Monte Blue
Known for Acting · 235 credits
- Born
- 1887-01-10
- Died
- 1963-02-18
- Place of birth
- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- Also known as
- G.M. Blue · Gerard Montgomery "Monte" Blue · Gerard Montgomery 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.
Known For
TV Shows (9)
Movies (226)
Casablanca
1943
as American (uncredited)
The Mask of Dimitrios
1944
as Abdul Dhris
Skin Deep
1929
as Joe Daley
Touchdown, Army
1938
as Pilot (uncredited)
No Defense
1929
as Monte Collins
Sharad of Atlantis
1936
as Unga Khan
Buffalo Stampede
1933
as Smiley
The Birth of a Nation
1915
as (uncredited)
Hell Town
1937
as Bart Hammond
100% American
1918
as Mayme's Army boyfriend
Dodge City
1939
as Barlow
Juarez
1939
as Lerdo de Tajada
North West Mounted Police
1940
as Indian
The Jucklins
1921
as Bill Hawes
Key Largo
1948
as Sheriff Ben Wade
I Married a Witch
1942
as Doorman (uncredited)
Defying Destiny
1923
as Jack Fenton
Action in the North Atlantic
1943
as Seaman (uncredited)
The Show of Shows
1929
as Condemned Man (segment "Rifle Execution") (uncredited)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
as The Strike Leader
Broadway Rose
1922
as Tom Darcy
The Fountainhead
1949
as Gas Station Executive (uncredited)
'G' Men
1935
as Fingerprint Expert
Silver River
1948
as 'Buck' Chevigee
Mary of Scotland
1936
as Messenger
Apache
1954
as Geronimo
Union Pacific
1939
as Indian (uncredited)
Born to the West
1937
as Bart Hammond
Adventures of Don Juan
1948
as Turnkey (uncredited)
Edge of Darkness
1943
as Jens Petersen
In Mizzoura
1919
as Sam Fowler
Colorado Territory
1949
as U.S. Marshal (uncredited)
The Big Wheel
1949
as Deacon Jones
Johnny Belinda
1948
as Ben (uncredited)
Northern Pursuit
1943
as Jean
Across the Pacific
1942
as Dan Morton
Rustling a Bride
1919
as Nick McCredie
Bitter Apples
1927
as John Wyncote
Hangman's Knot
1952
as Maxwell
Road to Morocco
1942
as Kasim's Aide (uncredited)
The Great Man's Lady
1941
as Man #2, Hoyt City
The Man I Love
1946
as Cop (uncredited)
Wild and Woolly
1917
as One of Wild Bill's Men (Uncredited)
Song of the Gringo
1936
as Sheriff
Snake River Desperadoes
1951
as Jim Haverly
Treachery Rides the Range
1936
as Colonel Drummond
The Last Posse
1953
as Uncle Will
The Remarkable Andrew
1942
as Policeman
Gold Raiders
1951
as John Sawyer
Warpath
1951
as First Emigrant
San Antonio
1945
as Cleve Andrews
Flaxy Martin
1949
as Joe, Detective
The Unfaithful
1947
as Businessman with Hunter
Gentleman Jim
1942
as Gambler in "Lucky Guy"
Isle of Escape
1930
as Dave Wade
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938
as Passenger (uncredited)
The Greyhound Limited
1929
as Monte
Those Who Dance
1930
as Dan Hogan
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
as Hamzulla Khan
The Goddess of Lost Lake
1918
as (uncredited)
The Man Upstairs
1926
as Geoffrey West
Possessed
1947
as Norris
The Affairs of Anatol
1921
as Abner Elliott
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
as Bartender in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
Ride, Vaquero!
1953
as Bartender (uncredited)
Secret Enemies
1942
as Hugo Mehl
The Conspirators
1944
as Jennings (uncredited)
The Marriage Circle
1924
as Dr. Franz Braun
The Purple Highway
1923
as Edgar Prentice, aka Edgar Craig
Pacific Blackout
1941
as Colonel
Mission to Moscow
1943
as Heckler (uncredited)
Humoresque
1947
as Moving Man (uncredited)
Martyrs of the Alamo
1915
as Defender of the Alamo
Recompense
1925
as Peter Graham
Homicide
1949
as George, Sheriff
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945
as The Chef (uncredited)
A Cumberland Romance
1920
as Sherd Raines
Riders of Death Valley
1941
as Rance Davis
Orphans of the Storm
1921
as Danton
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935
as Guerd Larey
Shadow of a Woman
1946
as Mike, Police Lieutenant
Bells of San Fernando
1947
as Governor Don Sebastian Fernando
A Perfect Crime
1921
as Wally Griggs
The Hidden Hand
1942
as Matthews, the undertaker (uncredited)
Her Forgotten Past
1933
as Donald Thorne
White Shadows in the South Seas
1928
as Dr. Matthew Lloyd
Never Say Goodbye
1946
as Policeman (uncredited)
Other Women's Husbands
1926
as Dick Lambert
Our Leading Citizen
1939
as Frank
North to the Klondike
1942
as John Burke
My Favorite Blonde
1942
as Policeman at Union Hall (uncredited)
So You Want to Play the Horses
1946
as The Colonel (uncredited)
Wolf's Clothing
1927
as Barry Baline
Sunset in Wyoming
1941
as Jim Hayes
Johanna Enlists
1918
as Pvt. Vibbard
The Squaw Man
1918
as Happy
The Hard Way
1943
as Man in Audience (Uncredited)
The Younger Brothers
1949
as Deputy Joe
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
1940
as Pablo Slide Along
Amateur Crook
1937
as Crone
Two Guys from Milwaukee
1946
as Broadcast Director (uncredited)
Danger Signal
1945
as Policeman in Car
The Red, Red Heart
1918
as Billy Porter
Moonlight and Honeysuckle
1921
as Ted Musgrove
Romance and Arabella
1919
as Harry Atteridge
Red Hot Tires
1925
as Al Jones
Backfire
1950
as Det. Sgt. Pluther (uncredited)
Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm
1937
as Joe Stafford
Nevada
1935
as Clem Dillon
Days of Jesse James
1939
as Train Passenger
The Devil's Needle
1916
as Bartender (uncredited)
Life with Father
1947
as The Policeman
The Mysterious Rider
1938
as Cap Folsom
The Flood
1931
as David Bruce
South of St. Louis
1949
as Capt. Jeffrey
Wagon Wheels
1934
as Kenneth Murdock
Stallion Road
1947
as Horse Rancher (uncredited)
King of Alcatraz
1938
as Officer
The Noon Hour
1915
as Ada's Brother
Truck Busters
1943
as Scrappy O'Brien
About Monte Blue
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 sto… With 235 credits spanning from 1915 to 1959, Monte Blue has appeared in 226 films and 9 TV shows.
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Most Popular Monte Blue Movies
- Casablanca (1943) — as American (uncredited)
- The Mask of Dimitrios (1944) — as Abdul Dhris
- Skin Deep (1929) — as Joe Daley
- Touchdown, Army (1938) — as Pilot (uncredited)
- No Defense (1929) — as Monte Collins
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