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