Acting · Indianapolis, Indiana, USA · Born January 10, 1887
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.
TVRawhide
1959
TV26 Men
1957
TVThe Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
TVThe Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
TVThe Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
MovieApache
1954
as Geronimo
MovieAdventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush
1954
as Sheriff
MovieRide, Vaquero!
1953
as Bartender (uncredited)
MovieThe Last Posse
1953
as Uncle Will
MovieHangman's Knot
1952
as Maxwell
MovieTrail of the Arrow
1952
as (archive footage)
TVMr. & Mrs. North
1952
TVThis Is Your Life
1952
as Self
MovieRose of Cimarron
1952
as Lone Eagle
MovieWarpath
1951
as First Emigrant
MovieThe Sea Hornet
1951
as Lt. Drake
MovieGold Raiders
1951
as John Sawyer
MovieSnake River Desperadoes
1951
as Jim Haverly
TVThe Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
MovieThree Desperate Men
1951
as Marshal Pete Coleman
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
1950
as Rice - Curry's Partner
MovieThis Side of the Law
1950
as The Sheriff
MovieThe Iroquois Trail
1950
as Chief Sagamore
MovieBackfire
1950
as Det. Sgt. Pluther (uncredited)
MovieThe Blonde Bandit
1949
as Police Chief Ramsey
MovieRanger of Cherokee Strip
1949
as Chief Hunter
MovieThe Big Wheel
1949
as Deacon Jones
TVThe Lone Ranger
1949
as Sheriff Stanton
MovieThe Fountainhead
1949
as Gas Station Executive (uncredited)
MovieColorado Territory
1949
as U.S. Marshal (uncredited)
MovieThe Younger Brothers
1949
as Deputy Joe
MovieHomicide
1949
as George, Sheriff
MovieSouth of St. Louis
1949
as Capt. Jeffrey
MovieFlaxy Martin
1949
as Joe, Detective
MovieAdventures of Don Juan
1948
as Turnkey (uncredited)
MovieJohnny Belinda
1948
as Ben (uncredited)
MovieTwo Guys from Texas
1948
as Pete Nash
MovieKey Largo
1948
as Sheriff Ben Wade
MovieSilver River
1948
as 'Buck' Chevigee
MovieLife with Father
1947
as The Policeman
MovieThe Unfaithful
1947
as Businessman with Hunter
MovieCheyenne
1947
as Timberline
MoviePossessed
1947
as Norris
MovieStallion Road
1947
as Horse Rancher (uncredited)
MovieBells of San Fernando
1947
as Governor Don Sebastian Fernando
MovieHumoresque
1947
as Moving Man (uncredited)
MovieThe Time, The Place and The Girl
1946
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
MovieThe Man I Love
1946
as Cop (uncredited)
MovieNever Say Goodbye
1946
as Policeman (uncredited)
So You Want to Play the Horses
1946
as The Colonel (uncredited)
MovieShadow of a Woman
1946
as Mike, Police Lieutenant
MovieTwo Guys from Milwaukee
1946
as Broadcast Director (uncredited)
MovieCinderella Jones
1946
as Jailer
MovieSan Antonio
1945
as Cleve Andrews
MovieFrontier Days
1945
as Ned-U.S. Marshal
MovieDanger Signal
1945
as Policeman in Car
MovieThe Horn Blows at Midnight
1945
as The Chef (uncredited)
MovieThe Conspirators
1944
as Jennings (uncredited)
MovieThe Mask of Dimitrios
1944
as Abdul Dhris
MovieTrial by Trigger
1944
as Brewster (uncredited)
MovieNorthern Pursuit
1943
as Jean
MovieThank Your Lucky Stars
1943
as Bartender in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
MovieAction in the North Atlantic
1943
as Seaman (uncredited)
MovieMission to Moscow
1943
as Heckler (uncredited)
MovieEdge of Darkness
1943
as Jens Petersen
MovieTruck Busters
1943
as Scrappy O'Brien
MovieCasablanca
1943
as American (uncredited)
MovieThe Hard Way
1943
as Man in Audience (Uncredited)
MovieWhy We Fight: Divide and Conquer
1943
as Bit Role
MovieGentleman Jim
1942
as Gambler in "Lucky Guy"
MovieRoad to Morocco
1942
as Kasim's Aide (uncredited)
MovieThe Hidden Hand
1942
as Matthews, the undertaker (uncredited)
MovieI Married a Witch
1942
as Doorman (uncredited)
MovieSecret Enemies
1942
as Hugo Mehl
MovieAcross the Pacific
1942
as Dan Morton
MovieMy Favorite Blonde
1942
as Policeman at Union Hall (uncredited)
MovieKlondike Fury
1942
as Flight Dispatcher
MovieThe Remarkable Andrew
1942
as Policeman
Treat 'Em Rough
1942
as Police Captain
MovieNorth to the Klondike
1942
as John Burke
MoviePacific Blackout
1941
as Colonel
MovieLaw of the Timber
1941
as Hodge Mason
MovieThe Great Man's Lady
1941
as Man #2, Hoyt City
MovieNew York Town
1941
as McAuliffe (uncredited)
MovieKing of the Texas Rangers
1941
as Capt. Tom King Sr.
