Loading amazing content...
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 10, 1887
Died
February 18, 1963
Place of Birth
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Also Known As
- G.M. Blue
- Gerard Montgomery "Monte" Blue
- Gerard Montgomery Blue
Monte Blue
0.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.2
Rawhide
1959
4.2
26 Men
1957
5.0
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
6.9
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
6.1
Geronimo
Apache
1954
0.0
Sheriff
Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush
1954
5.9
Bartender (uncredited)
Ride, Vaquero!
1953
6.1
Uncle Will
The Last Posse
1953
6.4
Maxwell
Hangman's Knot
1952
Credits
Rawhide
1959
7.2
26 Men
1957
4.2
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
5.0
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
6.8
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
6.9
Apache
as Geronimo
1954
6.1
Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush
as Sheriff
1954
0.0
Ride, Vaquero!
as Bartender (uncredited)
1953
5.9
The Last Posse
as Uncle Will
1953
6.1
Hangman's Knot
as Maxwell
1952
6.4
Trail of the Arrow
as (archive footage)
1952
0.0
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
4.3
This Is Your Life
as Self
1952
6.4
Rose of Cimarron
as Lone Eagle
1952
5.3
Warpath
as First Emigrant
1951
5.8
The Sea Hornet
as Lt. Drake
1951
5.0
Gold Raiders
as John Sawyer
1951
5.7
Snake River Desperadoes
as Jim Haverly
1951
3.8
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
4.5
Three Desperate Men
as Marshal Pete Coleman
1951
4.0
🎬
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
as Rice - Curry's Partner
1950
0.0
This Side of the Law
as The Sheriff
1950
4.5
The Iroquois Trail
as Chief Sagamore
1950
5.8
Backfire
as Det. Sgt. Pluther (uncredited)
1950
5.8
The Blonde Bandit
as Police Chief Ramsey
1949
5.8
The Big Wheel
as Deacon Jones
1949
5.2
Ranger of Cherokee Strip
as Chief Hunter
1949
0.0
The Lone Ranger
as Sheriff Stanton
1949
6.8
The Fountainhead
as Gas Station Executive (uncredited)
1949
6.8
Colorado Territory
as U.S. Marshal (uncredited)
1949
7.0
The Younger Brothers
as Deputy Joe
1949
5.0
Homicide
as George, Sheriff
1949
5.3
South of St. Louis
as Capt. Jeffrey
1949
5.6
Flaxy Martin
as Joe, Detective
1949
5.5
Adventures of Don Juan
as Turnkey (uncredited)
1948
6.6
Johnny Belinda
as Ben (uncredited)
1948
6.8
Two Guys from Texas
as Pete Nash
1948
6.0
Key Largo
as Sheriff Ben Wade
1948
7.4
Silver River
as 'Buck' Chevigee
1948
5.9
Life with Father
as The Policeman
1947
6.7
The Unfaithful
as Businessman with Hunter
1947
5.8
Cheyenne
as Timberline
1947
6.8
Possessed
as Norris
1947
6.9
Stallion Road
as Horse Rancher (uncredited)
1947
5.0
Bells of San Fernando
as Governor Don Sebastian Fernando
1947
4.2
Humoresque
as Moving Man (uncredited)
1947
7.0
The Man I Love
as Cop (uncredited)
1946
6.1
The Time, The Place and The Girl
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
1946
5.4
Never Say Goodbye
as Policeman (uncredited)
1946
6.2
🎬
So You Want to Play the Horses
as The Colonel (uncredited)
1946
6.0
Shadow of a Woman
as Mike, Police Lieutenant
1946
4.3
Two Guys from Milwaukee
as Broadcast Director (uncredited)
1946
4.4
Cinderella Jones
as Jailer
1946
2.8
San Antonio
as Cleve Andrews
1945
5.9
Frontier Days
as Ned-U.S. Marshal
1945
4.0
Danger Signal
as Policeman in Car
1945
5.8
The Horn Blows at Midnight
as The Chef (uncredited)
1945
5.7
The Mask of Dimitrios
as Abdul Dhris
1944
7.0
Trial by Trigger
as Brewster (uncredited)
1944
2.0
Northern Pursuit
as Jean
1943
6.0
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Bartender in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
1943
6.0
Action in the North Atlantic
as Seaman (uncredited)
1943
7.1
Mission to Moscow
as Heckler (uncredited)
1943
5.3
Edge of Darkness
as Jens Petersen
1943
6.2
Truck Busters
as Scrappy O'Brien
1943
6.0
Casablanca
as American (uncredited)
1943
8.1
The Hard Way
as Man in Audience (Uncredited)
1943
6.3
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
as Bit Role
1943
6.8
Gentleman Jim
as Gambler in "Lucky Guy"
1942
7.1
Road to Morocco
as Kasim's Aide (uncredited)
1942
6.9
The Hidden Hand
as Matthews, the undertaker (uncredited)
1942
6.5
I Married a Witch
as Doorman (uncredited)
1942
6.8
Secret Enemies
as Hugo Mehl
1942
5.2
Across the Pacific
as Dan Morton
1942
6.6
My Favorite Blonde
as Policeman at Union Hall (uncredited)
1942
6.4
Klondike Fury
as Flight Dispatcher
1942
4.2
The Remarkable Andrew
as Policeman
1942
6.8
North to the Klondike
as John Burke
1942
6.8
Pacific Blackout
as Colonel
1941
6.3
Law of the Timber
as Hodge Mason
1941
6.0
New York Town
as McAuliffe (uncredited)
1941
10.0
The Great Man's Lady
as Man #2, Hoyt City
1941
6.3
King of the Texas Rangers
as Capt. Tom King Sr.
