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Monte Blue
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Monte Blue

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1887 – 1963 · Indianapolis, Indiana, USA · Active 1915–1959

Born in 1887 in Indianapolis, Monte Blue began his career in the silent film era, transitioning from romantic leads to character roles. He appears as a rugged figure in The Thundering Herd (1933), a film that encapsulates the spirit of adventure and the Western genre. By the time he starred in Adventures of Don Juan (1948), Blue had established himself as a versatile actor capable of navigating both drama and action. His journey from a stuntman in D. W. Griffith's productions to a prominent actor reflects the evolution of early cinema and the diverse roles he embraced.

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The Thundering Herd

The Thundering Herd

1933 ★ 3.8
as Smiley

A buffalo hunter tries to stop a thief and his minions from stealing hides.

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Adventures of Don Juan (1948) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Adventures of Don Juan
1948 · ★7.0
Career Highlights Top 6 by popularity · TMDB
Casablanca (1943)
Casablanca
1943
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
The Birth of a Nation
1915
Key Largo (1948)
Key Largo
1948
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
I Married a Witch (1942)
I Married a Witch
1942
The Fountainhead (1949)
The Fountainhead
1949

Filmography

237 credits
1950s 24 credits
1959
Rawhide
TV ★ 7.2
1957
26 Men
TV ★ 5.0
1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV ★ 5.3
1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV ★ 6.8
1954
Apache as Geronimo
Movie ★ 6.1
1954
Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush as Sheriff
Movie ★ 7.0
1954
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
TV ★ 7.0
1953
The Last Posse as Uncle Will
Movie ★ 6.3
1953
Ride, Vaquero! as Bartender (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.1
1952
Rose of Cimarron as Lone Eagle
Movie ★ 5.6
1952
Hangman's Knot as Maxwell
Movie ★ 6.5
1952
Trail of the Arrow as (archive footage)
Movie ★ 9.0
1952
This Is Your Life as Self
TV ★ 6.5
1952
Mr. & Mrs. North
TV ★ 5.0
1951
Three Desperate Men as Marshal Pete Coleman
Movie ★ 5.5
1951
Warpath as First Emigrant
Movie ★ 6.0
1951
Gold Raiders as John Sawyer
Movie ★ 6.6
1951
Snake River Desperadoes as Jim Haverly
Movie ★ 4.9
1951
The Sea Hornet as Lt. Drake
Movie ★ 6.3
1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV ★ 5.3
1950
Backfire as Det. Sgt. Pluther (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.9
1950
This Side of the Law as The Sheriff
Movie ★ 4.8
1950
So You Want to Hold Your Husband as Rice - Curry's Partner
Movie ★ 9.0
1950
The Iroquois Trail as Chief Sagamore
Movie ★ 6.6
1940s 70 credits
1949
Flaxy Martin as Joe, Detective
Movie ★ 5.6
1949
Homicide as George, Sheriff
Movie ★ 5.7
1949
Colorado Territory as U.S. Marshal (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1949
The Younger Brothers as Deputy Joe
Movie ★ 7.5
1949
Ranger of Cherokee Strip as Chief Hunter
Movie ★ 10.0
1949
South of St. Louis as Capt. Jeffrey
Movie ★ 5.8
1949
The Big Wheel as Deacon Jones
Movie ★ 5.7
1949
The Blonde Bandit as Police Chief Ramsey
Movie ★ 6.2
1949
The Fountainhead as Gas Station Executive (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.8
1949
The Lone Ranger as Sheriff Stanton
TV ★ 6.8
1948
Key Largo as Sheriff Ben Wade
Movie ★ 7.5
1948
Johnny Belinda as Ben (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.8
1948
Silver River as 'Buck' Chevigee
Movie ★ 6.1
1948
Two Guys from Texas as Pete Nash
Movie ★ 8.0
1948
Adventures of Don Juan● as Turnkey (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.8
1947
