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.
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 |