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person_profile-Monte Blue

Monte Blue Died at age: 76

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Monte Blue

Date of Birth:

Jan 10, 1887

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Feb 18, 1963

Biography of

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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Monte Blue

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Filmography of

Monte Blue

Found 197 Movies in total

Hollywood My Home Town

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1965

Apache

Geronimo ( Actor )

... 1954

The Last Posse

Uncle Will ( Actor )

... 1953

Hangman's Knot

Maxwell ( Actor )

... 1952

Trail of the Arrow

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1952

Rose of Cimarron

Lone Eagle ( Actor )

... 1952

Warpath

First Emigrant ( Actor )

... 1951

The Sea Hornet

Lt. Drake ( Actor )

... 1951

Gold Raiders

John Sawyer ( Actor )

... 1951

Snake River Desperadoes

Jim Haverly ( Actor )

... 1951

Three Desperate Men

Marshal Pete Coleman ( Actor )

... 1951

This Side of the Law

The Sheriff ( Actor )

... 1950

The Iroquois Trail

Chief Sagamore ( Actor )

... 1950

Backfire

Det. Sgt. Pluther (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1950

The Blonde Bandit

Police Chief Ramsey ( Actor )

... 1949

Ranger of Cherokee Strip

Chief Hunter ( Actor )

... 1949

The Big Wheel

Deacon Jones ( Actor )

... 1949

The Fountainhead

Gas Station Executive (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1949

Colorado Territory

US Marshal (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1949

The Younger Brothers

Deputy Joe ( Actor )

... 1949

Homicide

George, Sheriff ( Actor )

... 1949

South of St. Louis

Capt. Jeffrey ( Actor )

... 1949

Flaxy Martin

Joe, Detective ( Actor )

... 1949

Adventures of Don Juan

Turnkey (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1948

Johnny Belinda

Ben (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1948

Two Guys from Texas

Pete Nash ( Actor )

... 1948

Key Largo

Sheriff Ben Wade ( Actor )

... 1948

Silver River

'Buck' Chevigee ( Actor )

... 1948

Life with Father

The Policeman ( Actor )

... 1947

The Unfaithful

Businessman with Hunter ( Actor )

... 1947

Cheyenne

Timberline ( Actor )

... 1947

Possessed

Norris - lake house caretaker ( Actor )

... 1947

Stallion Road

Horse Rancher (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

Bells of San Fernando

Governor Don Sebastian Fernando ( Actor )

... 1947

Humoresque

Moving Man (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

The Time, The Place and The Girl

Stage Manager (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

Never Say Goodbye

Policeman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

Shadow of a Woman

Mike, Police Lieutenant ( Actor )

... 1946

Two Guys from Milwaukee

Broadcast Director (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

Cinderella Jones

Jailer ( Actor )

... 1946

San Antonio

Cleve Andrews ( Actor )

... 1945

Danger Signal

Policeman in Car ( Actor )

... 1945

The Horn Blows at Midnight

The Chef (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

The Mask of Dimitrios

Abdul Dhris ( Actor )

... 1944

Northern Pursuit

Jean ( Actor )

... 1943

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Bartender in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

Action in the North Atlantic

Seaman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

Mission to Moscow

Heckler (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

Edge of Darkness

Jens Petersen ( Actor )

... 1943

Truck Busters

Scrappy O'Brien ( Actor )

... 1943

Casablanca

American (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

The Hard Way

Man in Audience (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

... 1943

Gentleman Jim

Gambler in "Lucky Guy" ( Actor )

... 1942

Road to Morocco

Kasim's Aide (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

The Hidden Hand

Matthews, the undertaker (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

I Married a Witch

Doorman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

Secret Enemies

Hugo Mehl ( Actor )

... 1942

Across the Pacific

Dan Morton ( Actor )

... 1942

My Favorite Blonde

Policeman at Union Hall (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

Klondike Fury

Flight Dispatcher ( Actor )

... 1942

The Remarkable Andrew

Policeman ( Actor )

... 1942

North to the Klondike

John Burke ( Actor )

... 1942

Pacific Blackout

Colonel ( Actor )

... 1941

Law of the Timber

Hodge Mason ( Actor )

... 1941

The Great Man's Lady

Man #2, Hoyt City ( Actor )