1941
6.0
Bad Man of Deadwood
as Sheriff Jordan
1941
4.4
Sunset in Wyoming
as Jim Hayes
1941
0.0
Riders of Death Valley
as Rance Davis
1941
6.5
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
as Ben Mott
1941
0.0
The Great Train Robbery
as The Super
1941
7.5
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
as Pablo Slide Along
1940
5.5
Mystery Sea Raider
as Captain Norberg
1940
3.0
North West Mounted Police
as Indian
1940
6.4
Young Bill Hickok
as Marshal Evans
1940
4.5
Road to Singapore
as High Priest (uncredited)
1940
6.5
Days of Jesse James
as Train Passenger
1939
4.7
Geronimo
as Interpreter
1939
4.6
Our Leading Citizen
as Frank
1939
0.0
🎬
Port of Hate
as Hammond
1939
5.7
Juarez
as Lerdo de Tajada
1939
6.5
Union Pacific
as Indian (uncredited)
1939
6.6
Frontier Pony Express
as Cherokee
1939
4.0
Dodge City
as Barlow
1939
6.9
Tom Sawyer, Detective
as Sheriff Walker
1938
5.2
Hawk of the Wilderness
as Yellow Weasel
1938
7.0
Illegal Traffic
as Captain Moran
1938
6.5
King of Alcatraz
as Officer
1938
5.7
The Mysterious Rider
as Cap Folsom
1938
6.0
🎬
Touchdown, Army
as Pilot (uncredited)
1938
0.0
Rebellious Daughters
as Charlie, alias Clint Houston
1938
4.5
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as Mr. Cameron
1938
0.0
Cocoanut Grove
as Undetermined Role
1938
0.0
The Big Broadcast of 1938
as Passenger (uncredited)
1938
6.3
Born to the West
as Bart Hammond
1937
4.6
Amateur Crook
as Crone
1937
1.0
Sky Racket
as Benjamin Arnold
1937
3.0
Souls at Sea
as Mate
1937
6.3
Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm
as Joe Stafford
1937
4.3
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
as Indian Jim
1937
6.0
Secret Agent X-9
as Baron Michael Karsten
1937
6.7
A Million to One
as John Kent Sr.
1936
3.0
Ride, Ranger, Ride
as Duval, aka Chief Tavibo
1936
4.7
Song of the Gringo
as Sheriff
1936
4.7
Mary of Scotland
as Messenger
1936
6.2
Prison Shadows
as Bert McNamee
1936
4.9
Sharad of Atlantis
as Unga Khan
1936
4.2
Treachery Rides the Range
as Colonel Drummond
1936
1.0
Desert Gold
as Chetley 'Chet' Kasedon
1936
5.4
Nevada
as Clem Dillon
1935
3.7
Wanderer of the Wasteland
as Guerd Larey
1935
5.0
Trails of the Wild
as RCMP Larry Doyle
1935
0.0
The Test
as Pepite La Joie
1935
2.5
'G' Men
as Fingerprint Expert
1935
6.6
Social Error
as Dean Carter
1935
5.0
On Probation
as Al Murray
1935
0.0
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Hamzulla Khan
1935
6.6
Student Tour
as Jeff Kane
1934
5.0
Wagon Wheels
as Kenneth Murdock
1934
4.8
The Last Round-up
as Jack Kells
1934
0.0
Come On, Marines!
