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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Monte Blue, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acted in 228
1950s
- 1959
- 1957
- 1956
- 1955
- 1954
Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush
Sheriff
- 1953
- 1952
Trail of the Arrow
(archive footage)
Rose of Cimarron
Lone Eagle
- 1951
The Sea Hornet
Lt. Drake
Gold Raiders
John Sawyer
Snake River Desperadoes
Jim Haverly
- 1950
This Side of the Law
The Sheriff
The Iroquois Trail
Chief Sagamore
Backfire
Det. Sgt. Pluther (uncredited)
1940s
- 1949
The Blonde Bandit
Police Chief Ramsey
Ranger of Cherokee Strip
Chief Hunter
The Fountainhead
Gas Station Executive (uncredited)
The Younger Brothers
Deputy Joe
Homicide
George, Sheriff
Flaxy Martin
Joe, Detective
- 1948
Adventures of Don Juan
Turnkey (uncredited)
Johnny Belinda
Ben (uncredited)
Two Guys from Texas
Pete Nash
- 1947
The Unfaithful
Businessman with Hunter
Stallion Road
Horse Rancher (uncredited)
Bells of San Fernando
Governor Don Sebastian Fernando
Humoresque
Moving Man (uncredited)
- 1946
The Time, The Place and The Girl
Stage Manager (uncredited)
Never Say Goodbye
Policeman (uncredited)
Two Guys from Milwaukee
Broadcast Director (uncredited)
Cinderella Jones
Jailer
- 1945
Frontier Days
Ned-U.S. Marshal
Danger Signal
Policeman in Car
- 1944
The Conspirators
Jennings (uncredited)
Trial by Trigger
Brewster (uncredited)
- 1943
Northern Pursuit
Jean
Action in the North Atlantic
Seaman (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
Heckler (uncredited)
Edge of Darkness
Jens Petersen
Truck Busters
Scrappy O'Brien
The Hard Way
Man in Audience (Uncredited)
- 1942
Road to Morocco
Kasim's Aide (uncredited)
The Hidden Hand
Matthews, the undertaker (uncredited)
Secret Enemies
Hugo Mehl
Across the Pacific
Dan Morton
My Favorite Blonde
Policeman at Union Hall (uncredited)
Klondike Fury
Flight Dispatcher
The Remarkable Andrew
Policeman
North to the Klondike
John Burke
- 1941
Pacific Blackout
Colonel
Law of the Timber
Hodge Mason
The Great Man's Lady
Man #2, Hoyt City
New York Town
McAuliffe (uncredited)
King of the Texas Rangers
Capt. Tom King Sr.
Bad Man of Deadwood
Sheriff Jordan
Sunset in Wyoming
Jim Hayes
Riders of Death Valley
Rance Davis
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
Ben Mott
The Great Train Robbery
The Super
- 1940
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
Pablo Slide Along
Mystery Sea Raider
Captain Norberg
Young Bill Hickok
Marshal Evans
Road to Singapore
High Priest (uncredited)
1930s
- 1939
Days of Jesse James
Train Passenger
Geronimo
Interpreter
Port of Hate
Hammond
Frontier Pony Express
Cherokee
- 1938
Hawk of the Wilderness
Yellow Weasel
Illegal Traffic
Captain Moran
King of Alcatraz
Officer
The Mysterious Rider
Cap Folsom
Touchdown, Army
Pilot (uncredited)
Rebellious Daughters
Charlie, alias Clint Houston
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Mr. Cameron
Cocoanut Grove
Undetermined Role
The Big Broadcast of 1938
Passenger (uncredited)
- 1937
Amateur Crook
Crone
Hell Town
Bart Hammond
Thunder Trail
Jeff Graves
Sky Racket
Benjamin Arnold
Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm
Joe Stafford
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Indian Jim
Secret Agent X-9
Baron Michael Karsten
- 1936
A Million to One
John Kent Sr.
