Monte Blue
Known for Acting · 234 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 (225)
Casablanca
1943
as American (uncredited)
Colorado Territory
1949
as U.S. Marshal (uncredited)
'G' Men
1935
as Fingerprint Expert
Apache
1954
as Geronimo
The Birth of a Nation
1915
as (uncredited)
Warpath
1951
as First Emigrant
The Fountainhead
1949
as Gas Station Executive (uncredited)
Juarez
1939
as Lerdo de Tajada
Ride, Vaquero!
1953
as Bartender (uncredited)
North West Mounted Police
1940
as Indian
Adventures of Don Juan
1948
as Turnkey (uncredited)
Stallion Road
1947
as Horse Rancher (uncredited)
Cocoanut Grove
1938
as Undetermined Role
Northern Pursuit
1943
as Jean
Key Largo
1948
as Sheriff Ben Wade
Possessed
1947
as Norris
Dodge City
1939
as Barlow
I Married a Witch
1942
as Doorman (uncredited)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
as The Strike Leader
Brass
1923
as Philip Baldwin
The Intruder
1933
as John Brandt
Ghosts
1915
as Bohemian
Backfire
1950
as Det. Sgt. Pluther (uncredited)
Revelation
1924
as Paul Granville
Silver River
1948
as 'Buck' Chevigee
The Stoker
1932
as Dick Martin
Touchdown, Army
1938
as Pilot (uncredited)
Union Pacific
1939
as Indian (uncredited)
Student Tour
1934
as Jeff Kane
Action in the North Atlantic
1943
as Seaman (uncredited)
Johnny Belinda
1948
as Ben (uncredited)
Gentleman Jim
1942
as Gambler in "Lucky Guy"
M'Liss
1918
as Mexican Joe Dominguez
On Probation
1935
as Al Murray
Being Respectable
1924
as Charles Carpenter
Social Error
1935
as Dean Carter
Life with Father
1947
as The Policeman
The Show of Shows
1929
as Condemned Man (segment "Rifle Execution") (uncredited)
Road to Morocco
1942
as Kasim's Aide (uncredited)
Buffalo Stampede
1933
as Smiley
Across the Pacific
1942
as Dan Morton
Broadway Rose
1922
as Tom Darcy
Sharad of Atlantis
1936
as Unga Khan
The Mask of Dimitrios
1944
as Abdul Dhris
Cheyenne
1947
as Timberline
San Antonio
1945
as Cleve Andrews
Never Say Goodbye
1946
as Policeman (uncredited)
Geronimo
1939
as Interpreter
Rebellious Daughters
1938
as Charlie, alias Clint Houston
Humoresque
1947
as Moving Man (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
1943
as Heckler (uncredited)
Hangman's Knot
1952
as Maxwell
Hell Town
1937
as Bart Hammond
The Last Posse
1953
as Uncle Will
The Sea Hornet
1951
as Lt. Drake
The Hard Way
1943
as Man in Audience (Uncredited)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
as Hamzulla Khan
The Man I Love
1946
as Cop (uncredited)
The Iroquois Trail
1950
as Chief Sagamore
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
as Bartender in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
The Unfaithful
1947
as Businessman with Hunter
Hands Up
1918
Road to Singapore
1940
as High Priest (uncredited)
The Time, The Place and The Girl
1946
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
New York Town
1941
as McAuliffe (uncredited)
Pacific Blackout
1941
as Colonel
Edge of Darkness
1943
as Jens Petersen
South of St. Louis
1949
as Capt. Jeffrey
Treachery Rides the Range
1936
as Colonel Drummond
The Big Wheel
1949
as Deacon Jones
The Great Train Robbery
1941
as The Super
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
1940
as Pablo Slide Along
Truck Busters
1943
as Scrappy O'Brien
Homicide
1949
as George, Sheriff
Mary of Scotland
1936
as Messenger
Sunset in Wyoming
1941
as Jim Hayes
The 13th Commandment
1920
as Bayard Kip
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938
as Passenger (uncredited)
My Favorite Blonde
1942
as Policeman at Union Hall (uncredited)
Song of the Gringo
1936
as Sheriff
Riders of Death Valley
1941
as Rance Davis
Skin Deep
1929
as Joe Daley
The Great Man's Lady
1941
as Man #2, Hoyt City
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945
as The Chef (uncredited)
Two Guys from Texas
1948
as Pete Nash
Orphans of the Storm
1921
as Danton
This Side of the Law
1950
as The Sheriff
Her Forgotten Past
1933
as Donald Thorne
Days of Jesse James
1939
as Train Passenger
Secret Enemies
1942
as Hugo Mehl
Danger Signal
1945
as Policeman in Car
White Shadows in the South Seas
1928
as Dr. Matthew Lloyd
Peacock Alley
1922
as Elmer Harmon
No Defense
1929
as Monte Collins
Betsy's Burglar
1917
as Victor Gilpin
Ride, Ranger, Ride
1936
as Duval, aka Chief Tavibo
Born to the West
1937
as Bart Hammond
The Marriage Circle
1924
as Dr. Franz Braun
North to the Klondike
1942
as John Burke
Two Guys from Milwaukee
1946
as Broadcast Director (uncredited)
Flaxy Martin
1949
as Joe, Detective
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938
as Mr. Cameron
Frontier Pony Express
1939
as Cherokee
Souls at Sea
1937
as Mate
Johanna Enlists
1918
as Pvt. Vibbard
Young Bill Hickok
1940
as Marshal Evans
Three Desperate Men
1951
as Marshal Pete Coleman
The Younger Brothers
1949
as Deputy Joe
Moonlight and Honeysuckle
1921
as Ted Musgrove
Mademoiselle Midnight
1924
as Owen Burke / Jerry Brent
King of Alcatraz
1938
as Officer
The Matrimaniac
1916
as Assistant Hotel Manager (uncredited)
From Headquarters
1929
as Happy Smith
A Million to One
1936
as John Kent Sr.
Red Hot Tires
1925
as Al Jones
Everywoman
1919
as Love
Main Street
1923
as Dr. Will Kennicott
Wild and Woolly
1917
as One of Wild Bill's Men (Uncredited)
A Perfect Crime
1921
as Wally Griggs
Loving Lies
1924
as Captain Dan stover
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 234 credits spanning from 1915 to 1959, Monte Blue has appeared in 225 films and 9 TV shows.
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- Casablanca (1943) — as American (uncredited)
- Colorado Territory (1949) — as U.S. Marshal (uncredited)
- 'G' Men (1935) — as Fingerprint Expert
- Apache (1954) — as Geronimo
- The Birth of a Nation (1915) — as (uncredited)
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