Monte Blue
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 10, 1887
- Died
- Feb 18, 1963 (aged 76)
- Place of birth
- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- Credits
- 238
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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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Known for
Casablanca
1943Movie
American (uncredited)
The Birth of a Nation
1915Movie
(uncredited)
Key Largo
1948Movie
Sheriff Ben Wade
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916Movie
The Strike Leader
I Married a Witch
1942Movie
Doorman (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
1949Movie
Gas Station Executive (uncredited)
Filmography
Rawhide
1959TV
26 Men
1957TV
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956TV
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955TV
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954TV
Apache
1954Movie
Geronimo
Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush
1954Movie
Sheriff
Ride, Vaquero!
1953Movie
Bartender (uncredited)
The Last Posse
1953Movie
Uncle Will
Hangman's Knot
1952Movie
Maxwell
Trail of the Arrow
1952Movie
(archive footage)
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952TV
This Is Your Life
1952TV
Self
Rose of Cimarron
1952Movie
Lone Eagle
Warpath
1951Movie
First Emigrant
The Sea Hornet
1951Movie
Lt. Drake
Gold Raiders
1951Movie
John Sawyer
Snake River Desperadoes
1951Movie
Jim Haverly
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951TV
Three Desperate Men
1951Movie
Marshal Pete Coleman
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
1950Movie
Rice - Curry's Partner
This Side of the Law
1950Movie
The Sheriff
The Iroquois Trail
1950Movie
Chief Sagamore
Montana
1950Movie
Charlie Penrose (uncredited)
Backfire
1950Movie
Det. Sgt. Pluther (uncredited)
The Blonde Bandit
1949Movie
Police Chief Ramsey
Ranger of Cherokee Strip
1949Movie
Chief Hunter
The Big Wheel
1949Movie
Deacon Jones
The Lone Ranger
1949TV
Sheriff Stanton
The Fountainhead
1949Movie
Gas Station Executive (uncredited)
Colorado Territory
1949Movie
U.S. Marshal (uncredited)
The Younger Brothers
1949Movie
Deputy Joe
Homicide
1949Movie
George, Sheriff
South of St. Louis
1949Movie
Capt. Jeffrey
Flaxy Martin
1949Movie
Joe, Detective
Adventures of Don Juan
1948Movie
Turnkey (uncredited)
Johnny Belinda
1948Movie
Ben (uncredited)
Two Guys from Texas
1948Movie
Pete Nash
Key Largo
1948Movie
Sheriff Ben Wade
Silver River
1948Movie
'Buck' Chevigee
Life with Father
1947Movie
The Policeman
The Unfaithful
1947Movie
Businessman with Hunter
Cheyenne
1947Movie
Timberline
Possessed
1947Movie
Norris
Stallion Road
1947Movie
Horse Rancher (uncredited)
Bells of San Fernando
1947Movie
Governor Don Sebastian Fernando
Humoresque
1947Movie
Moving Man (uncredited)
The Time, The Place and The Girl
1946Movie
Stage Manager (uncredited)
The Man I Love
1946Movie
Cop (uncredited)
Never Say Goodbye
1946Movie
Policeman (uncredited)
So You Want to Play the Horses
1946Movie
The Colonel (uncredited)
Shadow of a Woman
1946Movie
Mike, Police Lieutenant
Two Guys from Milwaukee
1946Movie
Broadcast Director (uncredited)
Cinderella Jones
1946Movie
Jailer
San Antonio
1945Movie
Cleve Andrews
Frontier Days
1945Movie
Ned-U.S. Marshal
Danger Signal
1945Movie
Policeman in Car
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945Movie
The Chef (uncredited)
The Conspirators
1944Movie
Jennings (uncredited)
The Mask of Dimitrios
1944Movie
Abdul Dhris
Trial by Trigger
1944Movie
Brewster (uncredited)
Passage to Marseille
1944Movie
Second Mate (uncredited)
Northern Pursuit
1943Movie
Jean
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943Movie
Bartender in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic
1943Movie
Seaman (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
1943Movie
Heckler (uncredited)
Edge of Darkness
1943Movie
Jens Petersen
Truck Busters
1943Movie
Scrappy O'Brien
Casablanca
1943Movie
American (uncredited)
The Hard Way
1943Movie
Man in Audience (Uncredited)
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
1943Movie
Bit Role
Gentleman Jim
1942Movie
Gambler in "Lucky Guy"
Road to Morocco
1942Movie
Kasim's Aide (uncredited)
The Hidden Hand
1942Movie
Matthews, the undertaker (uncredited)
I Married a Witch
1942Movie
Doorman (uncredited)
Secret Enemies
1942Movie
Hugo Mehl
Across the Pacific
1942Movie
Dan Morton
My Favorite Blonde
1942Movie
Policeman at Union Hall (uncredited)
Klondike Fury
1942Movie
Flight Dispatcher
The Remarkable Andrew
1942Movie
Policeman
Treat 'Em Rough
1942Movie
Police Captain
North to the Klondike
1942Movie
John Burke
Pacific Blackout
1941Movie
Colonel
Law of the Timber
1941Movie
Hodge Mason
The Great Man's Lady
1941Movie
Man #2, Hoyt City
New York Town
1941Movie
McAuliffe (uncredited)
King of the Texas Rangers
1941Movie
Capt. Tom King Sr.
