Monte Blue
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieApache
1954
Geronimo
movieRide, Vaquero!
1953
Bartender (uncredited)
movieThe Last Posse
1953
Uncle Will
movieHangman's Knot
1952
Maxwell
movieTrail of the Arrow
1952
(archive footage)
movieRose of Cimarron
1952
Lone Eagle
movieWarpath
1951
First Emigrant
movieThe Sea Hornet
1951
Lt. Drake
movieGold Raiders
1951
John Sawyer
movieSnake River Desperadoes
1951
Jim Haverly
movieThree Desperate Men
1951
Marshal Pete Coleman
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
1950
Rice - Curry's Partner
movieThis Side of the Law
1950
The Sheriff
movieThe Iroquois Trail
1950
Chief Sagamore
movieBackfire
1950
Det. Sgt. Pluther (uncredited)
movieThe Blonde Bandit
1949
Police Chief Ramsey
movieRanger of Cherokee Strip
1949
Chief Hunter
movieThe Big Wheel
1949
Deacon Jones
tvThe Lone Ranger
1949
Sheriff Stanton
movieThe Fountainhead
1949
Gas Station Executive (uncredited)
movieColorado Territory
1949
U.S. Marshal (uncredited)
movieThe Younger Brothers
1949
Deputy Joe
movieHomicide
1949
George, Sheriff
movieSouth of St. Louis
1949
Capt. Jeffrey
movieFlaxy Martin
1949
Joe, Detective
movieAdventures of Don Juan
1948
Turnkey (uncredited)
movieJohnny Belinda
1948
Ben (uncredited)
movieTwo Guys from Texas
1948
Pete Nash
movieKey Largo
1948
Sheriff Ben Wade
movieSilver River
1948
'Buck' Chevigee
movieLife with Father
1947
The Policeman
movieThe Unfaithful
1947
Businessman with Hunter
movieCheyenne
1947
Timberline
moviePossessed
1947
Norris
movieStallion Road
1947
Horse Rancher (uncredited)
movieBells of San Fernando
1947
Governor Don Sebastian Fernando
movieHumoresque
1947
Moving Man (uncredited)
movieThe Time, The Place and The Girl
1946
Stage Manager (uncredited)
movieThe Man I Love
1946
Cop (uncredited)
movieNever Say Goodbye
1946
Policeman (uncredited)
So You Want to Play the Horses
1946
The Colonel (uncredited)
movieShadow of a Woman
1946
Mike, Police Lieutenant
movieTwo Guys from Milwaukee
1946
Broadcast Director (uncredited)
movieSan Antonio
1945
Cleve Andrews
movieFrontier Days
1945
Ned-U.S. Marshal
movieDanger Signal
1945
Policeman in Car
movieThe Horn Blows at Midnight
1945
The Chef (uncredited)
movieThe Conspirators
1944
Jennings (uncredited)
movieThe Mask of Dimitrios
1944
Abdul Dhris
movieTrial by Trigger
1944
Brewster (uncredited)
movieThank Your Lucky Stars
1943
Bartender in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
movieAction in the North Atlantic
1943
Seaman (uncredited)
movieMission to Moscow
1943
Heckler (uncredited)
movieEdge of Darkness
1943
Jens Petersen
movieTruck Busters
1943
Scrappy O'Brien
movieCasablanca
1943
American (uncredited)
movieThe Hard Way
1943
Man in Audience (Uncredited)
movieGentleman Jim
1942
Gambler in "Lucky Guy"
movieRoad to Morocco
1942
Kasim's Aide (uncredited)
movieThe Hidden Hand
1942
Matthews, the undertaker (uncredited)
movieI Married a Witch
1942
Doorman (uncredited)
movieSecret Enemies
1942
Hugo Mehl
movieAcross the Pacific
1942
Dan Morton
movieMy Favorite Blonde
1942
Policeman at Union Hall (uncredited)
movieKlondike Fury
1942
Flight Dispatcher
movieThe Remarkable Andrew
1942
Policeman
Treat 'Em Rough
1942
Police Captain
movieNorth to the Klondike
1942
John Burke
moviePacific Blackout
1941
Colonel
movieLaw of the Timber
1941
Hodge Mason
movieThe Great Man's Lady
1941
Man #2, Hoyt City
movieNew York Town
1941
McAuliffe (uncredited)
movieKing of the Texas Rangers
1941
Capt. Tom King Sr.
