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Monte Blue

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.


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Born:
Jan 11, 1887 In Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Movie/TV Credits:
193
First Appeared:
In the movie The Birth of a Nation 1915-02-08
Latest Project:
Movie Hollywood My Home Town 1965-12-31
Known For
Poster of Born to the West
Poster of Treachery Rides the Range
Poster of Desert Gold
Poster of 100% American
Filmography
Movie Hollywood My Home Town Self (archive footage) 1965-12-31
Series Rawhide Unknown 1959-01-09
Series 26 Men Unknown 1957-11-01
Series The Adventures of Jim Bowie Unknown 1956-09-07
Series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Unknown 1955-09-06
Movie Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush Sheriff 1954-01-01
Series The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin Unknown 1954-10-15
Movie Apache Geronimo 1954-07-09
Movie The Last Posse Uncle Will 1953-07-04
Movie Rose of Cimarron Lone Eagle 1952-01-28
Series This Is Your Life Unknown 1952-10-01
Series Sky King Unknown 1952-04-05
Series Mr. & Mrs. North Unknown 1952-10-03
Movie Trail of the Arrow (archive footage) 1952-11-02
Movie Hangman's Knot Maxwell 1952-11-15
Movie Three Desperate Men Marshal Pete Coleman 1951-01-12
Movie Snake River Desperadoes Jim Haverly 1951-05-30
Series The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok Unknown 1951-04-15
Movie Warpath First Emigrant 1951-11-22
Movie The Sea Hornet Lt. Drake 1951-11-06
Movie Gold Raiders John Sawyer 1951-09-09
Movie Backfire Det. Sgt. Pluther (uncredited) 1950-01-26
Movie The Iroquois Trail Chief Sagamore 1950-06-15
Movie This Side of the Law The Sheriff 1950-06-17
Movie Homicide George, Sheriff 1949-04-02
Movie South of St. Louis Capt. Jeffrey 1949-03-06
Movie Flaxy Martin Joe, Detective 1949-02-15
Movie The Younger Brothers Deputy Joe 1949-05-03
Movie Ranger of Cherokee Strip Chief Hunter 1949-11-04
Movie Colorado Territory US Marshal (uncredited) 1949-06-11
Movie The Blonde Bandit Police Chief Ramsey 1949-12-22
Movie The Big Wheel Deacon Jones 1949-11-04
Movie The Fountainhead Gas Station Executive (uncredited) 1949-06-25
Movie Silver River 'Buck' Chevigee 1948-05-20
Movie Key Largo Sheriff Ben Wade 1948-07-16
Movie Two Guys from Texas Pete Nash 1948-08-27
Movie Johnny Belinda Ben (uncredited) 1948-09-14
Movie Stallion Road Horse Rancher (uncredited) 1947-04-12
Movie Humoresque Moving Man (uncredited) 1947-01-25
Movie Bells of San Fernando Governor Don Sebastian Fernando 1947-03-01
Movie Possessed Norris - lake house caretaker 1947-05-29
Movie Cheyenne Timberline 1947-06-06
Movie Life with Father The Policeman 1947-09-13
Movie The Unfaithful Businessman with Hunter 1947-07-01
Movie Two Guys from Milwaukee Broadcast Director (uncredited) 1946-07-26
Movie Cinderella Jones Jailer 1946-03-09
Movie Shadow of a Woman Mike, Police Lieutenant 1946-09-14
Movie So You Want to Play the Horses The Colonel (uncredited) 1946-10-05
Movie Never Say Goodbye Policeman (uncredited) 1946-11-09
Movie The Time, The Place and The Girl Stage Manager (uncredited) 1946-12-26
Movie The Horn Blows at Midnight The Chef (uncredited) 1945-04-28
Movie Danger Signal Policeman in Car 1945-11-21
Movie San Antonio Cleve Andrews 1945-12-29
Movie Frontier Days Ned-U.S. Marshal 1945-12-08
Movie The Mask of Dimitrios Abdul Dhris 1944-06-23
Movie The Hard Way Man in Audience (Uncredited) 1943-01-13
