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