Bad Man of Deadwood
1941Movie
Sheriff Jordan
Sunset in Wyoming
1941Movie
Jim Hayes
Riders of Death Valley
1941Movie
Rance Davis
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
1941Movie
Ben Mott
The Great Train Robbery
1941Movie
The Super
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
1940Movie
Pablo Slide Along
Mystery Sea Raider
1940Movie
Captain Norberg
North West Mounted Police
1940Movie
Indian
Young Bill Hickok
1940Movie
Marshal Evans
Road to Singapore
1940Movie
High Priest (uncredited)
Days of Jesse James
1939Movie
Train Passenger
Geronimo
1939Movie
Interpreter
Our Leading Citizen
1939Movie
Frank
Port of Hate
1939Movie
Hammond
Juarez
1939Movie
Lerdo de Tajada
Union Pacific
1939Movie
Indian (uncredited)
Frontier Pony Express
1939Movie
Cherokee
Dodge City
1939Movie
Barlow
Tom Sawyer, Detective
1938Movie
Sheriff Walker
Hawk of the Wilderness
1938Movie
Yellow Weasel
Illegal Traffic
1938Movie
Captain Moran
King of Alcatraz
1938Movie
Officer
The Mysterious Rider
1938Movie
Cap Folsom
Touchdown, Army
1938Movie
Pilot (uncredited)
Rebellious Daughters
1938Movie
Charlie, alias Clint Houston
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938Movie
Mr. Cameron
Cocoanut Grove
1938Movie
Undetermined Role
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938Movie
Passenger (uncredited)
Born to the West
1937Movie
Bart Hammond
Amateur Crook
1937Movie
Crone
Hell Town
1937Movie
Bart Hammond
Thunder Trail
1937Movie
Jeff Graves
Sky Racket
1937Movie
Benjamin Arnold
Souls at Sea
1937Movie
Mate
Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm
1937Movie
Joe Stafford
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1937Movie
Indian Jim
Secret Agent X-9
1937Movie
Baron Michael Karsten
A Million to One
1936Movie
John Kent Sr.
Ride, Ranger, Ride
1936Movie
Duval, aka Chief Tavibo
Song of the Gringo
1936Movie
Sheriff
Mary of Scotland
1936Movie
Messenger
Prison Shadows
1936Movie
Bert McNamee
Sharad of Atlantis
1936Movie
Unga Khan
Treachery Rides the Range
1936Movie
Colonel Drummond
Desert Gold
1936Movie
Chetley 'Chet' Kasedon
Nevada
1935Movie
Clem Dillon
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935Movie
Guerd Larey
Trails of the Wild
1935Movie
RCMP Larry Doyle
The Test
1935Movie
Pepite La Joie
'G' Men
1935Movie
Fingerprint Expert
Social Error
1935Movie
Dean Carter
On Probation
1935Movie
Al Murray
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935Movie
Hamzulla Khan
Student Tour
1934Movie
Jeff Kane
Wagon Wheels
1934Movie
Kenneth Murdock
The Last Round-up
1934Movie
Jack Kells
Come On, Marines!