as Lt. Allen
1934
4.5
Her Forgotten Past
as Donald Thorne
1933
6.0
The Intruder
as John Brandt
1933
4.0
Buffalo Stampede
as Smiley
1933
3.3
Officer Thirteen
as Tom Burke
1932
6.2
The Stoker
as Dick Martin
1932
0.0
Those Who Dance
as Dan Hogan
1930
6.0
Isle of Escape
as Dave Wade
1930
6.0
Tiger Rose
as Devlin
1929
0.0
The Show of Shows
as Condemned Man (segment "Rifle Execution") (uncredited)
1929
5.5
Skin Deep
as Joe Daley
1929
1.0
From Headquarters
as Happy Smith
1929
0.0
No Defense
as Monte Collins
1929
0.0
The Greyhound Limited
as Monte
1929
0.0
Conquest
as Donald Overton
1928
0.0
White Shadows in the South Seas
as Dr. Matthew Lloyd
1928
6.6
Across the Atlantic
as Hugh Clayton
1928
0.0
Brass Knuckles
as Zac Harrison
1927
0.0
One-Round Hogan
as Robert Emmet Hogan
1927
0.0
Life in Hollywood No. 4
1927
0.0
The Bush Leaguer
as Buchanan 'Specs' White
1927
0.0
The Black Diamond Express
as Dan Foster
1927
0.0
Bitter Apples
as John Wyncote
1927
0.0
The Brute
as Martin 'Easy-Going' Sondes
1927
0.0
Wolf's Clothing
as Barry Baline
1927
0.0
Across the Pacific
as Monte
1926
4.0
So This Is Paris
as Dr. Paul Giraud
1926
6.1
Other Women's Husbands
as Dick Lambert
1926
0.0
The Man Upstairs
as Geoffrey West
1926
0.0
🎬
Hogan's Alley
as Lefty O'Brien
1925
0.0
Red Hot Tires
as Al Jones
1925
0.0
The Limited Mail
as Bob Wilson / Bob Snobson
1925
0.0
Kiss Me Again
as Gaston Fleury
1925
0.0
Recompense
as Peter Graham
1925
0.0
The Dark Swan
as Lewis Dike
1924
0.0
The Lover of Camille
as Jean Gaspard Deburau
1924
0.0
Her Marriage Vow
as Bob Hilton
1924
0.0
Being Respectable
as Charles Carpenter
1924
0.0
Revelation
as Paul Granville
1924
0.0
Daughters of Pleasure
as Kent Merrill
1924
0.0
How to Educate a Wife
as Ernest Todd
1924
0.0
Mademoiselle Midnight
as Owen Burke / Jerry Brent
1924
5.4
The Marriage Circle
as Dr. Franz Braun
1924
6.3
Loving Lies
as Captain Dan stover
1924
0.0
Lucretia Lombard
as Stephen Winship
1923
5.0
🎬
Defying Destiny
as Jack Fenton
1923
5.5
The Purple Highway
as Edgar Prentice, aka Edgar Craig
1923
0.0
Main Street
as Dr. Will Kennicott
1923
4.0
Brass
as Philip Baldwin
1923
3.0
Broadway Rose
as Tom Darcy
1922
0.0
My Old Kentucky Home
as Richard Goodloe
1922
0.0
Peacock Alley
as Elmer Harmon
1922
0.0
Orphans of the Storm
as Danton
1921
6.8
The Affairs of Anatol
as Abner Elliott
1921
5.6
Moonlight and Honeysuckle
as Ted Musgrove
1921
0.0
A Broken Doll
as Tommy Dawes
1921
0.0
A Perfect Crime
as Wally Griggs
1921
0.0
🎬
The Kentuckians
as Boone Stallard
1921
0.0
The Jucklins
as Bill Hawes
1921
0.0
Something to Think About
as Jim Dirk
1920
6.4
A Cumberland Romance
as Sherd Raines
1920
0.0
The 13th Commandment
1920
0.0
Everywoman
as Love
1919
0.0
Too Much Johnson
as Billy Lounsberry
1919
0.0
Told in the Hills
as Kalitan
1919
0.0
Pettigrew's Girl
as Pvt. William Pettigrew
1919
0.0
Romance and Arabella
as Harry Atteridge
1919
0.0
The Squaw Man
as Happy
1918
5.8
The Romance of Tarzan
as Juan
1918
6.0
Riders of the Night
as 'The Killer' Jed
1918
7.0
The Goddess of Lost Lake
as (uncredited)
1918
0.0
100% American
as Mayme's Army boyfriend
1918
5.5
Johanna Enlists
as Pvt. Vibbard
1918
5.8
Till I Come Back to You
as American Doughboy
1918
5.7
Hands Up
1918
0.0
The Only Road
as Pedro Lupo
1918
0.0
M'Liss
as Mexican Joe Dominguez
1918
5.7
The Man from Painted Post
as Slim Carter
1917
4.8
Wild and Woolly
as One of Wild Bill's Men (Uncredited)
1917
6.3
Hands Up!
as Dan Tracy
1917
0.0
Betsy's Burglar
as Victor Gilpin
1917
0.0
🎬
Jim Bludso
as Joe Bowers
1917
0.0
The Matrimaniac
as Assistant Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1916
6.5
The Microscope Mystery
as Jud
1916
0.0
🎬
The Vagabond Prince
as Peasant
1916
0.0
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as The Strike Leader
1916
7.1
The Devil's Needle
as Bartender (uncredited)
1916
6.5
Martyrs of the Alamo
as Defender of the Alamo
1915
5.2
🎬
The Noon Hour
as Ada's Brother
1915
0.0
Ghosts
as Bohemian
1915
4.5
The Birth of a Nation
as (uncredited)
1915
5.9