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Monte Blue
Born · January 10, 1887
Died · February 18, 1963 (76 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Bio
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Monte Blue, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Rawhide
(1 episode)
7.2
1959
26 Men
(1 episode)
4.2
1957
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
(1 episode)
3.7
1956
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
(1 episode)
6.6
1955
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
(1 episode)
6.9
1954
Apache
Geronimo
6.1
1954
Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush
Sheriff
0.0
1954
The Last Posse
Uncle Will
6.0
1953
Hangman's Knot
Maxwell
6.4
1952
Trail of the Arrow
(archive footage)
0.0
1952
Mr. & Mrs. North
(1 episode)
4.3
1952
This Is Your Life
Self · (1 episode)
6.3
1952
Rose of Cimarron
Lone Eagle
5.0
1952
Warpath
First Emigrant
5.8
1951
The Sea Hornet
Lt. Drake
5.0
1951
Gold Raiders
John Sawyer
5.5
1951
Snake River Desperadoes
Jim Haverly
3.8
1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
(2 episodes)
4.5
1951
Three Desperate Men
Marshal Pete Coleman
5.5
1951
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
Rice - Curry's Partner
0.0
1950
This Side of the Law
The Sheriff
4.8
1950
The Iroquois Trail
Chief Sagamore
5.8
1950
Backfire
Det. Sgt. Pluther (uncredited)
5.8
1950
The Blonde Bandit
Police Chief Ramsey
5.8
1949
Ranger of Cherokee Strip
Chief Hunter
0.0
1949
The Big Wheel
Deacon Jones
5.8
1949
The Lone Ranger
Sheriff Stanton · (1 episode)
6.6
1949
The Fountainhead
Gas Station Executive (uncredited)
6.9
1949
Colorado Territory
US Marshal (uncredited)
6.9
1949
The Younger Brothers
Deputy Joe
5.0
1949
Homicide
George, Sheriff
5.3
1949
South of St. Louis
Capt. Jeffrey
5.6
1949
Flaxy Martin
Joe, Detective
5.7
1949
Adventures of Don Juan
Turnkey (uncredited)
6.4
1948
Johnny Belinda
Ben (uncredited)
6.8
1948
Two Guys from Texas
Pete Nash
6.0
1948
Key Largo
Sheriff Ben Wade
7.5
1948
Silver River
'Buck' Chevigee
5.9
1948
Life with Father
The Policeman
6.5
1947
The Unfaithful
Businessman with Hunter
6.0
1947
Cheyenne
Timberline
6.8
1947
Possessed
Norris - lake house caretaker
6.8
1947
Stallion Road
Horse Rancher (uncredited)
5.0
1947
Bells of San Fernando
Governor Don Sebastian Fernando
4.0
1947
Humoresque
Moving Man (uncredited)
7.1
1947
The Time, The Place and The Girl
Stage Manager (uncredited)
5.4
1946
The Man I Love
Cop (uncredited)
6.2
1946
Never Say Goodbye
Policeman (uncredited)
6.3
1946
So You Want to Play the Horses
The Colonel (uncredited)
6.0
1946
Shadow of a Woman
Mike, Police Lieutenant
4.2
1946
Two Guys from Milwaukee
Broadcast Director (uncredited)
4.8
1946
Cinderella Jones
Jailer
3.3
1946
San Antonio
Cleve Andrews
5.7
1945
Frontier Days
Ned-U.S. Marshal
4.0
1945
Danger Signal
Policeman in Car
5.8
1945
The Horn Blows at Midnight
The Chef (uncredited)
5.8
1945
The Mask of Dimitrios
Abdul Dhris
7.0
1944
Trial by Trigger
Brewster (uncredited)
2.0
1944
Northern Pursuit
Jean
5.9
1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Bartender in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
6.1
1943
Action in the North Atlantic
Seaman (uncredited)
7.1
1943
Mission to Moscow
Heckler (uncredited)
5.2
1943
Edge of Darkness
Jens Petersen
6.1
1943
Truck Busters
Scrappy O'Brien
6.0
1943
Casablanca
American (uncredited)
8.2
1943
The Hard Way
Man in Audience (Uncredited)
6.6
1943
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
Bit Role
6.8
1943
Gentleman Jim
Gambler in "Lucky Guy"
7.2
1942
Road to Morocco
Kasim's Aide (uncredited)
6.9
1942
The Hidden Hand
Matthews, the undertaker (uncredited)
6.3
1942
I Married a Witch
Doorman (uncredited)
6.8
1942
Secret Enemies
Hugo Mehl
5.2
1942
Across the Pacific
Dan Morton
6.5
1942
My Favorite Blonde
Policeman at Union Hall
6.4
1942
Klondike Fury
Flight Dispatcher
3.9
1942
The Remarkable Andrew
Policeman
8.2
1942
North to the Klondike
John Burke
6.8
1942
Pacific Blackout
Colonel
6.3
1941
Law of the Timber
Hodge Mason
0.0
1941
The Great Man's Lady
Man #2, Hoyt City
6.3
1941
New York Town
McAuliffe (uncredited)
10.0
1941
King of the Texas Rangers
Capt. Tom King Sr.
