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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Fotos
Películas (228)
Apache
1954 · Geronimo
Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush
1954 · Sheriff
Ride, Vaquero!
1953 · Bartender (uncredited)
The Last Posse
1953 · Uncle Will
Hangman's Knot
1952 · Maxwell
Trail of the Arrow
1952 · (archive footage)
Rose of Cimarron
1952 · Lone Eagle
Warpath
1951 · First Emigrant
The Sea Hornet
1951 · Lt. Drake
Gold Raiders
1951 · John Sawyer
Snake River Desperadoes
1951 · Jim Haverly
Three Desperate Men
1951 · Marshal Pete Coleman
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
1950 · Rice - Curry's Partner
This Side of the Law
1950 · The Sheriff
The Iroquois Trail
1950 · Chief Sagamore
Montana
1950 · Charlie Penrose (uncredited)
Backfire
1950 · Det. Sgt. Pluther (uncredited)
The Blonde Bandit
1949 · Police Chief Ramsey
Ranger of Cherokee Strip
1949 · Chief Hunter
The Big Wheel
1949 · Deacon Jones
The Fountainhead
1949 · Gas Station Executive (uncredited)
Colorado Territory
1949 · U.S. Marshal (uncredited)
The Younger Brothers
1949 · Deputy Joe
Homicide
1949 · George, Sheriff
South of St. Louis
1949 · Capt. Jeffrey
Flaxy Martin
1949 · Joe, Detective
Adventures of Don Juan
1948 · Turnkey (uncredited)
Johnny Belinda
1948 · Ben (uncredited)
Two Guys from Texas
1948 · Pete Nash
Key Largo
1948 · Sheriff Ben Wade
Silver River
1948 · 'Buck' Chevigee
Life with Father
1947 · The Policeman
The Unfaithful
1947 · Businessman with Hunter
Cheyenne
1947 · Timberline
Possessed
1947 · Norris
Stallion Road
1947 · Horse Rancher (uncredited)
Bells of San Fernando
1947 · Governor Don Sebastian Fernando
Humoresque
1947 · Moving Man (uncredited)
The Time, The Place and The Girl
1946 · Stage Manager (uncredited)
The Man I Love
1946 · Cop (uncredited)
Never Say Goodbye
1946 · Policeman (uncredited)
So You Want to Play the Horses
1946 · The Colonel (uncredited)
Shadow of a Woman
1946 · Mike, Police Lieutenant
Two Guys from Milwaukee
1946 · Broadcast Director (uncredited)
Cinderella Jones
1946 · Jailer
San Antonio
1945 · Cleve Andrews
Frontier Days
1945 · Ned-U.S. Marshal
Danger Signal
1945 · Policeman in Car
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945 · The Chef (uncredited)
The Conspirators
1944 · Jennings (uncredited)
The Mask of Dimitrios
1944 · Abdul Dhris
Trial by Trigger
1944 · Brewster (uncredited)
Passage to Marseille
1944 · Second Mate (uncredited)
Northern Pursuit
1943 · Jean
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943 · Bartender in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic
1943 · Seaman (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
1943 · Heckler (uncredited)
Edge of Darkness
1943 · Jens Petersen
Truck Busters
1943 · Scrappy O'Brien
Casablanca
1943 · American (uncredited)
The Hard Way
1943 · Man in Audience (Uncredited)
Gentleman Jim
1942 · Gambler in "Lucky Guy"
Road to Morocco
1942 · Kasim's Aide (uncredited)
The Hidden Hand
1942 · Matthews, the undertaker (uncredited)
I Married a Witch
1942 · Doorman (uncredited)
Secret Enemies
1942 · Hugo Mehl
Across the Pacific
1942 · Dan Morton
My Favorite Blonde
1942 · Policeman at Union Hall (uncredited)
Klondike Fury
1942 · Flight Dispatcher
The Remarkable Andrew
1942 · Policeman
Treat 'Em Rough
1942 · Police Captain
North to the Klondike
1942 · John Burke
Pacific Blackout
1941 · Colonel
Law of the Timber
1941 · Hodge Mason
The Great Man's Lady
1941 · Man #2, Hoyt City
New York Town
1941 · McAuliffe (uncredited)
King of the Texas Rangers
1941 · Capt. Tom King Sr.