... 1941

New York Town

McAuliffe (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1941

King of the Texas Rangers

Capt. Tom King Sr. ( Actor )

... 1941

Bad Man of Deadwood

Sheriff Jordan ( Actor )

... 1941

Sunset in Wyoming

Jim Hayes ( Actor )

... 1941

Riders of Death Valley

Rance Davis ( Actor )

... 1941

... 1941

The Great Train Robbery

The Super ( Actor )

... 1941

The Texas Rangers Ride Again

Pablo Slide Along ( Actor )

... 1940

Mystery Sea Raider

Captain Norberg ( Actor )

... 1940

... 1940

Young Bill Hickok

Marshal Evans ( Actor )

... 1940

Road to Singapore

High Priest (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

Days of Jesse James

Train Passenger ( Actor )

... 1939

Geronimo

Interpreter ( Actor )

... 1939

Our Leading Citizen

Frank ( Actor )

... 1939

Juarez

Lerdo de Tajada ( Actor )

... 1939

Union Pacific

Indian (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Frontier Pony Express

Cherokee ( Actor )

... 1939

Dodge City

Barlow ( Actor )

... 1939

Tom Sawyer, Detective

Sheriff Walker ( Actor )

... 1938

Hawk of the Wilderness

Yellow Weasel ( Actor )

... 1938

Illegal Traffic

Captain Moran ( Actor )

... 1938

King of Alcatraz

Officer ( Actor )

... 1938

The Mysterious Rider

Cap Folsom ( Actor )

... 1938

Rebellious Daughters

Charlie, alias Clint Houston ( Actor )

... 1938

... 1938

Cocoanut Grove

Undetermined Role ( Actor )

... 1938

The Big Broadcast of 1938

Passenger (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1938

Born to the West

Bart Hammond ( Actor )

... 1937

Amateur Crook

Crone ( Actor )

... 1937

Sky Racket

Benjamin Arnold ( Actor )

... 1937

Souls at Sea

Mate ( Actor )

... 1937

Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm

Joe Stafford ( Actor )

... 1937

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

Indian Jim ( Actor )

... 1937

Secret Agent X-9

Baron Michael Karsten ( Actor )

... 1937

A Million to One

John Kent Sr. ( Actor )

... 1936

Ride, Ranger, Ride

Duval, aka Chief Tavibo ( Actor )

... 1936

Song of the Gringo

Sheriff ( Actor )

... 1936

Mary of Scotland

Messenger ( Actor )

... 1936

Prison Shadows

Bert McNamee ( Actor )

... 1936

Sharad of Atlantis

Unga Khan ( Actor )

... 1936

Treachery Rides the Range

Colonel Drummond ( Actor )

... 1936

Desert Gold

Chetley 'Chet' Kasedon ( Actor )

... 1936

Nevada

Clem Dillon ( Actor )

... 1935

Wanderer of the Wasteland

Guerd Larey ( Actor )

... 1935

Trails of the Wild

RCMP Larry Doyle ( Actor )

... 1935

The Test

Pepite La Joie ( Actor )

... 1935

'G' Men

Fingerprint Expert ( Actor )

... 1935

Social Error

Dean Carter ( Actor )

... 1935

On Probation

Al Murray ( Actor )

... 1935

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Hamzulla Khan ( Actor )

... 1935

Student Tour

Jeff Kane ( Actor )

... 1934

Wagon Wheels

Kenneth Murdock ( Actor )

... 1934

The Last Round-up

Jack Kells ( Actor )

... 1934

Come On, Marines!

Lt. Allen ( Actor )

... 1934

Her Forgotten Past

Donald Thorne ( Actor )

... 1933

The Intruder

John Brandt ( Actor )

... 1933

The Thundering Herd

Smiley ( Actor )

... 1933

Officer Thirteen

Tom Burke ( Actor )

... 1932

The Stoker

Dick Martin ( Actor )

... 1932

Those Who Dance

Dan Hogan ( Actor )

... 1930

Isle of Escape

Dave Wade ( Actor )

... 1930

Tiger Rose

Devlin ( Actor )

... 1929

Show of Shows

Condemned Man (segment "Rifle Execution") (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1929

Skin Deep

Joe Daley ( Actor )

... 1929

From Headquarters

Happy Smith ( Actor )