Movie Truck Busters Scrappy O'Brien 1943-01-28
Movie Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer Bit Role 1943-01-02
Movie Casablanca American (uncredited) 1943-01-15
Movie Edge of Darkness Jens Petersen 1943-04-09
Movie Action in the North Atlantic Seaman (uncredited) 1943-06-12
Movie Northern Pursuit Jean 1943-11-07
Movie Mission to Moscow Heckler (uncredited) 1943-04-29
Movie My Favorite Blonde Policeman at Union Hall (uncredited) 1942-04-02
Movie Klondike Fury Flight Dispatcher 1942-03-20
Movie North to the Klondike John Burke 1942-01-23
Movie The Great Man's Lady Man #2, Hoyt City 1942-04-15
Movie The Remarkable Andrew Policeman 1942-03-05
Movie The Hidden Hand Matthews, the undertaker (uncredited) 1942-11-07
Movie Gentleman Jim Gambler in "Lucky Guy" 1942-11-14
Movie Across the Pacific Dan Morton 1942-09-04
Movie Road to Morocco Kasim's Aide (uncredited) 1942-11-10
Movie Secret Enemies Hugo Mehl 1942-09-17
Movie I Married a Witch Doorman (uncredited) 1942-10-30
Movie Riders of Death Valley Rance Davis 1941-07-01
Movie The Great Train Robbery The Super 1941-02-28
Movie Sunset in Wyoming Jim Hayes 1941-07-15
Movie Scattergood Pulls the Strings Ben Mott 1941-05-23
Movie New York Town McAuliffe (uncredited) 1941-10-31
Movie Bad Man of Deadwood Sheriff Jordan 1941-09-05
Movie Pacific Blackout Colonel 1941-12-31
Movie Law of the Timber Hodge Mason 1941-12-19
Movie King of the Texas Rangers Capt. Tom King Sr. 1941-10-03
Movie Road to Singapore High Priest (uncredited) 1940-03-22
Movie Young Bill Hickok Marshal Evans 1940-10-21
Movie North West Mounted Police Indian 1940-10-22
Movie The Texas Rangers Ride Again Pablo Slide Along 1940-12-13
Movie Mystery Sea Raider Captain Norberg 1940-10-26
Movie Frontier Pony Express Cherokee 1939-04-11
Movie Union Pacific Indian (uncredited) 1939-05-05
Movie Dodge City Barlow 1939-04-08
Movie Juarez Lerdo de Tajada 1939-06-10
Movie Geronimo Interpreter 1939-11-26
Movie Port of Hate Hammond 1939-08-21
Movie Days of Jesse James Train Passenger 1939-12-20
Movie Our Leading Citizen Frank 1939-08-23
Movie Rebellious Daughters Charlie, alias Clint Houston 1938-07-01
Movie The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok Mr. Cameron 1938-06-30
Movie Touchdown, Army Pilot (uncredited) 1938-08-04
Movie The Big Broadcast of 1938 Passenger (uncredited) 1938-02-11
Movie Cocoanut Grove Undetermined Role 1938-05-20
Movie Tom Sawyer, Detective Sheriff Walker 1938-12-24
Movie The Mysterious Rider Cap Folsom 1938-09-21
Movie Illegal Traffic Captain Moran 1938-11-02
Movie Hawk of the Wilderness Yellow Weasel 1938-12-03
Movie King of Alcatraz Officer 1938-09-30
Movie The Outcasts of Poker Flat Indian Jim 1937-04-16
Movie Secret Agent X-9 Baron Michael Karsten 1937-04-12
Movie Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm Joe Stafford 1937-05-12
Movie Souls at Sea Mate 1937-09-03
Movie Amateur Crook Crone 1937-12-10
Movie Born to the West Bart Hammond 1937-12-10
Movie Sky Racket Benjamin Arnold 1937-10-01
Movie Sharad of Atlantis Unga Khan 1936-05-30
Movie Treachery Rides the Range Colonel Drummond 1936-05-02
Movie Desert Gold Chetley 'Chet' Kasedon 1936-03-26
Movie Prison Shadows Bert McNamee 1936-07-17
Movie A Million to One John Kent Sr. 1936-12-31
Movie Mary of Scotland Messenger 1936-07-28
Movie Ride, Ranger, Ride Duval, aka Chief Tavibo 1936-11-30
Movie Song of the Gringo Sheriff 1936-11-22
Movie Social Error Dean Carter 1935-04-30
Movie On Probation Al Murray 1935-04-01
