Monte Blue
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.
Known For
Norris
Possessed
Sheriff Ben Wade
Key Largo
Duval, aka Chief Tavibo
Ride, Ranger, Ride
Matthews, the undertaker (uncredited)
The Hidden Hand
Dr. Will Kennicott
Main Street
'The Killer' Jed
Riders of the Night
Richard Goodloe
My Old Kentucky Home
Det. Sgt. Pluther (uncredited)
Backfire
Happy
The Squaw Man
Abdul Dhris
The Mask of Dimitrios
Marshal Pete Coleman
Three Desperate Men
The Policeman
Life with Father
Lone Eagle
Rose of Cimarron
Timberline
Cheyenne
Geronimo
Apache
Hamzulla Khan
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Mike, Police Lieutenant
Shadow of a Woman
The Sheriff
This Side of the Law
Sheriff Jordan
Bad Man of Deadwood
Joe, Detective
Flaxy Martin
Devlin
Tiger Rose
Life in Hollywood No. 4
Wally Griggs
A Perfect Crime
Sheriff
Song of the Gringo
George, Sheriff
Homicide
Dan Morton
Across the Pacific
Brewster (uncredited)
Trial by Trigger
Dr. Matthew Lloyd
White Shadows in the South Seas
Marshal Evans
Young Bill Hickok
Bart Hammond
Born to the West
Maxwell
Hangman's Knot
Abner Elliott
The Affairs of Anatol
Juan
The Romance of Tarzan
Dr. Franz Braun
The Marriage Circle
Hands Up
Jean
Northern Pursuit
U.S. Marshal (uncredited)
Colorado Territory
Scrappy O'Brien
Truck Busters
Dan Foster
The Black Diamond Express
Guerd Larey
Wanderer of the Wasteland
Kenneth Murdock
Wagon Wheels
Clem Dillon
Nevada
Governor Don Sebastian Fernando
Bells of San Fernando
Colonel Drummond
Treachery Rides the Range
Deputy Joe
The Younger Brothers
First Emigrant
Warpath
Joe Stafford
Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm
Tom Burke
Officer Thirteen
Smiley
Buffalo Stampede
Hugo Mehl
Secret Enemies
Bit Role
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
Pepite La Joie
The Test
Chief Hunter
Ranger of Cherokee Strip
Indian Jim
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Baron Michael Karsten
Secret Agent X-9
Dick Martin
The Stoker
Chetley 'Chet' Kasedon
Desert Gold
John Brandt
The Intruder
Moving Man (uncredited)
Humoresque
Bert McNamee
Prison Shadows
Captain Norberg
Mystery Sea Raider
John Sawyer
Gold Raiders
Mr. Cameron
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Crone
Amateur Crook
Al Murray
On Probation
Capt. Jeffrey
South of St. Louis
Yellow Weasel
Hawk of the Wilderness
Capt. Tom King Sr.
King of the Texas Rangers
Donald Thorne
Her Forgotten Past
Stephen Winship
Lucretia Lombard
Benjamin Arnold
Sky Racket
Jeff Kane
Student Tour
Jack Kells
The Last Round-up
Sheriff Walker
Tom Sawyer, Detective
Mate
Souls at Sea
Policeman at Union Hall (uncredited)
My Favorite Blonde
Cap Folsom
The Mysterious Rider
Uncle Will
The Last Posse
Charlie, alias Clint Houston
Rebellious Daughters
American (uncredited)
Casablanca
Captain Moran
Illegal Traffic
Mayme's Army boyfriend
100% American
Mexican Joe Dominguez
M'Liss
Owen Burke / Jerry Brent
Mademoiselle Midnight
Dr. Paul Giraud
So This Is Paris
Danton
Orphans of the Storm
Slim Carter
The Man from Painted Post
Messenger
Mary of Scotland
Ernest Todd
How to Educate a Wife
Kent Merrill
Daughters of Pleasure
Jack Fenton
Defying Destiny
Bob Wilson / Bob Snobson
The Limited Mail
Gaston Fleury
Kiss Me Again
Al Jones
Red Hot Tires
Lefty O'Brien
Hogan's Alley
Dick Lambert
Other Women's Husbands
Joe Bowers
Jim Bludso
The Chef (uncredited)
The Horn Blows at Midnight
Tom Darcy
Broadway Rose
Ted Musgrove
Moonlight and Honeysuckle
Bohemian
Ghosts
The 13th Commandment
Undetermined Role
Cocoanut Grove
Fingerprint Expert
'G' Men
Jailer
Cinderella Jones
Barlow
Dodge City
Cherokee
Frontier Pony Express
Lerdo de Tajada
Juarez
Indian (uncredited)
Union Pacific
Train Passenger
Days of Jesse James
Gambler in "Lucky Guy"
Gentleman Jim
(archive footage)
Trail of the Arrow
Ben (uncredited)
Johnny Belinda
Pvt. Vibbard
Johanna Enlists
Hammond
Port of Hate
The Super
The Great Train Robbery
John Kent Sr.