... 1929

No Defense

Monte Collins ( Actor )

... 1929

The Greyhound Limited

Monte ( Actor )

... 1929

Conquest

Donald Overton ( Actor )

... 1928

White Shadows in the South Seas

Dr. Matthew Lloyd ( Actor )

... 1928

Across the Atlantic

Hugh Clayton ( Actor )

... 1928

Brass Knuckles

Zac Harrison ( Actor )

... 1927

One-Round Hogan

Robert Emmet Hogan ( Actor )

... 1927

The Bush Leaguer

Buchanan 'Specs' White ( Actor )

... 1927

The Black Diamond Express

Dan Foster ( Actor )

... 1927

Bitter Apples

John Wyncote ( Actor )

... 1927

Across the Pacific

Monte ( Actor )

... 1926

So This Is Paris

Dr. Paul Giraud ( Actor )

... 1926

Other Women's Husbands

Dick Lambert ( Actor )

... 1926

The Man Upstairs

Geoffrey West ( Actor )

... 1926

Red Hot Tires

Al Jones ( Actor )

... 1925

The Limited Mail

Bob Wilson / Bob Snobson ( Actor )

... 1925

Kiss Me Again

Gaston Fleury ( Actor )

... 1925

Recompense

Peter Graham ( Actor )

... 1925

The Dark Swan

Lewis Dike ( Actor )

... 1924

The Lover of Camille

Jean Gaspard Deburau ( Actor )

... 1924

Being Respectable

Charles Carpenter ( Actor )

... 1924

Revelation

Paul Granville ( Actor )

... 1924

Daughters of Pleasure

Kent Merrill ( Actor )

... 1924

How to Educate a Wife

Ernest Todd ( Actor )

... 1924

Mademoiselle Midnight

Owen Burke / Jerry Brent ( Actor )

... 1924

The Marriage Circle

Dr. Franz Braun ( Actor )

... 1924

Loving Lies

Captain Dan stover ( Actor )

... 1924

Lucretia Lombard

Stephen Winship ( Actor )

... 1923

The Purple Highway

Edgar Prentice, aka Edgar Craig ( Actor )

... 1923

Main Street

Dr. Will Kennicott ( Actor )

... 1923

Brass

Philip Baldwin ( Actor )

... 1923

Broadway Rose

Tom Darcy ( Actor )

... 1922

My Old Kentucky Home

Richard Goodloe ( Actor )

... 1922

Peacock Alley

Elmer Harmon ( Actor )

... 1922

Orphans of the Storm

Danton ( Actor )

... 1921

The Affairs of Anatol

Abner Elliott ( Actor )

... 1921

Moonlight and Honeysuckle

Ted Musgrove ( Actor )

... 1921

A Broken Doll

Tommy Dawes ( Actor )

... 1921

A Perfect Crime

Wally Griggs ( Actor )

... 1921

Something to Think About

Jim Dirk ( Actor )

... 1920

... 1920

Everywoman

Love ( Actor )

... 1919

Too Much Johnson

Billy Lounsberry ( Actor )

... 1919

Romance and Arabella

Harry Atteridge ( Actor )

... 1919

The Squaw Man

Happy ( Actor )

... 1918

... 1918

Riders of the Night

'The Killer' Jed ( Actor )

... 1918

The Goddess of Lost Lake

(uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1918

Johanna Enlists

Pvt. Vibbard ( Actor )

... 1918

Till I Come Back to You

American Doughboy ( Actor )

... 1918

... 1918

The Only Road

Pedro Lupo ( Actor )

... 1918

M'Liss

Mexican Joe Dominguez ( Actor )

... 1918

The Man from Painted Post

Slim Carter ( Actor )

... 1917

Wild and Woolly

One of Wild Bill's Men (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1917

Hands Up!

Dan Tracy ( Actor )

... 1917

Betsy's Burglar

Victor Gilpin ( Actor )

... 1917

The Matrimaniac

Assistant Hotel Manager (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1916

... 1916

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

The Strike Leader ( Actor )

Second Assistant Director

... 1916

The Devil's Needle

Bartender (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1916

Martyrs of the Alamo

Defender of the Alamo ( Actor )

... 1915

Ghosts

Bohemian ( Actor )

... 1915