Movie 'G' Men Fingerprint Expert 1935-05-04
Movie The Lives of a Bengal Lancer Hamzulla Khan 1935-01-11
Movie The Test Pepite La Joie 1935-05-10
Movie Nevada Clem Dillon 1935-11-29
Movie Wanderer of the Wasteland Guerd Larey 1935-09-09
Movie Trails of the Wild RCMP Larry Doyle 1935-07-31
Movie Come On, Marines! Lt. Allen 1934-03-23
Movie The Last Round-up Jack Kells 1934-05-01
Movie Wagon Wheels Kenneth Murdock 1934-09-15
Movie Student Tour Jeff Kane 1934-10-05
Movie The Thundering Herd Smiley 1933-03-01
Movie The Intruder John Brandt 1933-03-13
Movie The Stoker Dick Martin 1932-06-15
Movie Officer Thirteen Tom Burke 1932-11-26
Movie Those Who Dance Dan Hogan 1930-04-18
Movie The Greyhound Limited Monte 1929-02-09
Movie From Headquarters Happy Smith 1929-04-27
Movie No Defense Monte Collins 1929-04-05
Movie Show of Shows Condemned Man (segment "Rifle Execution") (uncredited) 1929-11-21
Movie Tiger Rose Devlin 1929-12-21
Movie White Shadows in the South Seas Dr. Matthew Lloyd 1928-11-11
Movie Conquest Donald Overton 1928-12-22
Movie Bitter Apples John Wyncote 1927-04-23
Movie Life in Hollywood No. 4 1927-08-25
Movie The Man Upstairs Geoffrey West 1926-01-22
Movie So This Is Paris Dr. Paul Giraud 1926-07-31
Movie Other Women's Husbands Dick Lambert 1926-03-17
Movie Recompense Peter Graham 1925-04-26
Movie The Limited Mail Bob Wilson / Bob Snobson 1925-09-05
Movie Kiss Me Again Gaston Fleury 1925-08-01
Movie Red Hot Tires Al Jones 1925-10-31
Movie Hogan's Alley Lefty O'Brien 1925-12-12
Movie How to Educate a Wife Ernest Todd 1924-05-01
Movie The Marriage Circle Dr. Franz Braun 1924-02-10
Movie Mademoiselle Midnight Owen Burke / Jerry Brent 1924-04-14
Movie Daughters of Pleasure Kent Merrill 1924-06-15
Movie Being Respectable Charles Carpenter 1924-07-01
Movie The Dark Swan Lewis Dike 1924-11-26
Movie The Lover of Camille Jean Gaspard Deburau 1924-09-15
Movie Main Street Dr. Will Kennicott 1923-04-25
Movie The Purple Highway Edgar Prentice, aka Edgar Craig 1923-08-05
Movie Defying Destiny Jack Fenton 1923-09-29
Movie Lucretia Lombard Stephen Winship 1923-12-08
Movie Peacock Alley Elmer Harmon 1922-01-23
Movie Broadway Rose Tom Darcy 1922-09-22
Movie A Perfect Crime Wally Griggs 1921-03-05
Movie Moonlight and Honeysuckle Ted Musgrove 1921-07-01
Movie The Affairs of Anatol Abner Elliott 1921-09-25
Movie Orphans of the Storm Danton 1921-12-28
Movie Something to Think About Jim Dirk 1920-10-16
Movie Romance and Arabella Harry Atteridge 1919-02-15
Movie Too Much Johnson Billy Lounsberry 1919-12-01
Movie Everywoman Love 1919-12-30
Movie Hands Up 1918-08-18
Movie M'Liss Mexican Joe Dominguez 1918-05-05
Movie 100% American Mayme's Army boyfriend 1918-10-04
Movie Johanna Enlists Pvt. Vibbard 1918-09-14
Movie The Goddess of Lost Lake (uncredited) 1918-10-14
Movie The Squaw Man Happy 1918-12-15
Movie The Romance of Tarzan Juan 1918-10-17
Movie Riders of the Night 'The Killer' Jed 1918-10-15
Movie Wild and Woolly One of Wild Bill's Men (Uncredited) 1917-06-24
Movie Betsy's Burglar Victor Gilpin 1917-03-04
Movie The Man from Painted Post Slim Carter 1917-09-29
Movie The Devil's Needle Bartender (uncredited) 1916-08-12
Movie Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages The Strike Leader 1916-09-04
Movie The Vagabond Prince Peasant 1916-10-22
Movie The Matrimaniac Assistant Hotel Manager (uncredited) 1916-12-16
Movie The Birth of a Nation 1915-02-08
Movie Martyrs of the Alamo Defender of the Alamo 1915-11-20