Possessed as Norris
Movie ★ 6.9
1947
Life with Father as The Policeman
Movie ★ 6.7
1947
Cheyenne as Timberline
Movie ★ 7.0
1947
Bells of San Fernando as Governor Don Sebastian Fernando
Movie ★ 4.6
1947
Humoresque as Moving Man (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1947
Stallion Road as Horse Rancher (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.5
1947
The Unfaithful as Businessman with Hunter
Movie ★ 5.9
1946
Shadow of a Woman as Mike, Police Lieutenant
Movie ★ 4.5
1946
Cinderella Jones as Jailer
Movie ★ 3.8
1946
Two Guys from Milwaukee as Broadcast Director (uncredited)
Movie ★ 4.9
1946
The Time, The Place and The Girl as Stage Manager (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.7
1946
Never Say Goodbye as Policeman (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.3
1946
So You Want to Play the Horses as The Colonel (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.3
1946
The Man I Love as Cop (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.1
1945
The Horn Blows at Midnight as The Chef (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.8
1945
San Antonio as Cleve Andrews
Movie ★ 6.1
1945
Danger Signal as Policeman in Car
Movie ★ 6.0
1945
Frontier Days as Ned-U.S. Marshal
Movie ★ 7.0
1944
The Mask of Dimitrios as Abdul Dhris
Movie ★ 7.0
1944
Trial by Trigger as Brewster (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.5
1943
Northern Pursuit as Jean
Movie ★ 6.2
1943
Truck Busters as Scrappy O'Brien
Movie ★ 7.0
1943
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer as Bit Role
Movie ★ 7.0
1943
Casablanca as American (uncredited)
Movie ★ 8.1
1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars as Bartender in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.2
1943
Action in the North Atlantic as Seaman (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.1
1943
Edge of Darkness as Jens Petersen
Movie ★ 6.2
1943
Mission to Moscow as Heckler (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.7
1943
The Hard Way as Man in Audience (Uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.4
1942
The Hidden Hand as Matthews, the undertaker (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.8
1942
Across the Pacific as Dan Morton
Movie ★ 6.6
1942
Secret Enemies as Hugo Mehl
Movie ★ 5.8
1942
My Favorite Blonde as Policeman at Union Hall (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.4
1942
Gentleman Jim as Gambler in "Lucky Guy"
Movie ★ 7.2
1942
North to the Klondike as John Burke
Movie ★ 7.1
1942
Klondike Fury as Flight Dispatcher
Movie ★ 5.1
1942
I Married a Witch as Doorman (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.9
1942
The Remarkable Andrew as Policeman
Movie ★ 7.4
1942
Road to Morocco as Kasim's Aide (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.9
1942
Treat 'Em Rough as Police Captain
Movie ★ 8.0
1941
Bad Man of Deadwood as Sheriff Jordan
Movie ★ 5.3
1941
King of the Texas Rangers as Capt. Tom King Sr.
Movie ★ 7.0
1941
The Great Train Robbery as The Super
Movie ★ 8.3
1941
Sunset in Wyoming as Jim Hayes
Movie ★ 7.0
1941
Riders of Death Valley as Rance Davis
Movie ★ 6.8
1941
Law of the Timber as Hodge Mason
Movie ★ 7.0
1941
The Great Man's Lady as Man #2, Hoyt City
Movie ★ 6.3
1941
New York Town as McAuliffe (uncredited)
Movie ★ 8.5
1941
Pacific Blackout as Colonel
Movie ★ 6.5
1941
Scattergood Pulls the Strings as Ben Mott
Movie ★ 7.0
1940
Young Bill Hickok as Marshal Evans
Movie ★ 5.4
1940
Mystery Sea Raider as Captain Norberg
Movie ★ 6.0
1940
The Texas Rangers Ride Again as Pablo Slide Along
Movie ★ 5.6
1940
North West Mounted Police as Indian
Movie ★ 6.4
1940
Road to Singapore as High Priest (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.4
1930s 54 credits
1939
Dodge City as Barlow
Movie ★ 6.9
1939
Frontier Pony Express as Cherokee