Bad Man of Deadwood
1941 · Sheriff Jordan
Sunset in Wyoming
1941 · Jim Hayes
Riders of Death Valley
1941 · Rance Davis
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
1941 · Ben Mott
The Great Train Robbery
1941 · The Super
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
1940 · Pablo Slide Along
Mystery Sea Raider
1940 · Captain Norberg
North West Mounted Police
1940 · Indian
Young Bill Hickok
1940 · Marshal Evans
Road to Singapore
1940 · High Priest (uncredited)
Days of Jesse James
1939 · Train Passenger
Geronimo
1939 · Interpreter
Our Leading Citizen
1939 · Frank
Port of Hate
1939 · Hammond
Juarez
1939 · Lerdo de Tajada
Union Pacific
1939 · Indian (uncredited)
Frontier Pony Express
1939 · Cherokee
Dodge City
1939 · Barlow
Tom Sawyer, Detective
1938 · Sheriff Walker
Hawk of the Wilderness
1938 · Yellow Weasel
Illegal Traffic
1938 · Captain Moran
King of Alcatraz
1938 · Officer
The Mysterious Rider
1938 · Cap Folsom
Touchdown, Army
1938 · Pilot (uncredited)
Rebellious Daughters
1938 · Charlie, alias Clint Houston
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938 · Mr. Cameron
Cocoanut Grove
1938 · Undetermined Role
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938 · Passenger (uncredited)
Born to the West
1937 · Bart Hammond
Amateur Crook
1937 · Crone
Hell Town
1937 · Bart Hammond
Thunder Trail
1937 · Jeff Graves
Sky Racket
1937 · Benjamin Arnold
Souls at Sea
1937 · Mate
Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm
1937 · Joe Stafford
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1937 · Indian Jim
Secret Agent X-9
1937 · Baron Michael Karsten
A Million to One
1936 · John Kent Sr.
Ride, Ranger, Ride
1936 · Duval, aka Chief Tavibo
Song of the Gringo
1936 · Sheriff
Mary of Scotland
1936 · Messenger
Prison Shadows
1936 · Bert McNamee
Sharad of Atlantis
1936 · Unga Khan
Treachery Rides the Range
1936 · Colonel Drummond
Desert Gold
1936 · Chetley 'Chet' Kasedon
Nevada
1935 · Clem Dillon
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935 · Guerd Larey
Trails of the Wild
1935 · RCMP Larry Doyle
The Test
1935 · Pepite La Joie
'G' Men
1935 · Fingerprint Expert
Social Error
1935 · Dean Carter
On Probation
1935 · Al Murray
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935 · Hamzulla Khan
Student Tour
1934 · Jeff Kane
Wagon Wheels
1934 · Kenneth Murdock
The Last Round-up
1934 · Jack Kells
Come On, Marines!
