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.

Known For	Acting
Most Rating	1.985
Birthday	1887-01-10
Place of Birth	Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Also Known As	G.M. Blue, Gerard Montgomery "Monte" Blue, Gerard Montgomery Blue,

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Key Largo

Ride, Ranger, Ride

The Hidden Hand

Main Street

Riders of the Night

My Old Kentucky Home

Backfire

The Squaw Man

The Mask of Dimitrios

Three Desperate Men

Life with Father

Rose of Cimarron

Cheyenne

Apache

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Shadow of a Woman

This Side of the Law

Bad Man of Deadwood

Flaxy Martin

Tiger Rose

Life in Hollywood No. 4

A Perfect Crime

Song of the Gringo

Homicide

Across the Pacific

Trial by Trigger

White Shadows in the South Seas

Young Bill Hickok

Born to the West

Hangman's Knot

The Affairs of Anatol

The Romance of Tarzan

The Marriage Circle

Hands Up

Northern Pursuit

Colorado Territory

Truck Busters

The Black Diamond Express

Wagon Wheels

Wanderer of the Wasteland

Nevada

Bells of San Fernando

Treachery Rides the Range

The Younger Brothers

Warpath

Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm

Officer Thirteen

The Thundering Herd

Secret Enemies

Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer

The Test

Ranger of Cherokee Strip

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

Secret Agent X-9

The Stoker

Desert Gold

The Intruder

Humoresque

Prison Shadows

Mystery Sea Raider

Gold Raiders

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Amateur Crook

On Probation

South of St. Louis

Hawk of the Wilderness

King of the Texas Rangers

Her Forgotten Past

Lucretia Lombard

Sky Racket

Student Tour

The Last Round-up

Tom Sawyer, Detective

Souls at Sea

My Favorite Blonde

The Mysterious Rider

The Last Posse

Rebellious Daughters

Casablanca