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)
Apache
1954
as Geronimo
'G' Men
1935
as Fingerprint Expert
The Birth of a Nation
1915
as (uncredited)
Colorado Territory
1949
as U.S. Marshal (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
1949
as Gas Station Executive (uncredited)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
as The Strike Leader
North West Mounted Police
1940
as Indian
Juarez
1939
as Lerdo de Tajada
Adventures of Don Juan
1948
as Turnkey (uncredited)
Ride, Vaquero!
1953
as Bartender (uncredited)
Possessed
1947
as Norris
Cocoanut Grove
1938
as Undetermined Role
Stallion Road
1947
as Horse Rancher (uncredited)
Dodge City
1939
as Barlow
Northern Pursuit
1943
as Jean
Key Largo
1948
as Sheriff Ben Wade
Warpath
1951
as First Emigrant
I Married a Witch
1942
as Doorman (uncredited)
Never Say Goodbye
1946
as Policeman (uncredited)
Johnny Belinda
1948
as Ben (uncredited)
The Last Posse
1953
as Uncle Will
Student Tour
1934
as Jeff Kane
Backfire
1950
as Det. Sgt. Pluther (uncredited)
The Stoker
1932
as Dick Martin
Touchdown, Army
1938
as Pilot (uncredited)
The Show of Shows
1929
as Condemned Man (segment "Rifle Execution") (uncredited)
Skin Deep
1929
as Joe Daley
Union Pacific
1939
as Indian (uncredited)
Ghosts
1915
as Bohemian
Revelation
1924
as Paul Granville
Silver River
1948
as 'Buck' Chevigee
The Intruder
1933
as John Brandt
Road to Morocco
1942
as Kasim's Aide (uncredited)
Life with Father
1947
as The Policeman
Brass
1923
as Philip Baldwin
Action in the North Atlantic
1943
as Seaman (uncredited)
The Matrimaniac
1916
as Assistant Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Being Respectable
1924
as Charles Carpenter
The Mask of Dimitrios
1944
as Abdul Dhris
On Probation
1935
as Al Murray
The Time, The Place and The Girl
1946
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
Gentleman Jim
1942
as Gambler in "Lucky Guy"
M'Liss
1918
as Mexican Joe Dominguez
Broadway Rose
1922
as Tom Darcy
San Antonio
1945
as Cleve Andrews
Social Error
1935
as Dean Carter
Across the Pacific
1942
as Dan Morton
Rebellious Daughters
1938
as Charlie, alias Clint Houston
Cheyenne
1947
as Timberline
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938
as Passenger (uncredited)
Geronimo
1939
as Interpreter
Buffalo Stampede
1933
as Smiley
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
as Hamzulla Khan
Humoresque
1947
as Moving Man (uncredited)
Pacific Blackout
1941
as Colonel
Sharad of Atlantis
1936
as Unga Khan
The Man I Love
1946
as Cop (uncredited)
Edge of Darkness
1943
as Jens Petersen
Hangman's Knot
1952
as Maxwell
Treachery Rides the Range
1936
as Colonel Drummond
The Big Wheel
1949
as Deacon Jones
New York Town
1941
as McAuliffe (uncredited)
Road to Singapore
1940
as High Priest (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
1943
as Heckler (uncredited)
Sunset in Wyoming
1941
as Jim Hayes
Hell Town
1937
as Bart Hammond
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
as Bartender in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
Peacock Alley
1922
as Elmer Harmon
Mary of Scotland
1936
as Messenger
The Hard Way
1943
as Man in Audience (Uncredited)
The Unfaithful
1947
as Businessman with Hunter
The 13th Commandment
1920
as Bayard Kip
Conquest
1928
as Donald Overton
The Iroquois Trail
1950
as Chief Sagamore
So You Want to Play the Horses
1946
as The Colonel (uncredited)
The Great Train Robbery
1941
as The Super
Song of the Gringo
1936
as Sheriff
Hands Up
1918
Days of Jesse James
1939
as Train Passenger
The Sea Hornet
1951
as Lt. Drake
Those Who Dance
1930
as Dan Hogan
Flaxy Martin
1949
as Joe, Detective
Johanna Enlists
1918
as Pvt. Vibbard
This Side of the Law
1950
as The Sheriff
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945
as The Chef (uncredited)
Frontier Pony Express
1939
as Cherokee
Homicide
1949
as George, Sheriff
Orphans of the Storm
1921
as Danton
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
1940
as Pablo Slide Along
Young Bill Hickok
1940
as Marshal Evans
My Favorite Blonde
1942
as Policeman at Union Hall (uncredited)
The Affairs of Anatol
1921
as Abner Elliott
South of St. Louis
1949
as Capt. Jeffrey
Frontier Days
1945
as Ned-U.S. Marshal
Riders of Death Valley
1941
as Rance Davis
Moonlight and Honeysuckle
1921
as Ted Musgrove
Truck Busters
1943
as Scrappy O'Brien
The Marriage Circle
1924
as Dr. Franz Braun
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
1950
as Rice - Curry's Partner
Her Forgotten Past
1933
as Donald Thorne
King of Alcatraz
1938
as Officer
Born to the West
1937
as Bart Hammond
Secret Enemies
1942
as Hugo Mehl
Danger Signal
1945
as Policeman in Car
North to the Klondike
1942
as John Burke
Ride, Ranger, Ride
1936
as Duval, aka Chief Tavibo
Wild and Woolly
1917
as One of Wild Bill's Men (Uncredited)
Isle of Escape
1930
as Dave Wade
A Perfect Crime
1921
as Wally Griggs
Rose of Cimarron
1952
as Lone Eagle
The Only Road
1918
as Pedro Lupo
Souls at Sea
1937
as Mate
Three Desperate Men
1951
as Marshal Pete Coleman
Mademoiselle Midnight
1924
as Owen Burke / Jerry Brent
Shadow of a Woman
1946
as Mike, Police Lieutenant
The Younger Brothers
1949
as Deputy Joe
Loving Lies
1924
as Captain Dan stover
Snake River Desperadoes
1951
as Jim Haverly
Two Guys from Texas
1948
as Pete Nash
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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Most Popular Monte Blue Movies
- Casablanca (1943) — as American (uncredited)
- Apache (1954) — as Geronimo
- 'G' Men (1935) — as Fingerprint Expert
- The Birth of a Nation (1915) — as (uncredited)
- Colorado Territory (1949) — as U.S. Marshal (uncredited)
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