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Monte Blue
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1887-01-10,Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

7.485

Key Largo
1948-07-16

6.869

Possessed
1947-05-29

Ride, Ranger, Ride

4.7

Ride, Ranger, Ride
1936-11-30

5.8

Backfire
1950-01-26

The Mask of Dimitrios

6.959

The Mask of Dimitrios
1944-06-23

Life with Father

6.5

Life with Father
1947-09-13

6.085

Apache
1954-07-09

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

6.6

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935-01-11

Shadow of a Woman

4.2

Shadow of a Woman
1946-09-14

6.867

Dodge City
1939-04-08

This Side of the Law

4.7

This Side of the Law
1950-06-17

Bad Man of Deadwood

4.4

Bad Man of Deadwood
1941-09-05

5.7

Flaxy Martin
1949-02-15

5.3

Homicide
1949-04-02

Song of the Gringo

4.7

Song of the Gringo
1936-11-22

Across the Pacific

6.5

Across the Pacific
1942-09-04

White Shadows in the South Seas

6.6

White Shadows in the South Seas
1928-11-11

Young Bill Hickok

4.3

Young Bill Hickok
1940-10-21

Born to the West

4.8

Born to the West
1937-12-10

6.25

Hangman's Knot
1952-11-15

The Affairs of Anatol

5.6

The Affairs of Anatol
1921-09-25

Trails of the Wild

0

Trails of the Wild
1935-07-31

The Marriage Circle

6.364

The Marriage Circle
1924-02-10

6

Truck Busters
1943-01-28

5.1

Wagon Wheels
1934-09-15

Wanderer of the Wasteland

5

Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935-09-09

3

Nevada
1935-11-29

The Younger Brothers

5

The Younger Brothers
1949-05-03

Bells of San Fernando

4

Bells of San Fernando
1947-03-01

Treachery Rides the Range

1

Treachery Rides the Range
1936-05-02

Come On, Marines!

