
1919
The Squaw Man
Happy
1918
The Romance of Tarzan
Juan
1918
Riders of the Night
'The Killer' Jed
1918
The Goddess of Lost Lake
(uncredited)
1918
100% American
Mayme's Army boyfriend
1918
Johanna Enlists
Pvt. Vibbard
1918
Till I Come Back to You
American Doughboy
1918
Hands Up
1918
The Only Road
Pedro Lupo
1918
M'Liss
Mexican Joe Dominguez
1918
The Man from Painted Post
Slim Carter
1917
Wild and Woolly
One of Wild Bill's Men (Uncredited)
1917
Hands Up!
Dan Tracy
1917
Betsy's Burglar
Victor Gilpin
1917
Jim Bludso
Joe Bowers
1917
The Matrimaniac
Assistant Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1916
The Microscope Mystery
Jud
1916
The Vagabond Prince
Peasant
1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
The Strike Leader
1916
The Devil's Needle
Bartender (uncredited)
1916
Martyrs of the Alamo
Defender of the Alamo
1915
Ghosts
Bohemian
1915
The Birth of a Nation
(uncredited)
1915