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 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.

Cast

Sheriff Ben Wade

Ride, Ranger, Ride

Duval, aka Chief Tavibo

The Hidden Hand

Matthews, the undertaker (uncredited)

Dr. Will Kennicott

Riders of the Night

'The Killer' Jed

My Old Kentucky Home

Richard Goodloe

Det. Sgt. Pluther (uncredited)

The Mask of Dimitrios

Three Desperate Men

Marshal Pete Coleman

Life with Father

Rose of Cimarron

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Shadow of a Woman

Mike, Police Lieutenant

This Side of the Law

Bad Man of Deadwood

Life in Hollywood No. 4

A Perfect Crime

Song of the Gringo

George, Sheriff

Across the Pacific

Trial by Trigger

Brewster (uncredited)

White Shadows in the South Seas

Dr. Matthew Lloyd

Young Bill Hickok

Born to the West

The Affairs of Anatol

The Romance of Tarzan

The Marriage Circle

Dr. Franz Braun

Northern Pursuit

Colorado Territory

U.S. Marshal (uncredited)

Scrappy O'Brien

The Black Diamond Express

Kenneth Murdock

Wanderer of the Wasteland

Bells of San Fernando

Governor Don Sebastian Fernando

Treachery Rides the Range

Colonel Drummond

The Younger Brothers

Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm

Officer Thirteen

Buffalo Stampede

Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer

Ranger of Cherokee Strip

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

Secret Agent X-9

Baron Michael Karsten

Chetley 'Chet' Kasedon

Moving Man (uncredited)

Mystery Sea Raider

Captain Norberg

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

South of St. Louis

Hawk of the Wilderness

King of the Texas Rangers

Capt. Tom King Sr.

Her Forgotten Past

Lucretia Lombard

Stephen Winship

Benjamin Arnold

The Last Round-up

Tom Sawyer, Detective

My Favorite Blonde

Policeman at Union Hall (uncredited)

The Mysterious Rider

Rebellious Daughters

Charlie, alias Clint Houston

American (uncredited)

Illegal Traffic

Mayme's Army boyfriend

Mexican Joe Dominguez

Mademoiselle Midnight

Owen Burke / Jerry Brent

So This Is Paris

Dr. Paul Giraud

Orphans of the Storm

The Man from Painted Post

Mary of Scotland

How to Educate a Wife

Daughters of Pleasure

Defying Destiny

The Limited Mail

Bob Wilson / Bob Snobson

Other Women's Husbands

The Horn Blows at Midnight

The Chef (uncredited)

Moonlight and Honeysuckle

The 13th Commandment

Undetermined Role

Fingerprint Expert

Cinderella Jones

Frontier Pony Express

Lerdo de Tajada

Indian (uncredited)

Days of Jesse James

Train Passenger

Gambler in "Lucky Guy"

Trail of the Arrow

(archive footage)

Ben (uncredited)

Johanna Enlists

The Great Train Robbery

A Million to One

North to the Klondike

Those Who Dance

Sunset in Wyoming

Something to Think About

Riders of Death Valley

Sharad of Atlantis

Law of the Timber

One-Round Hogan

Robert Emmet Hogan

Trails of the Wild

RCMP Larry Doyle

The Texas Rangers Ride Again

Pablo Slide Along

Snake River Desperadoes

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

The Strike Leader

North West Mounted Police

The Big Broadcast of 1938

Passenger (uncredited)

Road to Singapore

High Priest (uncredited)

The Goddess of Lost Lake

So You Want to Hold Your Husband

Rice - Curry's Partner

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Bartender in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)

Two Guys from Milwaukee

Broadcast Director (uncredited)

Flight Dispatcher

The Time, The Place and The Girl

Stage Manager (uncredited)

The Show of Shows

Condemned Man (segment "Rifle Execution") (uncredited)

Never Say Goodbye

Policeman (uncredited)

Our Leading Citizen

The Iroquois Trail

The Vagabond Prince

I Married a Witch

Doorman (uncredited)

The Blonde Bandit

Police Chief Ramsey

The Devil's Needle

Bartender (uncredited)

Betsy's Burglar

Horse Rancher (uncredited)

The Matrimaniac

Assistant Hotel Manager (uncredited)

'Buck' Chevigee

The Great Man's Lady

Man #2, Hoyt City

Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush

Martyrs of the Alamo

Defender of the Alamo

The Greyhound Limited

Come On, Marines!

The Birth of a Nation

McAuliffe (uncredited)

The Remarkable Andrew

Pacific Blackout

Touchdown, Army

Pilot (uncredited)

From Headquarters

The Purple Highway

Edgar Prentice, aka Edgar Craig

King of Alcatraz

Action in the North Atlantic

Seaman (uncredited)

Two Guys from Texas

Edge of Darkness

Mission to Moscow

Heckler (uncredited)

Businessman with Hunter

Policeman in Car

Ned-U.S. Marshal

Across the Pacific

So You Want to Play the Horses

The Colonel (uncredited)

Being Respectable

Charles Carpenter

The Lover of Camille

Jean Gaspard Deburau

Scattergood Pulls the Strings

Road to Morocco

Kasim's Aide (uncredited)

The Fountainhead

Gas Station Executive (uncredited)

Man in Audience (Uncredited)

Too Much Johnson

Billy Lounsberry

Captain Dan stover

The Microscope Mystery

Romance and Arabella

Harry Atteridge

Till I Come Back to You

American Doughboy

Wild and Woolly

One of Wild Bill's Men (Uncredited)

The Man Upstairs

Across the Atlantic

The Kentuckians

The Bush Leaguer

Buchanan 'Specs' White

Adventures of Don Juan

Turnkey (uncredited)

Her Marriage Vow

Cop (uncredited)

Told in the Hills

Wolf's Clothing

Martin 'Easy-Going' Sondes

Bartender (uncredited)

A Cumberland Romance

Pettigrew's Girl

Pvt. William Pettigrew

Crew

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Second Assistant Director

The Birth of a Nation

Assistant Director, Stunts