Name
Monte Blue
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1887-01-10
Deathday
1963-02-18 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Biography
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.
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- 1947 Possessed as Norris
- 1948 Key Largo as Sheriff Ben Wade
- 1936 Ride, Ranger, Ride as Duval, aka Chief Tavibo
- 1942 The Hidden Hand as Matthews, the undertaker (uncredited)
- 1923 Main Street as Dr. Will Kennicott
- 1918 Riders of the Night as 'The Killer' Jed
- 1922 My Old Kentucky Home as Richard Goodloe
- 1950 Backfire as Det. Sgt. Pluther (uncredited)
- 1918 The Squaw Man as Happy
- 1944 The Mask of Dimitrios as Abdul Dhris
- 1951 Three Desperate Men as Marshal Pete Coleman
- 1947 Life with Father as The Policeman
- 1952 Rose of Cimarron as Lone Eagle
- 1947 Cheyenne as Timberline
- 1954 Apache as Geronimo
- 1935 The Lives of a Bengal Lancer as Hamzulla Khan
- 1946 Shadow of a Woman as Mike, Police Lieutenant
- 1950 This Side of the Law as The Sheriff
- 1941 Bad Man of Deadwood as Sheriff Jordan
- 1949 Flaxy Martin as Joe, Detective
- 1929 Tiger Rose as Devlin
- 1927 Life in Hollywood No. 4
- 1921 A Perfect Crime as Wally Griggs
- 1936 Song of the Gringo as Sheriff
- 1949 Homicide as George, Sheriff
- 1942 Across the Pacific as Dan Morton
- 1944 Trial by Trigger as Brewster (uncredited)
- 1928 White Shadows in the South Seas as Dr. Matthew Lloyd
- 1940 Young Bill Hickok as Marshal Evans
- 1937 Born to the West as Bart Hammond
- 1952 Hangman's Knot as Maxwell
- 1921 The Affairs of Anatol as Abner Elliott
- 1918 The Romance of Tarzan as Juan
- 1924 The Marriage Circle as Dr. Franz Braun
- 1918 Hands Up
- 1943 Northern Pursuit as Jean
- 1949 Colorado Territory as U.S. Marshal (uncredited)
- 1943 Truck Busters as Scrappy O'Brien
- 1927 The Black Diamond Express as Dan Foster
- 1934 Wagon Wheels as Kenneth Murdock
- 1935 Wanderer of the Wasteland as Guerd Larey
- 1935 Nevada as Clem Dillon
- 1947 Bells of San Fernando as Governor Don Sebastian Fernando
- 1936 Treachery Rides the Range as Colonel Drummond
- 1949 The Younger Brothers as Deputy Joe
- 1951 Warpath as First Emigrant
- 1937 Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm as Joe Stafford
- 1932 Officer Thirteen as Tom Burke
- 1933 Buffalo Stampede as Smiley
- 1942 Secret Enemies as Hugo Mehl
- 1935 The Test as Pepite La Joie
- 1949 Ranger of Cherokee Strip as Chief Hunter
- 1937 The Outcasts of Poker Flat as Indian Jim
- 1937 Secret Agent X-9 as Baron Michael Karsten
- 1932 The Stoker as Dick Martin
- 1936 Desert Gold as Chetley 'Chet' Kasedon
- 1933 The Intruder as John Brandt
- 1947 Humoresque as Moving Man (uncredited)
- 1936 Prison Shadows as Bert McNamee
- 1940 Mystery Sea Raider as Captain Norberg
- 1951 Gold Raiders as John Sawyer
- 1938 The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok as Mr. Cameron
- 1937 Amateur Crook as Crone
- 1935 On Probation as Al Murray
- 1949 South of St. Louis as Capt. Jeffrey
- 1938 Hawk of the Wilderness as Yellow Weasel
- 1941 King of the Texas Rangers as Capt. Tom King Sr.
