14 Facts About Monte Blue

Gerard Montgomery Blue was an American film actor who began his career as a romantic lead in the silent era; and for decades after the advent of sound, he continued to perform as a supporting player in a wide range of motion pictures.

Monte Blue had three brothers; Charles Bertram, Leroy, and William Morris.

Monte Blue's father was a Civil War veteran, and served as a scout for Buffalo Bill.

Monte Blue eventually worked his way through Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Monte Blue had no theatrical experience when he came to the screen.

Monte Blue's first movie was The Birth of a Nation, in which he was a stuntman and an extra.

Monte Blue was a stuntman or stand-in for Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree during the making of Macbeth.

Griffith and Cecil B DeMille, Blue earned his breakthrough role as Danton in Orphans of the Storm, starring sisters Lillian and Dorothy Gish.

Monte Blue portrayed the alcoholic doctor who finds paradise in MGM's White Shadows in the South Seas.

Monte Blue became one of the few silent stars to survive the sound revolution; however, he lost his investments in the stock market crash of 1929.

Monte Blue rebuilt his career as a character actor, working until his retirement from films in 1954, and he played character roles in various television series until 1960, mostly Westerns, such as Annie Oakley.

Monte Blue divorced his first wife in 1923 and married Tova Jansen the following year.

Monte Blue had two children, Barbara Ann and Richard Monte.

Monte Blue is interred next to his mother-in-law, actress Bodil Rosing, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.