1934Movie
Lt. Allen
Her Forgotten Past
1933Movie
Donald Thorne
The Intruder
1933Movie
John Brandt
Buffalo Stampede
1933Movie
Smiley
Officer Thirteen
1932Movie
Tom Burke
The Stoker
1932Movie
Dick Martin
The Flood
1931Movie
David Bruce
Those Who Dance
1930Movie
Dan Hogan
Isle of Escape
1930Movie
Dave Wade
Tiger Rose
1929Movie
Devlin
The Show of Shows
1929Movie
Condemned Man (segment "Rifle Execution") (uncredited)
Skin Deep
1929Movie
Joe Daley
From Headquarters
1929Movie
Happy Smith
No Defense
1929Movie
Monte Collins
The Greyhound Limited
1929Movie
Monte
Conquest
1928Movie
Donald Overton
White Shadows in the South Seas
1928Movie
Dr. Matthew Lloyd
Across the Atlantic
1928Movie
Hugh Clayton
Brass Knuckles
1927Movie
Zac Harrison
One-Round Hogan
1927Movie
Robert Emmet Hogan
Life in Hollywood No. 4
1927Movie
The Bush Leaguer
1927Movie
Buchanan 'Specs' White
The Black Diamond Express
1927Movie
Dan Foster
Bitter Apples
1927Movie
John Wyncote
The Brute
1927Movie
Martin 'Easy-Going' Sondes
Wolf's Clothing
1927Movie
Barry Baline
Across the Pacific
1926Movie
Monte
So This Is Paris
1926Movie
Dr. Paul Giraud
Other Women's Husbands
1926Movie
Dick Lambert
The Man Upstairs
1926Movie
Geoffrey West
Hogan's Alley
1925Movie
Lefty O'Brien
Red Hot Tires
1925Movie
Al Jones
The Limited Mail
1925Movie
Bob Wilson / Bob Snobson
Kiss Me Again
1925Movie
Gaston Fleury
Recompense
1925Movie
Peter Graham
The Dark Swan
1924Movie
Lewis Dike
The Lover of Camille
1924Movie
Jean Gaspard Deburau
Her Marriage Vow
1924Movie
Bob Hilton
Being Respectable
1924Movie
Charles Carpenter
Revelation
1924Movie
Paul Granville
Daughters of Pleasure
1924Movie
Kent Merrill
How to Educate a Wife
1924Movie
Ernest Todd
Mademoiselle Midnight
1924Movie
Owen Burke / Jerry Brent
The Marriage Circle
1924Movie
Dr. Franz Braun
Loving Lies
1924Movie
Captain Dan stover
Lucretia Lombard
1923Movie
Stephen Winship
Defying Destiny
1923Movie
Jack Fenton
The Purple Highway
1923Movie
Edgar Prentice, aka Edgar Craig
Main Street
1923Movie
Dr. Will Kennicott
Brass
1923Movie
Philip Baldwin
Broadway Rose
1922Movie
Tom Darcy
My Old Kentucky Home
1922Movie
Richard Goodloe
Peacock Alley
1922Movie
Elmer Harmon
Orphans of the Storm
1921Movie
Danton
The Affairs of Anatol
1921Movie
Abner Elliott
Moonlight and Honeysuckle
1921Movie
Ted Musgrove
A Broken Doll
1921Movie
Tommy Dawes
A Perfect Crime
1921Movie
Wally Griggs
The Kentuckians
1921Movie
Boone Stallard
The Jucklins
1921Movie
Bill Hawes
Something to Think About
1920Movie
Jim Dirk
A Cumberland Romance
1920Movie
Sherd Raines
The 13th Commandment
1920Movie
Bayard Kip
Everywoman
1919Movie
Love
Too Much Johnson
1919Movie
Billy Lounsberry
In Mizzoura
1919Movie
Sam Fowler
Told in the Hills
1919Movie
Kalitan
Rustling a Bride
1919Movie
Nick McCredie
Pettigrew's Girl
1919Movie
Pvt. William Pettigrew
Romance and Arabella
1919Movie
Harry Atteridge
The Squaw Man
1918Movie
Happy
The Romance of Tarzan
1918Movie
Juan
Riders of the Night
1918Movie
'The Killer' Jed
The Goddess of Lost Lake
1918Movie
(uncredited)
100% American
1918Movie
Mayme's Army boyfriend
Johanna Enlists
1918Movie
Pvt. Vibbard
Till I Come Back to You
1918Movie
American Doughboy
Hands Up
1918Movie
The Only Road
1918Movie
Pedro Lupo
M'Liss
1918Movie
Mexican Joe Dominguez
The Red, Red Heart
1918Movie
Billy Porter
The Man from Painted Post
1917Movie
Slim Carter
Wild and Woolly
1917Movie
One of Wild Bill's Men (Uncredited)
Hands Up!
1917Movie
Dan Tracy
Betsy's Burglar
1917Movie
Victor Gilpin
Jim Bludso
1917Movie
Joe Bowers
The Matrimaniac
1916Movie
Assistant Hotel Manager (uncredited)
The Microscope Mystery
1916Movie
Jud
The Vagabond Prince
1916Movie
Peasant
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916Movie
The Strike Leader
The Devil's Needle
1916Movie
Bartender (uncredited)
Martyrs of the Alamo
1915Movie
Defender of the Alamo
The Noon Hour
1915Movie
Ada's Brother
Ghosts
1915Movie
Bohemian
The Birth of a Nation
1915Movie
(uncredited)