MovieBad Man of Deadwood
1941
as Sheriff Jordan
MovieSunset in Wyoming
1941
as Jim Hayes
MovieRiders of Death Valley
1941
as Rance Davis
MovieScattergood Pulls the Strings
1941
as Ben Mott
MovieThe Great Train Robbery
1941
as The Super
MovieThe Texas Rangers Ride Again
1940
as Pablo Slide Along
MovieMystery Sea Raider
1940
as Captain Norberg
MovieNorth West Mounted Police
1940
as Indian
MovieYoung Bill Hickok
1940
as Marshal Evans
MovieRoad to Singapore
1940
as High Priest (uncredited)
MovieDays of Jesse James
1939
as Train Passenger
MovieGeronimo
1939
as Interpreter
MovieOur Leading Citizen
1939
as Frank
Port of Hate
1939
as Hammond
MovieJuarez
1939
as Lerdo de Tajada
MovieUnion Pacific
1939
as Indian (uncredited)
MovieFrontier Pony Express
1939
as Cherokee
MovieDodge City
1939
as Barlow
MovieTom Sawyer, Detective
1938
as Sheriff Walker
MovieHawk of the Wilderness
1938
as Yellow Weasel
MovieIllegal Traffic
1938
as Captain Moran
MovieKing of Alcatraz
1938
as Officer
MovieThe Mysterious Rider
1938
as Cap Folsom
MovieTouchdown, Army
1938
as Pilot (uncredited)
MovieRebellious Daughters
1938
as Charlie, alias Clint Houston
MovieThe Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938
as Mr. Cameron
MovieCocoanut Grove
1938
as Undetermined Role
MovieThe Big Broadcast of 1938
1938
as Passenger (uncredited)
MovieBorn to the West
1937
as Bart Hammond
MovieAmateur Crook
1937
as Crone
MovieHell Town
1937
as Bart Hammond
MovieSky Racket
1937
as Benjamin Arnold
MovieSouls at Sea
1937
as Mate
MovieRootin' Tootin' Rhythm
1937
as Joe Stafford
MovieThe Outcasts of Poker Flat
1937
as Indian Jim
MovieSecret Agent X-9
1937
as Baron Michael Karsten
MovieA Million to One
1936
as John Kent Sr.
MovieRide, Ranger, Ride
1936
as Duval, aka Chief Tavibo
MovieSong of the Gringo
1936
as Sheriff
MovieMary of Scotland
1936
as Messenger
MoviePrison Shadows
1936
as Bert McNamee
MovieSharad of Atlantis
1936
as Unga Khan
MovieTreachery Rides the Range
1936
as Colonel Drummond
MovieDesert Gold
1936
as Chetley 'Chet' Kasedon
MovieNevada
1935
as Clem Dillon
MovieWanderer of the Wasteland
1935
as Guerd Larey
MovieTrails of the Wild
1935
as RCMP Larry Doyle
MovieThe Test
1935
as Pepite La Joie
Movie'G' Men
1935
as Fingerprint Expert
MovieSocial Error
1935
as Dean Carter
MovieOn Probation
1935
as Al Murray
MovieThe Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
as Hamzulla Khan
MovieStudent Tour
1934
as Jeff Kane
MovieWagon Wheels
1934
as Kenneth Murdock
MovieThe Last Round-up
1934
as Jack Kells
MovieCome On, Marines!
