Monte Blue
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: January 10, 1887
Day of Death: February 18, 1963 (76 years old)
Place of Birth: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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.
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Actor Joe, Detective
Flaxy Martin
Actor George, Sheriff
Homicide
Actor US Marshal (uncredited)
Colorado Territory
Actor Deputy Joe
The Younger Brothers
Actor Chief Hunter
Ranger of Cherokee Strip
Actor Capt. Jeffrey
South of St. Louis
Actor Deacon Jones
The Big Wheel
Actor Police Chief Ramsey
The Blonde Bandit
Actor Gas Station Executive (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
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1946
Actor Mike, Police Lieutenant
Shadow of a Woman
Actor Jailer
Cinderella Jones
Actor Broadcast Director (uncredited)
Two Guys from Milwaukee
Actor Stage Manager (uncredited)
The Time, The Place and The Girl
Actor Policeman (uncredited)
Never Say Goodbye
Actor The Colonel (uncredited)
So You Want to Play the Horses
1945
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1943
Actor Jean
Northern Pursuit
Actor Scrappy O'Brien
Truck Busters
Actor Bit Role
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
Actor American (uncredited)
Casablanca
Actor Bartender in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Actor Seaman (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic
Actor Jens Petersen
Edge of Darkness
Actor Heckler (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
Actor Man in Audience (Uncredited)
The Hard Way
1942
Actor Matthews, the undertaker (uncredited)
The Hidden Hand
Actor Dan Morton
Across the Pacific
Actor Hugo Mehl
Secret Enemies
Actor Policeman at Union Hall (uncredited)
My Favorite Blonde
Actor Gambler in "Lucky Guy"
Gentleman Jim
Actor John Burke
North to the Klondike
Actor Flight Dispatcher
Klondike Fury
Actor Doorman (uncredited)
I Married a Witch
Actor Man #2, Hoyt City
The Great Man's Lady
Actor Policeman
The Remarkable Andrew
Actor Kasim's Aide (uncredited)
Road to Morocco
1941
Actor Sheriff Jordan
Bad Man of Deadwood
Actor Capt. Tom King Sr.
King of the Texas Rangers
Actor The Super
The Great Train Robbery
Actor Jim Hayes
Sunset in Wyoming
Actor Rance Davis
Riders of Death Valley
Actor Hodge Mason
Law of the Timber
Actor McAuliffe (uncredited)
New York Town
Actor Colonel
Pacific Blackout
Actor Ben Mott
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
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1938
Actor Mr. Cameron
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Actor Yellow Weasel
Hawk of the Wilderness
Actor Sheriff Walker
Tom Sawyer, Detective
Actor Cap Folsom
The Mysterious Rider
Actor Charlie, alias Clint Houston
Rebellious Daughters
Actor Captain Moran
Illegal Traffic
Actor Undetermined Role
Cocoanut Grove
Actor Passenger (uncredited)
The Big Broadcast of 1938
Actor Pilot (uncredited)
Touchdown, Army
Actor Officer
King of Alcatraz
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Actor Dr. Franz Braun
The Marriage Circle
Actor Owen Burke / Jerry Brent
Mademoiselle Midnight
Actor Ernest Todd
How to Educate a Wife
Actor Kent Merrill
Daughters of Pleasure
Actor Lewis Dike
The Dark Swan
Actor Paul Granville
Revelation
Actor Charles Carpenter
Being Respectable
Actor Jean Gaspard Deburau
The Lover of Camille
Actor Captain Dan stover
Loving Lies
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Actor 'The Killer' Jed
Riders of the Night
Actor Happy
The Squaw Man
Actor Juan
The Romance of Tarzan
Actor
Hands Up
Actor Mayme's Army boyfriend
100% American
Actor Mexican Joe Dominguez
M'Liss
Actor Pvt. Vibbard
Johanna Enlists
Actor (uncredited)
The Goddess of Lost Lake
Actor Pedro Lupo
The Only Road
Actor American Doughboy
Till I Come Back to You
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1916
Actor The Strike Leader
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Actor Peasant
The Vagabond Prince
Actor Bartender (uncredited)
The Devil's Needle
Actor Assistant Hotel Manager (uncredited)
The Matrimaniac
Actor Jud
The Microscope Mystery
Second Assistant Director
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
