Monte Blue
Acting
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.
White Shadows in the South Seas
as Dr. Matthew Lloyd
Age 41 (now 76)
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
as Bit Role
Age 55 (now 76)
Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush
as Sheriff
Age 66 (now 76)
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
as Rice - Curry's Partner
Age 63 (now 76)
Bells of San Fernando
as Governor Don Sebastian Fernando
Age 60 (now 76)
The Time, The Place and The Girl
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
Age 59 (now 76)
So You Want to Play the Horses
as The Colonel (uncredited)
Age 59 (now 76)
Two Guys from Milwaukee
as Broadcast Director (uncredited)
Age 59 (now 76)
The Horn Blows at Midnight
as The Chef (uncredited)
Age 58 (now 76)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Bartender in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
Age 56 (now 76)
Action in the North Atlantic
as Seaman (uncredited)
Age 56 (now 76)
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
as Bit Role
Age 55 (now 76)
My Favorite Blonde
as Policeman at Union Hall (uncredited)
Age 55 (now 76)
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
as Pablo Slide Along
Age 53 (now 76)
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as Mr. Cameron
Age 51 (now 76)
The Big Broadcast of 1938
as Passenger (uncredited)
Age 51 (now 76)
The Show of Shows
as Condemned Man (segment "Rifle Execution") (uncredited)
Age 42 (now 76)
White Shadows in the South Seas
as Dr. Matthew Lloyd
Age 41 (now 76)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Second Assistant Director
Age 29 (now 76) Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as The Strike Leader
Age 29 (now 76)
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
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Also Known As
G.M. Blue, Gerard Montgomery "Monte" Blue, Gerard Montgomery Blue
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