5

Come On, Marines!
1934-03-23

Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm

4.333

Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm
1937-05-12

The Thundering Herd

3.8

The Thundering Herd
1933-03-01

Officer Thirteen

6.3

Officer Thirteen
1932-11-26

5.2

Secret Enemies
1942-09-17

Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer

6.8

Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
1943-01-02

3.2

The Test
1935-05-10

Ranger of Cherokee Strip

0

Ranger of Cherokee Strip
1949-11-04

Secret Agent X-9

6.7

Secret Agent X-9
1937-04-12

0

The Stoker
1932-06-15

5.4

Desert Gold
1936-03-26

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

6

The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1937-04-16

3.8

The Intruder
1933-03-13

4.9

Prison Shadows
1936-07-17

Mystery Sea Raider

3

Mystery Sea Raider
1940-10-26

5.5

Gold Raiders
1951-09-09

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

0

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938-06-30

1

Amateur Crook
1937-12-10

0

On Probation
1935-04-01

Hawk of the Wilderness

7

Hawk of the Wilderness
1938-12-03

King of the Texas Rangers

6

King of the Texas Rangers
1941-10-03

Lucretia Lombard

5

Lucretia Lombard
1923-12-08

3.3

Sky Racket
1937-10-01

5

Student Tour
1934-10-05

5.667

Souls at Sea
1937-09-03

The Last Round-up

0

The Last Round-up
1934-05-01

Tom Sawyer, Detective

5.2

Tom Sawyer, Detective
1938-12-24

0

Conquest
1928-12-22

My Favorite Blonde

6.4

My Favorite Blonde
1942-04-02

The Mysterious Rider

6

The Mysterious Rider
1938-09-21

6

The Last Posse
1953-07-04

Rebellious Daughters

5

Rebellious Daughters
1938-07-01

8.161

Casablanca
1943-01-15

Mademoiselle Midnight

5.8

Mademoiselle Midnight
1924-04-14

Orphans of the Storm

6.835

Orphans of the Storm
1921-12-28

5.5

100% American
1918-10-04

5.8

M'Liss
1918-05-05

So This Is Paris

6.5

So This Is Paris
1926-07-31

The Man from Painted Post

4.8

The Man from Painted Post
1917-09-29

How to Educate a Wife

0

How to Educate a Wife
1924-05-01

Daughters of Pleasure

0

Daughters of Pleasure
1924-06-15

Defying Destiny

5.5

Defying Destiny
1923-09-29

0

Kiss Me Again
1925-08-01

The Limited Mail

0

The Limited Mail
1925-09-05

0

Red Hot Tires
1925-10-31

0

Hogan's Alley
1925-12-12

Other Women's Husbands

0

Other Women's Husbands
1926-03-17

Mary of Scotland

6.314

Mary of Scotland
1936-07-28

The Horn Blows at Midnight

5.8

The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945-04-28

0

Broadway Rose
1922-09-22

Moonlight and Honeysuckle

0

Moonlight and Honeysuckle
1921-07-01

0

Cocoanut Grove
1938-05-20

6.462

'G' Men
1935-05-04

Cinderella Jones

3.3

Cinderella Jones
1946-03-09

Frontier Pony Express

4.8

Frontier Pony Express
1939-04-11

6.5

Juarez
1939-06-10

6.5

Union Pacific
1939-05-05

Days of Jesse James

5.5

Days of Jesse James
1939-12-20

6.8

Johnny Belinda
1948-09-14

7.14

Gentleman Jim
1942-11-14

Trail of the Arrow

0

Trail of the Arrow
1952-11-02

Johanna Enlists

5.8

Johanna Enlists
1918-09-14

5.7

Port of Hate
1939-08-21

A Million to One

3

A Million to One
1936-12-31

The Great Train Robbery

7.5

The Great Train Robbery
1941-02-28

0

Social Error
1935-04-30

Those Who Dance

6

Those Who Dance
1930-04-18

Sunset in Wyoming

0

Sunset in Wyoming
1941-07-15

5.7

San Antonio
1945-12-29

Something to Think About

6.5

Something to Think About
1920-10-16

Riders of Death Valley

6.5

Riders of Death Valley
1941-07-01

North to the Klondike

6.8

North to the Klondike
1942-01-23

Law of the Timber

0

Law of the Timber
1941-12-19

Sharad of Atlantis

4.4

Sharad of Atlantis
1936-05-30

The Texas Rangers Ride Again

5.5

The Texas Rangers Ride Again
1940-12-13

Snake River Desperadoes

3.8

Snake River Desperadoes
1951-05-30

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

7.104

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916-09-04

North West Mounted Police

6.264

North West Mounted Police
1940-10-22

Road to Singapore

6.463

Road to Singapore
1940-03-22

The Big Broadcast of 1938

5.9

The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938-02-11

The Goddess of Lost Lake

0

The Goddess of Lost Lake
1918-10-14

So You Want to Hold Your Husband

0

So You Want to Hold Your Husband
1950-07-01

5.9

The Big Wheel
1949-11-04

Two Guys from Milwaukee

4.8

Two Guys from Milwaukee
1946-07-26

5

Geronimo
1939-11-26

3.9

Klondike Fury
1942-03-20

The Time, The Place and The Girl

5.4

The Time, The Place and The Girl
1946-12-26

5.5

Show of Shows
1929-11-21

Never Say Goodbye

6.1

Never Say Goodbye
1946-11-09

5

The Sea Hornet
