Monte Blue
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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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Acted in
Rawhide
1959
26 Men
1957
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
Apache
1954
as Geronimo
Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush
1954
as Sheriff
The Last Posse
1953
as Uncle Will
Hangman's Knot
1952
as Maxwell
Trail of the Arrow
1952
as (archive footage)
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
This Is Your Life
1952
as Self
Rose of Cimarron
1952
as Lone Eagle
Warpath
1951
as First Emigrant
The Sea Hornet
1951
as Lt. Drake
Gold Raiders
1951
as John Sawyer
Snake River Desperadoes
1951
as Jim Haverly
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Three Desperate Men
1951
as Marshal Pete Coleman
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
1950
as Rice - Curry's Partner
This Side of the Law
1950
as The Sheriff
The Iroquois Trail
1950
as Chief Sagamore
Backfire
1950
as Det. Sgt. Pluther (uncredited)
The Blonde Bandit
1949
as Police Chief Ramsey
Ranger of Cherokee Strip
1949
as Chief Hunter
The Big Wheel
1949
as Deacon Jones
The Lone Ranger
1949
as Sheriff Stanton
The Fountainhead
1949
as Gas Station Executive (uncredited)
Colorado Territory
1949
as US Marshal (uncredited)
The Younger Brothers
1949
as Deputy Joe
Homicide
1949
as George, Sheriff
South of St. Louis
1949
as Capt. Jeffrey
Flaxy Martin
1949
as Joe, Detective
Johnny Belinda
1948
as Ben (uncredited)
Two Guys from Texas
1948
as Pete Nash
Key Largo
1948
as Sheriff Ben Wade
Silver River
1948
as 'Buck' Chevigee
Life with Father
1947
as The Policeman
The Unfaithful
1947
as Businessman with Hunter
Cheyenne
1947
as Timberline
Possessed
1947
as Norris - lake house caretaker
Stallion Road
1947
as Horse Rancher (uncredited)
Bells of San Fernando
1947
as Governor Don Sebastian Fernando
Humoresque
1947
as Moving Man (uncredited)
The Time, The Place and The Girl
1946
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
Never Say Goodbye
1946
as Policeman (uncredited)
So You Want to Play the Horses
1946
as The Colonel (uncredited)
Shadow of a Woman
1946
as Mike, Police Lieutenant
Two Guys from Milwaukee
1946
as Broadcast Director (uncredited)
Cinderella Jones
1946
as Jailer
San Antonio
1945
as Cleve Andrews
Frontier Days
1945
as Ned-U.S. Marshal
Danger Signal
1945
as Policeman in Car
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945
as The Chef (uncredited)
The Mask of Dimitrios
1944
as Abdul Dhris
Trial by Trigger
1944
as Brewster (uncredited)
Northern Pursuit
1943
as Jean
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
as Bartender in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic
1943
as Seaman (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
1943
as Heckler (uncredited)
Edge of Darkness
1943
as Jens Petersen
Truck Busters
1943
as Scrappy O'Brien
Casablanca
1943
as American (uncredited)
The Hard Way
1943
as Man in Audience (Uncredited)
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
1943
as Bit Role
Gentleman Jim
1942
as Gambler in "Lucky Guy"
Road to Morocco
1942
as Kasim's Aide (uncredited)
The Hidden Hand
1942
as Matthews, the undertaker (uncredited)
I Married a Witch
1942
as Doorman (uncredited)
Secret Enemies
1942
as Hugo Mehl
Across the Pacific
1942
as Dan Morton
My Favorite Blonde
1942
as Policeman at Union Hall
Klondike Fury
1942
as Flight Dispatcher
The Remarkable Andrew
1942
as Policeman
North to the Klondike
1942
as John Burke
Pacific Blackout
1941
as Colonel
Law of the Timber
1941
as Hodge Mason
The Great Man's Lady
1941
as Man #2, Hoyt City
New York Town
1941
as McAuliffe (uncredited)
King of the Texas Rangers
1941
as Capt. Tom King Sr.
Bad Man of Deadwood
1941
as Sheriff Jordan
Sunset in Wyoming
1941
as Jim Hayes
Riders of Death Valley
1941
as Rance Davis
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
1941
as Ben Mott
The Great Train Robbery
1941
as The Super
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
1940
as Pablo Slide Along
Mystery Sea Raider
1940
as Captain Norberg
North West Mounted Police
1940
as Indian
Young Bill Hickok
1940
as Marshal Evans
Road to Singapore
1940
as High Priest (uncredited)
Days of Jesse James
1939
as Train Passenger
Geronimo
1939
as Interpreter
Our Leading Citizen
1939
as Frank
Port of Hate
1939
as Hammond
Juarez
1939
as Lerdo de Tajada
Union Pacific
1939
as Indian (uncredited)
Frontier Pony Express
1939
as Cherokee
Dodge City
1939
as Barlow
Tom Sawyer, Detective
1938
as Sheriff Walker
Hawk of the Wilderness
1938
as Yellow Weasel
Illegal Traffic
1938
as Captain Moran
King of Alcatraz
1938
as Officer
The Mysterious Rider
1938
as Cap Folsom
Touchdown, Army
1938
as Pilot (uncredited)
Rebellious Daughters
1938
as Charlie, alias Clint Houston
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938
as Mr. Cameron
Cocoanut Grove
1938
as Undetermined Role
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938
as Passenger (uncredited)
Born to the West
1937
as Bart Hammond
Amateur Crook
1937
as Crone
Sky Racket
1937
as Benjamin Arnold
Souls at Sea
1937
as Mate
Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm
1937
as Joe Stafford
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1937
as Indian Jim
Secret Agent X-9
1937
as Baron Michael Karsten
A Million to One
1936
as John Kent Sr.
