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