1951-11-06

The Iroquois Trail

5.8

The Iroquois Trail
1950-06-15

Our Leading Citizen

0

Our Leading Citizen
1939-08-23

The Vagabond Prince

0

The Vagabond Prince
1916-10-22

I Married a Witch

6.834

I Married a Witch
1942-10-30

0

The Dark Swan
1924-11-26

The Blonde Bandit

5.8

The Blonde Bandit
1949-12-22

The Devil's Needle

6.5

The Devil's Needle
1916-08-12

0

Hands Up!
1917-04-28

Betsy's Burglar

0

Betsy's Burglar
1917-03-04

5

Stallion Road
1947-04-12

The Matrimaniac

6.5

The Matrimaniac
1916-12-16

5.907

Silver River
1948-05-20

The Great Man's Lady

6.3

The Great Man's Lady
1942-04-15

Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush

0

Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush
1954-01-01

Martyrs of the Alamo

5.2

Martyrs of the Alamo
1915-11-20

The Greyhound Limited

0

The Greyhound Limited
1929-02-09

0

No Defense
1929-04-05

The Birth of a Nation

6

The Birth of a Nation
1915-02-08

6

Isle of Escape
1930-03-01

10

New York Town
1941-10-31

Pacific Blackout

6.3

Pacific Blackout
1941-12-31

The Remarkable Andrew

8.2

The Remarkable Andrew
1942-03-05

Touchdown, Army

0

Touchdown, Army
1938-08-04

From Headquarters

0

From Headquarters
1929-04-27

0

Bitter Apples
1927-04-23

The Purple Highway

0

The Purple Highway
1923-08-05

0

Brass
1923-03-04

King of Alcatraz

5.7

King of Alcatraz
1938-09-30

Action in the North Atlantic

7

Action in the North Atlantic
1943-06-12

Two Guys from Texas

6

Two Guys from Texas
1948-08-27

Edge of Darkness

6.1

Edge of Darkness
1943-04-09

Mission to Moscow

5.2

Mission to Moscow
1943-04-29

6

The Unfaithful
1947-07-01

4

Frontier Days
1945-12-08

5.767

Danger Signal
1945-11-21

Across the Pacific

4.5

Across the Pacific
1926-10-02

So You Want to Play the Horses

6

So You Want to Play the Horses
1946-10-05

0

Recompense
1925-04-26

0

Peacock Alley
1922-01-23

0

Revelation
1924-06-23

Being Respectable

0

Being Respectable
1924-07-01

The Lover of Camille

0

The Lover of Camille
1924-09-15

Scattergood Pulls the Strings

0

Scattergood Pulls the Strings
1941-05-23

The Fountainhead

6.9

The Fountainhead
1949-06-25

0

A Broken Doll
1921-06-12

Road to Morocco

6.803

Road to Morocco
1942-11-10

0

The Only Road
1918-06-03

6.6

The Hard Way
1943-01-13

Too Much Johnson

0

Too Much Johnson
1919-12-01

0

Loving Lies
1924-01-22

The Microscope Mystery

0

The Microscope Mystery
1916-11-19

Romance and Arabella

0

Romance and Arabella
1919-02-15

Till I Come Back to You

5.7

Till I Come Back to You
1918-08-25

0

Everywoman
1919-12-30

Wild and Woolly

6.3

Wild and Woolly
1917-06-24

The Man Upstairs

0

The Man Upstairs
1926-01-22

Across the Atlantic

0

Across the Atlantic
1928-01-18

The Hidden Hand

6.2

The Hidden Hand
1942-11-07

3

Main Street
1923-04-25

Riders of the Night

7

Riders of the Night
1918-10-15

My Old Kentucky Home

0

My Old Kentucky Home
1922-04-09

5.8

The Squaw Man
1918-12-15

Rose of Cimarron

5

Rose of Cimarron
1952-01-28

6.8

Cheyenne
1947-06-06

0

Tiger Rose
1929-12-21

Life in Hollywood No. 4

0

Life in Hollywood No. 4
1927-08-25

A Perfect Crime

0

A Perfect Crime
1921-03-05

Trial by Trigger

2

Trial by Trigger
1944-05-27

The Romance of Tarzan

0

The Romance of Tarzan
1918-10-17

0

Hands Up
1918-08-18

Northern Pursuit

5.9

Northern Pursuit
1943-11-07

Colorado Territory

6.831

Colorado Territory
1949-06-11

The Black Diamond Express

0

The Black Diamond Express
1927-06-04

5.8

Warpath
1951-11-22

Her Forgotten Past

6

Her Forgotten Past
1933-09-01

Illegal Traffic

6.7

Illegal Traffic
1938-11-02

4.5

Ghosts
1915-05-31

The 13th Commandment

0

The 13th Commandment
1920-01-17

Three Desperate Men

5.5

Three Desperate Men
1951-01-12

7.1

Humoresque
1947-01-25

South of St. Louis

5.6

South of St. Louis
1949-03-06

0

Jim Bludso
1917-02-04

One-Round Hogan

0

One-Round Hogan
1927-09-17

0

Brass Knuckles
1927-12-03

1

Skin Deep
1929-09-07

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

4.5

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951-04-15

This Is Your Life

6.375

This Is Your Life
1952-10-01

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

6.944

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954-10-15

7.049

Rawhide
1959-01-09

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

6.8

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955-09-06

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

3.7

The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956-09-07

4.2

26 Men
1957-11-01

Mr. & Mrs. North

4.8

Mr. & Mrs. North
1952-10-03

The Lone Ranger

6.8

The Lone Ranger
1949-09-15