Ride, Ranger, Ride
1936
as Duval, aka Chief Tavibo
Song of the Gringo
1936
as Sheriff
Mary of Scotland
1936
as Messenger
Prison Shadows
1936
as Bert McNamee
Sharad of Atlantis
1936
as Unga Khan
Treachery Rides the Range
1936
as Colonel Drummond
Desert Gold
1936
as Chetley 'Chet' Kasedon
Nevada
1935
as Clem Dillon
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935
as Guerd Larey
Trails of the Wild
1935
as RCMP Larry Doyle
The Test
1935
as Pepite La Joie
'G' Men
1935
as Fingerprint Expert
Social Error
1935
as Dean Carter
On Probation
1935
as Al Murray
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
as Hamzulla Khan
Student Tour
1934
as Jeff Kane
Wagon Wheels
1934
as Kenneth Murdock
The Last Round-up
1934
as Jack Kells
Come On, Marines!
1934
as Lt. Allen
Her Forgotten Past
1933
as Donald Thorne
The Intruder
1933
as John Brandt
The Thundering Herd
1933
as Smiley
Officer Thirteen
1932
as Tom Burke
The Stoker
1932
as Dick Martin
Those Who Dance
1930
as Dan Hogan
Isle of Escape
1930
as Dave Wade
Tiger Rose
1929
as Devlin
Show of Shows
1929
as Condemned Man (segment "Rifle Execution") (uncredited)
Skin Deep
1929
as Joe Daley
From Headquarters
1929
as Happy Smith
No Defense
1929
as Monte Collins
The Greyhound Limited
1929
as Monte
Conquest
1928
as Donald Overton
White Shadows in the South Seas
1928
as Dr. Matthew Lloyd
Across the Atlantic
1928
as Hugh Clayton
Brass Knuckles
1927
as Zac Harrison
One-Round Hogan
1927
as Robert Emmet Hogan
Life in Hollywood No. 4
1927
The Bush Leaguer
1927
as Buchanan 'Specs' White
The Black Diamond Express
1927
as Dan Foster
Bitter Apples
1927
as John Wyncote
Across the Pacific
1926
as Monte
So This Is Paris
1926
as Dr. Paul Giraud
Other Women's Husbands
1926
as Dick Lambert
The Man Upstairs
1926
as Geoffrey West
Hogan's Alley
1925
as Lefty O'Brien
Red Hot Tires
1925
as Al Jones
The Limited Mail
1925
as Bob Wilson / Bob Snobson
Kiss Me Again
1925
as Gaston Fleury
Recompense
1925
as Peter Graham
The Dark Swan
1924
as Lewis Dike
The Lover of Camille
1924
as Jean Gaspard Deburau
Being Respectable
1924
as Charles Carpenter
Revelation
1924
as Paul Granville
Daughters of Pleasure
1924
as Kent Merrill
How to Educate a Wife
1924
as Ernest Todd
Mademoiselle Midnight
1924
as Owen Burke / Jerry Brent
The Marriage Circle
1924
as Dr. Franz Braun
Loving Lies
1924
as Captain Dan stover
Lucretia Lombard
1923
as Stephen Winship
Defying Destiny
1923
as Jack Fenton
The Purple Highway
1923
as Edgar Prentice, aka Edgar Craig
Main Street
1923
as Dr. Will Kennicott
Brass
1923
as Philip Baldwin
Broadway Rose
1922
as Tom Darcy
My Old Kentucky Home
1922
as Richard Goodloe
Peacock Alley
1922
as Elmer Harmon
Orphans of the Storm
1921
as Danton
The Affairs of Anatol
1921
as Abner Elliott
Moonlight and Honeysuckle
1921
as Ted Musgrove
A Broken Doll
1921
as Tommy Dawes
A Perfect Crime
1921
as Wally Griggs
The Kentuckians
1921
as Boone Stallard
Something to Think About
1920
as Jim Dirk
The 13th Commandment
1920
Everywoman
1919
as Love
Too Much Johnson
1919
as Billy Lounsberry
Romance and Arabella
1919
as Harry Atteridge
The Squaw Man
1918
as Happy
The Romance of Tarzan
1918
as Juan
Riders of the Night
1918
as 'The Killer' Jed
The Goddess of Lost Lake
1918
as (uncredited)
100% American
1918
as Mayme's Army boyfriend
Johanna Enlists
1918
as Pvt. Vibbard
Till I Come Back to You
1918
as American Doughboy
Hands Up
1918
The Only Road
1918
as Pedro Lupo
M'Liss
1918
as Mexican Joe Dominguez
The Man from Painted Post
1917
as Slim Carter
Wild and Woolly
1917
as One of Wild Bill's Men (Uncredited)
Hands Up!
1917
as Dan Tracy
Betsy's Burglar
1917
as Victor Gilpin
Jim Bludso
1917
as Joe Bowers
The Matrimaniac
1916
as Assistant Hotel Manager (uncredited)
The Microscope Mystery
1916
as Jud
The Vagabond Prince
1916
as Peasant
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
as The Strike Leader
The Devil's Needle
1916
as Bartender (uncredited)
Martyrs of the Alamo
1915
as Defender of the Alamo
Ghosts
1915
as Bohemian
The Birth of a Nation
1915