movieBad Man of Deadwood
1941
Sheriff Jordan
movieSunset in Wyoming
1941
Jim Hayes
movieRiders of Death Valley
1941
Rance Davis
movieThe Great Train Robbery
1941
The Super
movieThe Texas Rangers Ride Again
1940
Pablo Slide Along
movieMystery Sea Raider
1940
Captain Norberg
movieYoung Bill Hickok
1940
Marshal Evans
movieRoad to Singapore
1940
High Priest (uncredited)
movieDays of Jesse James
1939
Train Passenger
movieGeronimo
1939
Interpreter
movieJuarez
1939
Lerdo de Tajada
movieUnion Pacific
1939
Indian (uncredited)
movieFrontier Pony Express
1939
Cherokee
movieDodge City
1939
Barlow
movieTom Sawyer, Detective
1938
Sheriff Walker
movieHawk of the Wilderness
1938
Yellow Weasel
movieIllegal Traffic
1938
Captain Moran
movieKing of Alcatraz
1938
Officer
movieThe Mysterious Rider
1938
Cap Folsom
movieTouchdown, Army
1938
Pilot (uncredited)
movieRebellious Daughters
1938
Charlie, alias Clint Houston
movieCocoanut Grove
1938
Undetermined Role
movieThe Big Broadcast of 1938
1938
Passenger (uncredited)
movieBorn to the West
1937
Bart Hammond
movieHell Town
1937
Bart Hammond
movieSky Racket
1937
Benjamin Arnold
movieRootin' Tootin' Rhythm
1937
Joe Stafford
movieThe Outcasts of Poker Flat
1937
Indian Jim
movieSecret Agent X-9
1937
Baron Michael Karsten
movieA Million to One
1936
John Kent Sr.
movieRide, Ranger, Ride
1936
Duval, aka Chief Tavibo
movieSong of the Gringo
1936
Sheriff
movieMary of Scotland
1936
Messenger
moviePrison Shadows
1936
Bert McNamee
movieSharad of Atlantis
1936
Unga Khan
movieTreachery Rides the Range
1936
Colonel Drummond
movieDesert Gold
1936
Chetley 'Chet' Kasedon
movieNevada
1935
Clem Dillon
movieWanderer of the Wasteland
1935
Guerd Larey
movieTrails of the Wild
1935
RCMP Larry Doyle
movieThe Test
1935
Pepite La Joie
movie'G' Men
1935
Fingerprint Expert
movieSocial Error
1935
Dean Carter
movieOn Probation
1935
Al Murray
movieThe Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
Hamzulla Khan
movieStudent Tour
1934
Jeff Kane
movieWagon Wheels
1934
Kenneth Murdock
movieThe Last Round-up
1934
Jack Kells
movieCome On, Marines!