6.0
1941
Bad Man of Deadwood
Sheriff Jordan
4.4
1941
Sunset in Wyoming
Jim Hayes
0.0
1941
Riders of Death Valley
Rance Davis
6.5
1941
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
Ben Mott
0.0
1941
The Great Train Robbery
The Super
7.5
1941
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
Pablo Slide Along
5.5
1940
Mystery Sea Raider
Captain Norberg
3.0
1940
North West Mounted Police
Indian
6.3
1940
Young Bill Hickok
Marshal Evans
4.4
1940
Road to Singapore
High Priest (uncredited)
6.5
1940
Days of Jesse James
Train Passenger
5.5
1939
Geronimo
Interpreter
5.0
1939
Our Leading Citizen
Frank
0.0
1939
Port of Hate
Hammond
5.7
1939
Juarez
Lerdo de Tajada
6.5
1939
Union Pacific
Indian (uncredited)
6.5
1939
Frontier Pony Express
Cherokee
4.8
1939
Dodge City
Barlow
6.9
1939
Tom Sawyer, Detective
Sheriff Walker
5.2
1938
Hawk of the Wilderness
Yellow Weasel
7.0
1938
Illegal Traffic
Captain Moran
6.5
1938
King of Alcatraz
Officer
5.7
1938
The Mysterious Rider
Cap Folsom
6.0
1938
Touchdown, Army
Pilot (uncredited)
0.0
1938
Rebellious Daughters
Charlie, alias Clint Houston
5.0
1938
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Mr. Cameron
0.0
1938
Cocoanut Grove
Undetermined Role
0.0
1938
The Big Broadcast of 1938
Passenger (uncredited)
6.0
1938
Born to the West
Bart Hammond
4.7
1937
Amateur Crook
Crone
1.0
1937
Sky Racket
Benjamin Arnold
3.3
1937
Souls at Sea
Mate
6.0
1937
Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm
Joe Stafford
4.3
1937
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Indian Jim
6.0
1937
Secret Agent X-9
Baron Michael Karsten
6.7
1937
A Million to One
John Kent Sr.
3.0
1936
Ride, Ranger, Ride
Duval, aka Chief Tavibo
4.7
1936
Song of the Gringo
Sheriff
4.7
1936
Mary of Scotland
Messenger
6.3
1936
Prison Shadows
Bert McNamee
4.9
1936
Sharad of Atlantis
Unga Khan
4.4
1936
Treachery Rides the Range
Colonel Drummond
1.0
1936
Desert Gold
Chetley 'Chet' Kasedon
5.4
1936
Nevada
Clem Dillon
3.0
1935
Wanderer of the Wasteland
Guerd Larey
5.0
1935
Trails of the Wild
RCMP Larry Doyle
0.0
1935
The Test
Pepite La Joie
3.2
1935
'G' Men
Fingerprint Expert
6.5
1935
Social Error
Dean Carter
5.0
1935
On Probation
Al Murray
0.0
1935
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Hamzulla Khan
6.6
1935
Student Tour
Jeff Kane
5.0
1934
Wagon Wheels
Kenneth Murdock
5.1
1934
The Last Round-up
Jack Kells
0.0
1934
Come On, Marines!
