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