- 1933 Her Forgotten Past as Donald Thorne
- 1923 Lucretia Lombard as Stephen Winship
- 1937 Sky Racket as Benjamin Arnold
- 1934 Student Tour as Jeff Kane
- 1934 The Last Round-up as Jack Kells
- 1938 Tom Sawyer, Detective as Sheriff Walker
- 1937 Souls at Sea as Mate
- 1942 My Favorite Blonde as Policeman at Union Hall (uncredited)
- 1938 The Mysterious Rider as Cap Folsom
- 1953 The Last Posse as Uncle Will
- 1938 Rebellious Daughters as Charlie, alias Clint Houston
- 1943 Casablanca as American (uncredited)
- 1938 Illegal Traffic as Captain Moran
- 1918 100% American as Mayme's Army boyfriend
- 1918 M'Liss as Mexican Joe Dominguez
- 1924 Mademoiselle Midnight as Owen Burke / Jerry Brent
- 1926 So This Is Paris as Dr. Paul Giraud
- 1921 Orphans of the Storm as Danton
- 1917 The Man from Painted Post as Slim Carter
- 1936 Mary of Scotland as Messenger
- 1924 How to Educate a Wife as Ernest Todd
- 1924 Daughters of Pleasure as Kent Merrill
- 1923 Defying Destiny as Jack Fenton
- 1925 Kiss Me Again as Gaston Fleury
- 1925 The Limited Mail as Bob Wilson / Bob Snobson
- 1925 Hogan's Alley as Lefty O'Brien
- 1925 Red Hot Tires as Al Jones
- 1926 Other Women's Husbands as Dick Lambert
- 1917 Jim Bludso as Joe Bowers
- 1945 The Horn Blows at Midnight as The Chef (uncredited)
- 1922 Broadway Rose as Tom Darcy
- 1921 Moonlight and Honeysuckle as Ted Musgrove
- 1915 Ghosts as Bohemian
- 1920 The 13th Commandment as Bayard Kip
- 1938 Cocoanut Grove as Undetermined Role
- 1935 'G' Men as Fingerprint Expert
- 1946 Cinderella Jones as Jailer
- 1939 Dodge City as Barlow
- 1939 Frontier Pony Express as Cherokee
- 1939 Juarez as Lerdo de Tajada
- 1939 Union Pacific as Indian (uncredited)
- 1939 Days of Jesse James as Train Passenger
- 1942 Gentleman Jim as Gambler in "Lucky Guy"
- 1952 Trail of the Arrow as (archive footage)
- 1948 Johnny Belinda as Ben (uncredited)
- 1918 Johanna Enlists as Pvt. Vibbard
- 1939 Port of Hate as Hammond
- 1941 The Great Train Robbery as The Super
- 1936 A Million to One as John Kent Sr.
- 1935 Social Error as Dean Carter
- 1942 North to the Klondike as John Burke
- 1930 Those Who Dance as Dan Hogan
- 1941 Sunset in Wyoming as Jim Hayes
- 1945 San Antonio as Cleve Andrews
- 1920 Something to Think About as Jim Dirk
- 1941 Riders of Death Valley as Rance Davis
- 1929 Skin Deep as Joe Daley
- 1936 Sharad of Atlantis as Unga Khan
- 1941 Law of the Timber as Hodge Mason
- 1927 One-Round Hogan as Robert Emmet Hogan
- 1927 Brass Knuckles as Zac Harrison
- 1935 Trails of the Wild as RCMP Larry Doyle
- 1940 The Texas Rangers Ride Again as Pablo Slide Along
- 1951 Snake River Desperadoes as Jim Haverly
- 1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages as The Strike Leader
- 1940 North West Mounted Police as Indian
- 1938 The Big Broadcast of 1938 as Passenger (uncredited)
- 1940 Road to Singapore as High Priest (uncredited)
- 1918 The Goddess of Lost Lake as (uncredited)
- 1949 The Big Wheel as Deacon Jones
- 1950 So You Want to Hold Your Husband as Rice - Curry's Partner
- 1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars as Bartender in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
- 1946 Two Guys from Milwaukee as Broadcast Director (uncredited)
- 1939 Geronimo as Interpreter
- 1942 Klondike Fury as Flight Dispatcher
- 1946 The Time, The Place and The Girl as Stage Manager (uncredited)
- 1929 The Show of Shows as Condemned Man (segment "Rifle Execution") (uncredited)
- 1946 Never Say Goodbye as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1951 The Sea Hornet as Lt. Drake
- 1939 Our Leading Citizen as Frank
- 1950 The Iroquois Trail as Chief Sagamore
- 1916 The Vagabond Prince as Peasant
- 1942 I Married a Witch as Doorman (uncredited)
- 1924 The Dark Swan as Lewis Dike
- 1949 The Blonde Bandit as Police Chief Ramsey
- 1916 The Devil's Needle as Bartender (uncredited)