Movie ★ 5.0
1939
Juarez as Lerdo de Tajada
Movie ★ 6.5
1939
Union Pacific as Indian (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.7
1939
Days of Jesse James as Train Passenger
Movie ★ 5.1
1939
Port of Hate as Hammond
Movie ★ 6.3
1939
Geronimo as Interpreter
Movie ★ 5.3
1939
Our Leading Citizen as Frank
Movie ★ 8.0
1938
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok as Mr. Cameron
Movie ★ 9.0
1938
Hawk of the Wilderness as Yellow Weasel
Movie ★ 7.0
1938
Tom Sawyer, Detective as Sheriff Walker
Movie ★ 5.6
1938
The Mysterious Rider as Cap Folsom
Movie ★ 7.3
1938
Rebellious Daughters as Charlie, alias Clint Houston
Movie ★ 6.0
1938
Illegal Traffic as Captain Moran
Movie ★ 6.6
1938
Cocoanut Grove as Undetermined Role
Movie ★ 9.0
1938
The Big Broadcast of 1938 as Passenger (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.4
1938
Touchdown, Army as Pilot (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.5
1938
King of Alcatraz as Officer
Movie ★ 6.0
1937
Born to the West as Bart Hammond
Movie ★ 4.8
1937
Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm as Joe Stafford
Movie ★ 5.8
1937
The Outcasts of Poker Flat as Indian Jim
Movie ★ 6.3
1937
Secret Agent X-9 as Baron Michael Karsten
Movie ★ 7.3
1937
Amateur Crook as Crone
Movie ★ 5.0
1937
Sky Racket as Benjamin Arnold
Movie ★ 3.8
1937
Souls at Sea as Mate
Movie ★ 6.5
1937
Hell Town as Bart Hammond
Movie
1936
Ride, Ranger, Ride as Duval, aka Chief Tavibo
Movie ★ 5.5
1936
Song of the Gringo as Sheriff
Movie ★ 6.0
1936
Treachery Rides the Range as Colonel Drummond
Movie ★ 4.0
1936
Desert Gold as Chetley 'Chet' Kasedon
Movie ★ 5.7
1936
Prison Shadows as Bert McNamee
Movie ★ 5.3
1936
Mary of Scotland as Messenger
Movie ★ 6.2
1936
A Million to One as John Kent Sr.
Movie ★ 5.0
1936
Sharad of Atlantis as Unga Khan
Movie ★ 4.5
1935
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer as Hamzulla Khan
Movie ★ 6.6
1935
Wanderer of the Wasteland as Guerd Larey
Movie ★ 6.0
1935
Nevada as Clem Dillon
Movie ★ 4.8
1935
The Test as Pepite La Joie
Movie ★ 4.3
1935
On Probation as Al Murray
Movie ★ 10.0
1935
'G' Men as Fingerprint Expert
Movie ★ 6.6
1935
Social Error as Dean Carter
Movie ★ 7.5
1935
Trails of the Wild as RCMP Larry Doyle
Movie ★ 8.0
1934
Wagon Wheels as Kenneth Murdock
Movie ★ 5.1
1934
Student Tour as Jeff Kane
Movie ★ 6.7
1934
The Last Round-up as Jack Kells
Movie ★ 8.0
1934
Come On, Marines! as Lt. Allen
Movie ★ 5.6
1933
Buffalo Stampede● as Smiley
Movie ★ 4.1
1933
The Intruder as John Brandt
Movie ★ 4.6
1933
Her Forgotten Past as Donald Thorne
Movie ★ 7.5
1932
Officer Thirteen as Tom Burke
Movie ★ 6.6
1932
The Stoker as Dick Martin
Movie ★ 7.0
1931
The Flood as David Bruce
Movie ★ 10.0
1930
Those Who Dance as Dan Hogan
Movie ★ 6.3
1930
Isle of Escape as Dave Wade
Movie ★ 6.5
1920s 54 credits
1929
Tiger Rose as Devlin
Movie ★ 7.0
1929
Skin Deep as Joe Daley
Movie ★ 3.3
1929
The Show of Shows as Condemned Man (segment "Rifle Execution") (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.8
1929
The Greyhound Limited as Monte
Movie ★ 8.0
1929
No Defense as Monte Collins
Movie ★ 10.0
1929
From Headquarters as Happy Smith
Movie ★ 8.0
1928
White Shadows in the South Seas as Dr. Matthew Lloyd
Movie ★ 6.7
1928
Conquest as Donald Overton
Movie ★ 8.0
1928
Across the Atlantic as Hugh Clayton
Movie ★ 9.0
1927
Life in Hollywood No. 4
Movie ★ 10.0
1927
The Black Diamond Express as Dan Foster
Movie ★ 9.0
1927
One-Round Hogan as Robert Emmet Hogan
Movie ★ 10.0
1927
Brass Knuckles as Zac Harrison
Movie ★ 10.0
1927
Bitter Apples as John Wyncote
Movie ★ 7.5
1927
The Bush Leaguer as Buchanan 'Specs' White
Movie ★ 10.0
1927
Wolf's Clothing as Barry Baline
Movie ★ 10.0
1927
The Brute as Martin 'Easy-Going' Sondes
Movie ★ 9.0
1926
So This Is Paris as Dr. Paul Giraud
Movie ★ 6.2
1926