A Million to One
Dean Carter
Social Error
John Burke
North to the Klondike
Dan Hogan
Those Who Dance
Jim Hayes
Sunset in Wyoming
Cleve Andrews
San Antonio
Jim Dirk
Something to Think About
Rance Davis
Riders of Death Valley
Joe Daley
Skin Deep
Unga Khan
Undersea Kingdom
Hodge Mason
Law of the Timber
Robert Emmet Hogan
One-Round Hogan
Zac Harrison
Brass Knuckles
RCMP Larry Doyle
Trails of the Wild
Pablo Slide Along
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
Jim Haverly
Snake River Desperadoes
The Strike Leader
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Indian
North West Mounted Police
Passenger (uncredited)
The Big Broadcast of 1938
High Priest (uncredited)
Road to Singapore
(uncredited)
The Goddess of Lost Lake
Deacon Jones
The Big Wheel
Rice - Curry's Partner
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
Bartender in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Broadcast Director (uncredited)
Two Guys from Milwaukee
Interpreter
Geronimo
Flight Dispatcher
Klondike Fury
Stage Manager (uncredited)
The Time, The Place and The Girl
Condemned Man (segment "Rifle Execution") (uncredited)
The Show of Shows
Policeman (uncredited)
Never Say Goodbye
Lt. Drake
The Sea Hornet
Frank
Our Leading Citizen
Chief Sagamore
The Iroquois Trail
Peasant
The Vagabond Prince
Doorman (uncredited)
I Married a Witch
Lewis Dike
The Dark Swan
Police Chief Ramsey
The Blonde Bandit
Bartender (uncredited)
The Devil's Needle
Dan Tracy
Hands Up!
Victor Gilpin
Betsy's Burglar
Horse Rancher (uncredited)
Stallion Road
Assistant Hotel Manager (uncredited)
The Matrimaniac
'Buck' Chevigee
Silver River
Man #2, Hoyt City
The Great Man's Lady
Sheriff
Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush
Defender of the Alamo
Martyrs of the Alamo
Donald Overton
Conquest
Monte
The Greyhound Limited
Monte Collins
No Defense
Lt. Allen
Come On, Marines!
(uncredited)
The Birth of a Nation
Dave Wade
Isle of Escape
McAuliffe (uncredited)
New York Town
Policeman
The Remarkable Andrew
Colonel
Pacific Blackout
Pilot (uncredited)
Touchdown, Army
Happy Smith
From Headquarters
Edgar Prentice, aka Edgar Craig
The Purple Highway
John Wyncote
Bitter Apples
Philip Baldwin
Brass
Officer
King of Alcatraz
Seaman (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic
Pete Nash
Two Guys from Texas
Jens Petersen
Edge of Darkness
Heckler (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
Businessman with Hunter
The Unfaithful
Policeman in Car
Danger Signal
Ned-U.S. Marshal
Frontier Days
Monte
Across the Pacific
The Colonel (uncredited)
So You Want to Play the Horses
Peter Graham
Recompense
Paul Granville
Revelation
Elmer Harmon
Peacock Alley
Charles Carpenter
Being Respectable
Jean Gaspard Deburau
The Lover of Camille
Ben Mott
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
Tommy Dawes
A Broken Doll
Kasim's Aide (uncredited)
Road to Morocco
Gas Station Executive (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
Pedro Lupo
The Only Road
Man in Audience (Uncredited)
The Hard Way
Billy Lounsberry
Too Much Johnson
Captain Dan stover
Loving Lies
Jud
The Microscope Mystery
Harry Atteridge
Romance and Arabella
American Doughboy
Till I Come Back to You
Love
Everywoman
One of Wild Bill's Men (Uncredited)
Wild and Woolly
Geoffrey West
The Man Upstairs
Hugh Clayton
Across the Atlantic
Boone Stallard
The Kentuckians
Buchanan 'Specs' White
The Bush Leaguer
Turnkey (uncredited)
Adventures of Don Juan
Bob Hilton
Her Marriage Vow
Cop (uncredited)
The Man I Love
Kalitan
Told in the Hills
Barry Baline
Wolf's Clothing
Martin 'Easy-Going' Sondes
The Brute
Ada's Brother
The Noon Hour
Bartender (uncredited)
Ride, Vaquero!
Sherd Raines
A Cumberland Romance
Bill Hawes
The Jucklins
Pvt. William Pettigrew
Pettigrew's Girl
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
219
Gender
Male
Birthday
1887-01-10
Place of Birth
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Also Known As
G.M. Blue