- 1917 Hands Up! as Dan Tracy
- 1917 Betsy's Burglar as Victor Gilpin
- 1947 Stallion Road as Horse Rancher (uncredited)
- 1916 The Matrimaniac as Assistant Hotel Manager (uncredited)
- 1948 Silver River as 'Buck' Chevigee
- 1941 The Great Man's Lady as Man #2, Hoyt City
- 1954 Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush as Sheriff
- 1915 Martyrs of the Alamo as Defender of the Alamo
- 1928 Conquest as Donald Overton
- 1929 The Greyhound Limited as Monte
- 1929 No Defense as Monte Collins
- 1934 Come On, Marines! as Lt. Allen
- 1915 The Birth of a Nation as (uncredited)
- 1930 Isle of Escape as Dave Wade
- 1941 New York Town as McAuliffe (uncredited)
- 1942 The Remarkable Andrew as Policeman
- 1941 Pacific Blackout as Colonel
- 1938 Touchdown, Army as Pilot (uncredited)
- 1929 From Headquarters as Happy Smith
- 1923 The Purple Highway as Edgar Prentice, aka Edgar Craig
- 1927 Bitter Apples as John Wyncote
- 1923 Brass as Philip Baldwin
- 1938 King of Alcatraz as Officer
- 1943 Action in the North Atlantic as Seaman (uncredited)
- 1948 Two Guys from Texas as Pete Nash
- 1943 Edge of Darkness as Jens Petersen
- 1943 Mission to Moscow as Heckler (uncredited)
- 1947 The Unfaithful as Businessman with Hunter
- 1945 Danger Signal as Policeman in Car
- 1945 Frontier Days as Ned-U.S. Marshal
- 1926 Across the Pacific as Monte
- 1946 So You Want to Play the Horses as The Colonel (uncredited)
- 1925 Recompense as Peter Graham
- 1924 Revelation as Paul Granville
- 1922 Peacock Alley as Elmer Harmon
- 1924 Being Respectable as Charles Carpenter
- 1924 The Lover of Camille as Jean Gaspard Deburau
- 1941 Scattergood Pulls the Strings as Ben Mott
- 1921 A Broken Doll as Tommy Dawes
- 1942 Road to Morocco as Kasim's Aide (uncredited)
- 1949 The Fountainhead as Gas Station Executive (uncredited)
- 1918 The Only Road as Pedro Lupo
- 1943 The Hard Way as Man in Audience (Uncredited)
- 1919 Too Much Johnson as Billy Lounsberry
- 1924 Loving Lies as Captain Dan stover
- 1916 The Microscope Mystery as Jud
- 1919 Romance and Arabella as Harry Atteridge
- 1918 Till I Come Back to You as American Doughboy
- 1919 Everywoman as Love
- 1917 Wild and Woolly as One of Wild Bill's Men (Uncredited)
- 1926 The Man Upstairs as Geoffrey West
- 1928 Across the Atlantic as Hugh Clayton
- 1921 The Kentuckians as Boone Stallard
- 1927 The Bush Leaguer as Buchanan 'Specs' White
- 1948 Adventures of Don Juan as Turnkey (uncredited)
- 1924 Her Marriage Vow as Bob Hilton
- 1946 The Man I Love as Cop (uncredited)
- 1919 Told in the Hills as Kalitan
- 1927 Wolf's Clothing as Barry Baline
- 1927 The Brute as Martin 'Easy-Going' Sondes
- 1915 The Noon Hour as Ada's Brother
- 1953 Ride, Vaquero! as Bartender (uncredited)
- 1920 A Cumberland Romance as Sherd Raines
- 1921 The Jucklins as Bill Hawes
- 1919 Pettigrew's Girl as Pvt. William Pettigrew
- 1918 The Red, Red Heart as Billy Porter
- 1919 In Mizzoura as Sam Fowler
- 1919 Rustling a Bride as Nick McCredie
- 1931 The Flood as David Bruce
- 1942 Treat 'Em Rough as Police Captain
- 1937 Hell Town as Bart Hammond
- 1944 The Conspirators as Jennings (uncredited)
- 1950 Montana as Charlie Penrose (uncredited)
- 1944 Passage to Marseille as Second Mate (uncredited)
- 1937 Thunder Trail as Jeff Graves
- 1949 The Lone Ranger ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff Stanton
- 1959 Rawhide ( 0 episode )
- 1952 This Is Your Life ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1955 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp ( 1 episode )
- 1954 The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin ( 1 episode )
- 1956 The Adventures of Jim Bowie ( 1 episode )
- 1951 The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok ( 2 episodes )
- 1957 26 Men ( 1 episode )
- 1952 Mr. & Mrs. North ( 1 episode )
- 1936 Undersea Kingdom ( 12 episodes ) as Unga Khan