Ride, Ranger, Ride
Duval, aka Chief Tavibo
Prison Shadows
Bert McNamee
Treachery Rides the Range
Colonel Drummond
Undersea Kingdom
Unga Khan · 12 episodes
- 1935
Nevada
Clem Dillon
Wanderer of the Wasteland
Guerd Larey
Trails of the Wild
RCMP Larry Doyle
The Test
Pepite La Joie
'G' Men
Fingerprint Expert
On Probation
Al Murray
- 1934
Student Tour
Jeff Kane
The Last Round-up
Jack Kells
Come On, Marines!
Lt. Allen
- 1933
Her Forgotten Past
Donald Thorne
- 1932
Officer Thirteen
Tom Burke
The Stoker
Dick Martin
- 1931
The Flood
David Bruce
- 1930
Those Who Dance
Dan Hogan
Isle of Escape
Dave Wade
1920s
- 1929
Tiger Rose
Devlin
The Show of Shows
Condemned Man (segment "Rifle Execution") (uncredited)
From Headquarters
Happy Smith
No Defense
Monte Collins
The Greyhound Limited
Monte
- 1928
Conquest
Donald Overton
White Shadows in the South Seas
Dr. Matthew Lloyd
Across the Atlantic
Hugh Clayton
- 1927
Brass Knuckles
Zac Harrison
One-Round Hogan
Robert Emmet Hogan
Life in Hollywood No. 4
Movie
The Bush Leaguer
Buchanan 'Specs' White
The Black Diamond Express
Dan Foster
Bitter Apples
John Wyncote
The Brute
Martin 'Easy-Going' Sondes
Wolf's Clothing
Barry Baline
- 1926
Across the Pacific
Monte
So This Is Paris
Dr. Paul Giraud
Other Women's Husbands
Dick Lambert
The Man Upstairs
Geoffrey West
- 1925
Red Hot Tires
Al Jones
The Limited Mail
Bob Wilson / Bob Snobson
Kiss Me Again
Gaston Fleury
Recompense
Peter Graham
- 1924
The Dark Swan
Lewis Dike
The Lover of Camille
Jean Gaspard Deburau
Her Marriage Vow
Bob Hilton
Being Respectable
Charles Carpenter
Revelation
Paul Granville
Daughters of Pleasure
Kent Merrill
How to Educate a Wife
Ernest Todd
Mademoiselle Midnight
Owen Burke / Jerry Brent
The Marriage Circle
Dr. Franz Braun
Loving Lies
Captain Dan stover
- 1923
Lucretia Lombard
Stephen Winship
The Purple Highway
Edgar Prentice, aka Edgar Craig
Main Street
Dr. Will Kennicott
Brass
Philip Baldwin
- 1922
My Old Kentucky Home
Richard Goodloe
Peacock Alley
Elmer Harmon
- 1921
Orphans of the Storm
Danton
Moonlight and Honeysuckle
Ted Musgrove
A Broken Doll
Tommy Dawes
A Perfect Crime
Wally Griggs
- 1920
Something to Think About
Jim Dirk
A Cumberland Romance
Sherd Raines
The 13th Commandment
Bayard Kip
1910s
- 1919
Everywoman
Love
Too Much Johnson
Billy Lounsberry
In Mizzoura
Sam Fowler
Told in the Hills
Kalitan
Rustling a Bride
Nick McCredie
Pettigrew's Girl
Pvt. William Pettigrew
Romance and Arabella
Harry Atteridge
- 1918
The Squaw Man
Happy
The Romance of Tarzan
Juan
Riders of the Night
'The Killer' Jed
The Goddess of Lost Lake
(uncredited)
Johanna Enlists
Pvt. Vibbard
Till I Come Back to You
American Doughboy
Hands Up
Movie
The Only Road
Pedro Lupo
M'Liss
Mexican Joe Dominguez
The Red, Red Heart
Billy Porter
- 1917
The Man from Painted Post
Slim Carter
Hands Up!
Dan Tracy
Betsy's Burglar
Victor Gilpin
- 1916
The Matrimaniac
Assistant Hotel Manager (uncredited)
The Microscope Mystery
Jud
The Devil's Needle
Bartender (uncredited)
- 1915
Martyrs of the Alamo
Defender of the Alamo
Ghosts
Bohemian
Directed 2
Other crew 1
1910s
- 1915
Appearances1
1950s
- 1952