1934
as Lt. Allen
MovieHer Forgotten Past
1933
as Donald Thorne
MovieThe Intruder
1933
as John Brandt
MovieBuffalo Stampede
1933
as Smiley
MovieOfficer Thirteen
1932
as Tom Burke
MovieThe Stoker
1932
as Dick Martin
MovieThe Flood
1931
as David Bruce
MovieThose Who Dance
1930
as Dan Hogan
MovieIsle of Escape
1930
as Dave Wade
MovieTiger Rose
1929
as Devlin
MovieThe Show of Shows
1929
as Condemned Man (segment "Rifle Execution") (uncredited)
MovieSkin Deep
1929
as Joe Daley
MovieFrom Headquarters
1929
as Happy Smith
MovieNo Defense
1929
as Monte Collins
MovieThe Greyhound Limited
1929
as Monte
MovieConquest
1928
as Donald Overton
MovieWhite Shadows in the South Seas
1928
as Dr. Matthew Lloyd
MovieAcross the Atlantic
1928
as Hugh Clayton
MovieBrass Knuckles
1927
as Zac Harrison
MovieOne-Round Hogan
1927
as Robert Emmet Hogan
MovieLife in Hollywood No. 4
1927
MovieThe Bush Leaguer
1927
as Buchanan 'Specs' White
MovieThe Black Diamond Express
1927
as Dan Foster
MovieBitter Apples
1927
as John Wyncote
MovieThe Brute
1927
as Martin 'Easy-Going' Sondes
MovieWolf's Clothing
1927
as Barry Baline
MovieAcross the Pacific
1926
as Monte
MovieSo This Is Paris
1926
as Dr. Paul Giraud
MovieOther Women's Husbands
1926
as Dick Lambert
MovieThe Man Upstairs
1926
as Geoffrey West
Hogan's Alley
1925
as Lefty O'Brien
MovieRed Hot Tires
1925
as Al Jones
MovieThe Limited Mail
1925
as Bob Wilson / Bob Snobson
MovieKiss Me Again
1925
as Gaston Fleury
MovieRecompense
1925
as Peter Graham
MovieThe Dark Swan
1924
as Lewis Dike
MovieThe Lover of Camille
1924
as Jean Gaspard Deburau
MovieHer Marriage Vow
1924
as Bob Hilton
MovieBeing Respectable
1924
as Charles Carpenter
MovieRevelation
1924
as Paul Granville
MovieDaughters of Pleasure
1924
as Kent Merrill
MovieHow to Educate a Wife
1924
as Ernest Todd
MovieMademoiselle Midnight
1924
as Owen Burke / Jerry Brent
MovieThe Marriage Circle
1924
as Dr. Franz Braun
MovieLoving Lies
1924
as Captain Dan stover
MovieLucretia Lombard
1923
as Stephen Winship
Defying Destiny
1923
as Jack Fenton
MovieThe Purple Highway
1923
as Edgar Prentice, aka Edgar Craig
MovieMain Street
1923
as Dr. Will Kennicott
MovieBrass
1923
as Philip Baldwin
MovieBroadway Rose
1922
as Tom Darcy
MovieMy Old Kentucky Home
1922
as Richard Goodloe
MoviePeacock Alley
1922
as Elmer Harmon
MovieOrphans of the Storm
1921
as Danton
MovieThe Affairs of Anatol
1921
as Abner Elliott
MovieMoonlight and Honeysuckle
1921
as Ted Musgrove
MovieA Broken Doll
1921
as Tommy Dawes
MovieA Perfect Crime
1921
as Wally Griggs
The Kentuckians
1921
as Boone Stallard
MovieThe Jucklins
1921
as Bill Hawes
MovieSomething to Think About
1920
as Jim Dirk
MovieA Cumberland Romance
1920
as Sherd Raines
MovieThe 13th Commandment
1920
as Bayard Kip
MovieEverywoman
1919
as Love
MovieToo Much Johnson
1919
as Billy Lounsberry
MovieIn Mizzoura
1919
as Sam Fowler
MovieTold in the Hills
1919
as Kalitan
MovieRustling a Bride
1919
as Nick McCredie
MoviePettigrew's Girl
1919
as Pvt. William Pettigrew
MovieRomance and Arabella
1919
as Harry Atteridge
MovieThe Squaw Man
1918
as Happy
MovieThe Romance of Tarzan
1918
as Juan
MovieRiders of the Night
1918
as 'The Killer' Jed
MovieThe Goddess of Lost Lake
1918
as (uncredited)
Movie100% American
1918
as Mayme's Army boyfriend
MovieJohanna Enlists
1918
as Pvt. Vibbard
MovieTill I Come Back to You
1918
as American Doughboy
MovieHands Up
1918
MovieThe Only Road
1918
as Pedro Lupo
MovieM'Liss
1918
as Mexican Joe Dominguez
The Red, Red Heart
1918
as Billy Porter
MovieThe Man from Painted Post
1917
as Slim Carter
MovieWild and Woolly
1917
as One of Wild Bill's Men (Uncredited)
MovieHands Up!
1917
as Dan Tracy
MovieBetsy's Burglar
1917
as Victor Gilpin
Jim Bludso
1917
as Joe Bowers
MovieThe Matrimaniac
1916
as Assistant Hotel Manager (uncredited)
MovieThe Microscope Mystery
1916
as Jud
The Vagabond Prince
1916
as Peasant
MovieIntolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
as The Strike Leader
MovieThe Devil's Needle
1916
as Bartender (uncredited)
MovieMartyrs of the Alamo
1915
as Defender of the Alamo
The Noon Hour
1915
as Ada's Brother
MovieGhosts
1915
as Bohemian
MovieThe Birth of a Nation
1915
as (uncredited)