1934 · Lt. Allen
Her Forgotten Past
1933 · Donald Thorne
The Intruder
1933 · John Brandt
Buffalo Stampede
1933 · Smiley
Officer Thirteen
1932 · Tom Burke
The Stoker
1932 · Dick Martin
The Flood
1931 · David Bruce
Those Who Dance
1930 · Dan Hogan
Isle of Escape
1930 · Dave Wade
Tiger Rose
1929 · Devlin
The Show of Shows
1929 · Condemned Man (segment "Rifle Execution") (uncredited)
Skin Deep
1929 · Joe Daley
From Headquarters
1929 · Happy Smith
No Defense
1929 · Monte Collins
The Greyhound Limited
1929 · Monte
Conquest
1928 · Donald Overton
White Shadows in the South Seas
1928 · Dr. Matthew Lloyd
Across the Atlantic
1928 · Hugh Clayton
Brass Knuckles
1927 · Zac Harrison
One-Round Hogan
1927 · Robert Emmet Hogan
Life in Hollywood No. 4
1927
The Bush Leaguer
1927 · Buchanan 'Specs' White
The Black Diamond Express
1927 · Dan Foster
Bitter Apples
1927 · John Wyncote
The Brute
1927 · Martin 'Easy-Going' Sondes
Wolf's Clothing
1927 · Barry Baline
Across the Pacific
1926 · Monte
So This Is Paris
1926 · Dr. Paul Giraud
Other Women's Husbands
1926 · Dick Lambert
The Man Upstairs
1926 · Geoffrey West
Hogan's Alley
1925 · Lefty O'Brien
Red Hot Tires
1925 · Al Jones
The Limited Mail
1925 · Bob Wilson / Bob Snobson
Kiss Me Again
1925 · Gaston Fleury
Recompense
1925 · Peter Graham
The Dark Swan
1924 · Lewis Dike
The Lover of Camille
1924 · Jean Gaspard Deburau
Her Marriage Vow
1924 · Bob Hilton
Being Respectable
1924 · Charles Carpenter
Revelation
1924 · Paul Granville
Daughters of Pleasure
1924 · Kent Merrill
How to Educate a Wife
1924 · Ernest Todd
Mademoiselle Midnight
1924 · Owen Burke / Jerry Brent
The Marriage Circle
1924 · Dr. Franz Braun
Loving Lies
1924 · Captain Dan stover
Lucretia Lombard
1923 · Stephen Winship
Defying Destiny
1923 · Jack Fenton
The Purple Highway
1923 · Edgar Prentice, aka Edgar Craig
Main Street
1923 · Dr. Will Kennicott
Brass
1923 · Philip Baldwin
Broadway Rose
1922 · Tom Darcy
My Old Kentucky Home
1922 · Richard Goodloe
Peacock Alley
1922 · Elmer Harmon
Orphans of the Storm
1921 · Danton
The Affairs of Anatol
1921 · Abner Elliott
Moonlight and Honeysuckle
1921 · Ted Musgrove
A Broken Doll
1921 · Tommy Dawes
A Perfect Crime
1921 · Wally Griggs
The Kentuckians
1921 · Boone Stallard
The Jucklins
1921 · Bill Hawes
Something to Think About
1920 · Jim Dirk
A Cumberland Romance
1920 · Sherd Raines
The 13th Commandment
1920 · Bayard Kip
Everywoman
1919 · Love
Too Much Johnson
1919 · Billy Lounsberry
In Mizzoura
1919 · Sam Fowler
Told in the Hills
1919 · Kalitan
Rustling a Bride
1919 · Nick McCredie
Pettigrew's Girl
1919 · Pvt. William Pettigrew
Romance and Arabella
1919 · Harry Atteridge
The Squaw Man
1918 · Happy
The Romance of Tarzan
1918 · Juan
Riders of the Night
1918 · 'The Killer' Jed
The Goddess of Lost Lake
1918 · (uncredited)
100% American
1918 · Mayme's Army boyfriend
Johanna Enlists
1918 · Pvt. Vibbard
Till I Come Back to You
1918 · American Doughboy
Hands Up
1918
The Only Road
1918 · Pedro Lupo
M'Liss
1918 · Mexican Joe Dominguez
The Red, Red Heart
1918 · Billy Porter
The Man from Painted Post
1917 · Slim Carter
Wild and Woolly
1917 · One of Wild Bill's Men (Uncredited)
Hands Up!
1917 · Dan Tracy
Betsy's Burglar
1917 · Victor Gilpin
Jim Bludso
1917 · Joe Bowers
The Matrimaniac
1916 · Assistant Hotel Manager (uncredited)
The Microscope Mystery
1916 · Jud
The Vagabond Prince
1916 · Peasant
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916 · The Strike Leader, Second Assistant Director
The Devil's Needle
1916 · Bartender (uncredited)
Martyrs of the Alamo
1915 · Defender of the Alamo
The Noon Hour
1915 · Ada's Brother
Ghosts
1915 · Bohemian
The Birth of a Nation
1915 · (uncredited), Stunts, Assistant Director
