Monte Blue

Birth Name:

Gerard Montgomery Bluefeather

Birth Place:

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Profession

Actor, Stunts, Assistant director

Worked as a reporter, miner, cowhand, and circus performer before getting involved in the film industry
Made his screen acting debut as an extra and stuntman in the film "The Birth of a Nation" in 1915
Quote: "(On transitioning from silent star to character actor): "I looked in the mirror and saw I was no little Lord Fauntleroy․ I decided to build my new career on rock instead of sand․ So I started out at the bottom as an extra․""
After retiring from film, he worked as a press agent for the Hamid-Morton Circus
Best known for his role as Sheriff Ben Wade in "Key Largo" and as Dr․ Matthew Lloyd in "White Shadows in the South Seas․"
During his later career he appeared on television series like "Rawhide," "The Lone Ranger," and "Wagon Trail․"
Was a stunt double for DeWolf Hopper in "Don Quixote" and for Sir Herbert Beerbohm in 1916's "Macbeth․"

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