Lt. Allen
5.0
1934
Her Forgotten Past
Donald Thorne
6.0
1933
The Intruder
John Brandt
4.2
1933
The Thundering Herd
Smiley
3.8
1933
Officer Thirteen
Tom Burke
6.2
1932
The Stoker
Dick Martin
0.0
1932
Those Who Dance
Dan Hogan
6.0
1930
Isle of Escape
Dave Wade
6.0
1930
Tiger Rose
Devlin
0.0
1929
Show of Shows
Condemned Man (segment "Rifle Execution") (uncredited)
5.5
1929
Skin Deep
Joe Daley
1.0
1929
From Headquarters
Happy Smith
0.0
1929
No Defense
Monte Collins
0.0
1929
The Greyhound Limited
Monte
0.0
1929
Conquest
Donald Overton
0.0
1928
White Shadows in the South Seas
Dr. Matthew Lloyd
6.6
1928
Across the Atlantic
Hugh Clayton
0.0
1928
Brass Knuckles
Zac Harrison
0.0
1927
One-Round Hogan
Robert Emmet Hogan
0.0
1927
Life in Hollywood No. 4
0.0
1927
The Bush Leaguer
Buchanan 'Specs' White
0.0
1927
The Black Diamond Express
Dan Foster
0.0
1927
Bitter Apples
John Wyncote
0.0
1927
Across the Pacific
Monte
4.5
1926
So This Is Paris
Dr. Paul Giraud
6.6
1926
Other Women's Husbands
Dick Lambert
0.0
1926
The Man Upstairs
Geoffrey West
0.0
1926
Hogan's Alley
Lefty O'Brien
0.0
1925
Red Hot Tires
Al Jones
0.0
1925
The Limited Mail
Bob Wilson / Bob Snobson
0.0
1925
Kiss Me Again
Gaston Fleury
0.0
1925
Recompense
Peter Graham
0.0
1925
The Dark Swan
Lewis Dike
0.0
1924
The Lover of Camille
Jean Gaspard Deburau
0.0
1924
Her Marriage Vow
Bob Hilton
0.0
1924
Being Respectable
Charles Carpenter
0.0
1924
Revelation
Paul Granville
0.0
1924
Daughters of Pleasure
Kent Merrill
0.0
1924
How to Educate a Wife
Ernest Todd
0.0
1924
Mademoiselle Midnight
Owen Burke / Jerry Brent
5.8
1924
The Marriage Circle
Dr. Franz Braun
6.4
1924
Loving Lies
Captain Dan stover
0.0
1924
Lucretia Lombard
Stephen Winship
5.0
1923
Defying Destiny
Jack Fenton
5.5
1923
The Purple Highway
Edgar Prentice, aka Edgar Craig
0.0
1923
Main Street
Dr. Will Kennicott
4.0
1923
Brass
Philip Baldwin
3.0
1923
Broadway Rose
Tom Darcy
0.0
1922
My Old Kentucky Home
Richard Goodloe
0.0
1922
Peacock Alley
Elmer Harmon
0.0
1922
Orphans of the Storm
Danton
6.9
1921
The Affairs of Anatol
Abner Elliott
5.6
1921
Moonlight and Honeysuckle
Ted Musgrove
0.0
1921
A Broken Doll
Tommy Dawes
0.0
1921
A Perfect Crime
Wally Griggs
0.0
1921
The Kentuckians
Boone Stallard
0.0
1921
Something to Think About
Jim Dirk
6.5
1920
The 13th Commandment
0.0
1920
Everywoman
Love
0.0
1919
Too Much Johnson
Billy Lounsberry
0.0
1919
Romance and Arabella
Harry Atteridge
0.0
1919
The Squaw Man
Happy
5.8
1918
The Romance of Tarzan
Juan
6.0
1918
Riders of the Night
'The Killer' Jed
7.0
1918
The Goddess of Lost Lake
(uncredited)
0.0
1918
100% American
Mayme's Army boyfriend
5.5
1918
Johanna Enlists
Pvt. Vibbard
5.8
1918
Till I Come Back to You
American Doughboy
5.7
1918
Hands Up
0.0
1918
The Only Road
Pedro Lupo
0.0
1918
M'Liss
Mexican Joe Dominguez
5.8
1918
The Man from Painted Post
Slim Carter
4.8
1917
Wild and Woolly
One of Wild Bill's Men (Uncredited)
6.3
1917
Hands Up!
Dan Tracy
0.0
1917
Betsy's Burglar
Victor Gilpin
0.0
1917
Jim Bludso
Joe Bowers
0.0
1917
The Matrimaniac
Assistant Hotel Manager (uncredited)
6.5
1916
The Microscope Mystery
Jud
0.0
1916
The Vagabond Prince
Peasant
0.0
1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
The Strike Leader
7.1
1916
The Devil's Needle
Bartender (uncredited)
6.5
1916
Martyrs of the Alamo
Defender of the Alamo
5.2
1915
Ghosts
Bohemian
4.5
1915
The Birth of a Nation
6.0
1915