1934
Lt. Allen
movieHer Forgotten Past
1933
Donald Thorne
movieThe Intruder
1933
John Brandt
movieOfficer Thirteen
1932
Tom Burke
movieThe Stoker
1932
Dick Martin
movieThe Flood
1931
David Bruce
movieThose Who Dance
1930
Dan Hogan
movieIsle of Escape
1930
Dave Wade
movieTiger Rose
1929
Devlin
movieThe Show of Shows
1929
Condemned Man (segment "Rifle Execution") (uncredited)
movieSkin Deep
1929
Joe Daley
movieFrom Headquarters
1929
Happy Smith
movieNo Defense
1929
Monte Collins
movieConquest
1928
Donald Overton
movieWhite Shadows in the South Seas
1928
Dr. Matthew Lloyd
movieAcross the Atlantic
1928
Hugh Clayton
movieBrass Knuckles
1927
Zac Harrison
movieOne-Round Hogan
1927
Robert Emmet Hogan
movieThe Bush Leaguer
1927
Buchanan 'Specs' White
movieThe Black Diamond Express
1927
Dan Foster
movieBitter Apples
1927
John Wyncote
movieThe Brute
1927
Martin 'Easy-Going' Sondes
movieWolf's Clothing
1927
Barry Baline
movieSo This Is Paris
1926
Dr. Paul Giraud
movieOther Women's Husbands
1926
Dick Lambert
movieThe Man Upstairs
1926
Geoffrey West
Hogan's Alley
1925
Lefty O'Brien
movieRed Hot Tires
1925
Al Jones
movieThe Limited Mail
1925
Bob Wilson / Bob Snobson
movieKiss Me Again
1925
Gaston Fleury
movieRecompense
1925
Peter Graham
movieThe Dark Swan
1924
Lewis Dike
movieThe Lover of Camille
1924
Jean Gaspard Deburau
movieHer Marriage Vow
1924
Bob Hilton
movieBeing Respectable
1924
Charles Carpenter
movieRevelation
1924
Paul Granville
movieDaughters of Pleasure
1924
Kent Merrill
movieHow to Educate a Wife
1924
Ernest Todd
movieMademoiselle Midnight
1924
Owen Burke / Jerry Brent
movieThe Marriage Circle
1924
Dr. Franz Braun
movieLoving Lies
1924
Captain Dan stover
movieLucretia Lombard
1923
Stephen Winship
Defying Destiny
1923
Jack Fenton
movieThe Purple Highway
1923
Edgar Prentice, aka Edgar Craig
movieMain Street
1923
Dr. Will Kennicott
movieBrass
1923
Philip Baldwin
movieBroadway Rose
1922
Tom Darcy
movieMy Old Kentucky Home
1922
Richard Goodloe
moviePeacock Alley
1922
Elmer Harmon
movieThe Affairs of Anatol
1921
Abner Elliott
movieMoonlight and Honeysuckle
1921
Ted Musgrove
movieA Broken Doll
1921
Tommy Dawes
movieA Perfect Crime
1921
Wally Griggs
The Kentuckians
1921
Boone Stallard
movieThe Jucklins
1921
Bill Hawes
movieA Cumberland Romance
1920
Sherd Raines
movieThe 13th Commandment
1920
Bayard Kip
movieToo Much Johnson
1919
Billy Lounsberry
movieIn Mizzoura
1919
Sam Fowler
movieTold in the Hills
1919
Kalitan
movieRustling a Bride
1919
Nick McCredie
moviePettigrew's Girl
1919
Pvt. William Pettigrew
movieRomance and Arabella
1919
Harry Atteridge
movieRiders of the Night
1918
'The Killer' Jed
movieThe Goddess of Lost Lake
1918
(uncredited)
movie100% American
1918
Mayme's Army boyfriend
movieJohanna Enlists
1918
Pvt. Vibbard
movieTill I Come Back to You
1918
American Doughboy
movieThe Only Road
1918
Pedro Lupo
movieM'Liss
1918
Mexican Joe Dominguez
The Red, Red Heart
1918
Billy Porter
movieThe Man from Painted Post
1917
Slim Carter
movieWild and Woolly
1917
One of Wild Bill's Men (Uncredited)
movieHands Up!
1917
Dan Tracy
movieBetsy's Burglar
1917
Victor Gilpin
Jim Bludso
1917
Joe Bowers
movieThe Matrimaniac
1916
Assistant Hotel Manager (uncredited)
movieIntolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
The Strike Leader
movieThe Devil's Needle
1916
Bartender (uncredited)
movieMartyrs of the Alamo
1915
Defender of the Alamo
The Noon Hour
1915
Ada's Brother
movieGhosts
1915
Bohemian
movieThe Birth of a Nation
1915
(uncredited)
Directing2
movieIntolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
Second Assistant Director
movieThe Birth of a Nation
1915
Assistant Director