Other Women's Husbands as Dick Lambert
Movie ★ 8.0
1926
Across the Pacific as Monte
Movie ★ 5.0
1926
The Man Upstairs as Geoffrey West
Movie ★ 8.0
1925
Kiss Me Again as Gaston Fleury
Movie ★ 7.0
1925
The Limited Mail as Bob Wilson / Bob Snobson
Movie ★ 10.0
1925
Red Hot Tires as Al Jones
Movie ★ 7.0
1925
Hogan's Alley as Lefty O'Brien
Movie ★ 10.0
1925
Recompense as Peter Graham
Movie ★ 8.0
1924
The Marriage Circle as Dr. Franz Braun
Movie ★ 6.3
1924
Mademoiselle Midnight as Owen Burke / Jerry Brent
Movie ★ 5.7
1924
How to Educate a Wife as Ernest Todd
Movie ★ 9.0
1924
Daughters of Pleasure as Kent Merrill
Movie ★ 8.0
1924
The Dark Swan as Lewis Dike
Movie ★ 8.0
1924
Revelation as Paul Granville
Movie ★ 9.0
1924
Being Respectable as Charles Carpenter
Movie ★ 9.0
1924
The Lover of Camille as Jean Gaspard Deburau
Movie ★ 10.0
1924
Loving Lies as Captain Dan stover
Movie ★ 9.0
1924
Her Marriage Vow as Bob Hilton
Movie ★ 10.0
1923
Main Street as Dr. Will Kennicott
Movie ★ 6.0
1923
Lucretia Lombard as Stephen Winship
Movie ★ 7.0
1923
Defying Destiny as Jack Fenton
Movie ★ 6.7
1923
The Purple Highway as Edgar Prentice, aka Edgar Craig
Movie ★ 10.0
1923
Brass as Philip Baldwin
Movie ★ 5.0
1922
My Old Kentucky Home as Richard Goodloe
Movie ★ 9.0
1922
Broadway Rose as Tom Darcy
Movie ★ 9.0
1922
Peacock Alley as Elmer Harmon
Movie ★ 10.0
1921
A Perfect Crime as Wally Griggs
Movie ★ 8.0
1921
The Affairs of Anatol as Abner Elliott
Movie ★ 5.9
1921
Orphans of the Storm as Danton
Movie ★ 6.8
1921
Moonlight and Honeysuckle as Ted Musgrove
Movie ★ 7.0
1921
A Broken Doll as Tommy Dawes
Movie ★ 9.0
1921
The Kentuckians as Boone Stallard
Movie ★ 9.0
1921
The Jucklins as Bill Hawes
Movie ★ 8.0
1920
The 13th Commandment as Bayard Kip
Movie ★ 9.0
1920
Something to Think About as Jim Dirk
Movie ★ 6.8
1920
A Cumberland Romance as Sherd Raines
Movie ★ 8.0
1910s 32 credits
1919
Too Much Johnson as Billy Lounsberry
Movie ★ 9.0
1919
Romance and Arabella as Harry Atteridge
Movie ★ 9.0
1919
Everywoman as Love
Movie ★ 8.0
1919
Told in the Hills as Kalitan
Movie ★ 7.0
1919
Pettigrew's Girl as Pvt. William Pettigrew
Movie ★ 8.0
1919
In Mizzoura as Sam Fowler
Movie ★ 8.0
1919
Rustling a Bride as Nick McCredie
Movie ★ 7.0
1918
Riders of the Night as 'The Killer' Jed
Movie ★ 7.0
1918
The Squaw Man as Happy
Movie ★ 5.8
1918
The Romance of Tarzan as Juan
Movie ★ 6.0
1918
Hands Up
Movie ★ 7.0
1918
100% American as Mayme's Army boyfriend
Movie ★ 7.0
1918
M'Liss as Mexican Joe Dominguez
Movie ★ 5.7
1918
Johanna Enlists as Pvt. Vibbard
Movie ★ 5.8
1918
The Goddess of Lost Lake as (uncredited)
Movie
1918
The Only Road as Pedro Lupo
Movie
1918
Till I Come Back to You as American Doughboy
Movie ★ 5.7
1918
The Red, Red Heart as Billy Porter
Movie
1917
The Man from Painted Post as Slim Carter
Movie ★ 4.8
1917
Jim Bludso as Joe Bowers
Movie
1917
Hands Up! as Dan Tracy
Movie
1917
Betsy's Burglar as Victor Gilpin
Movie
1917
Wild and Woolly as One of Wild Bill's Men (Uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.3
1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages as The Strike Leader
Movie ★ 7.1
1916
The Vagabond Prince as Peasant
Movie
1916
The Devil's Needle as Bartender (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.5
1916
The Matrimaniac as Assistant Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.5
1916
The Microscope Mystery as Jud
Movie
1915
Ghosts as Bohemian
Movie ★ 4.5
1915
Martyrs of the Alamo as Defender of the Alamo
Movie ★ 5.2
1915
The Birth of a Nation as (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.0
1915
The Noon Hour as Ada's Brother
Movie
Crew Credits
1910s 3 credits
1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages Second Assistant Director
Movie ★ 7.1
1915
The Birth of a Nation Assistant Director
Movie ★ 6.0
1915
The Birth of a Nation Stunts
Movie ★ 6.0