Monte Montague
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Walter Harry "Monte" Montague[1][2] (April 23, 1891 – April 6, 1959)[1] was an American film actor and stuntman.[3][4] He appeared in more than 190 films between 1920 and 1954.
Early life
Born in Somerset, Kentucky and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio,[1][5][6][7][8][9] Montague was one of four children born to Nannie Davis and Oliver H. Montague.[7][10][11]
A circus tumbler at age seven,[4] Montague was eventually recognized as among "filmdom's most noted circus clowns", as well as "one of the best screen comedians in the profession."[12] The years preceding his 1920 screen debut featured stints with Ringling Brothers, Hagenbech and Wallace, Barnum and Bailey, Al G. Barnes, Sells Floto, and Cooper and Lentz.[13]
Personal life and death
On February 13, 1923, Montague married Mary Margaret Basolo.[14][15] They had one child, Mary Louise Montague,[11] who worked briefly as a child actress in films during the 1920s,[16] appearing at least once—billed alternately as "Baby Montague" or "Monte Mongtague Jr."—alongside her father, in 1927's The Rambling Ranger.[17][18]
Montague died in 1959 at age 67, in Burbank, California,[3] survived by his wife, his mother, his daughter, and all three siblings.[11]
Partial filmography
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- Elmo the Fearless (1920)
- The Flaming Disc (1920)
- A Western Demon (1922)
- The Three Buckaroos (1922)
- Peaceful Peters (1922)
- The Great Circus Mystery (1925)
- Ace of Spades (1925)
- The Scarlet Streak (1925)
- The Radio Detective (1926)
- The Mystery Club (1926)
- The Wild Horse Stampede (1926)
- Hey! Hey! Cowboy (1927)
- Range Courage (1927)
- Rough and Ready (1927)
- Blake of Scotland Yard (1927)
- The Noose (1928)
- Clearing the Trail (1928)
- The Price of Fear (1928)
- The Danger Rider (1928)
- King of the Rodeo (1929)
- The Diamond Master (1929)
- The Tip Off (1929)
- The Ace of Scotland Yard (1929)
- Courtin' Wildcats (1929)
- Trigger Tricks (1930)
- The Lonesome Trail (1930)
- The Spell of the Circus (1931)
- The Hawk (1931)
- Finger Prints (1931)
- Heroes of the Flames (1931)
- Quick Trigger Lee (1931)
- Trapped (1931)
- The Shadow of the Eagle (1932)
- Texas Cyclone (1932)
- Impatient Maiden (1932)
- The Vanishing Shadow (1934)
- The Red Rider (1934)
- Rocky Rhodes (1934)
- Song of the Saddle (1936)
- Treachery Rides the Range (1936)
- Tarzan Escapes (1936)
- Guns of the Pecos (1937)
- Riders of the Black Hills (1938)
- Pals of the Saddle (1938)
- The Renegade Ranger (1938)
- Code of the Streets (1939)
- Racketeers of the Range (1939)
- Allegheny Uprising (1939)
- Arizona Legion (1939)
- The Rookie Cop (1939)
- Wagon Train (1940)
- Young Bill Hickok (1940)
- The Apache Kid (1941)
- Man from Cheyenne (1942)
- The Cyclone Kid (1942)
- The Phantom Plainsmen (1942)
- Thundering Hoofs (1942)
- Rustlers (1949)
- The Pecos Pistol (1949)
- The Last Musketeer (1952)
- Calamity Jane (1953)
References
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- ↑ a b c Katchmer, George A. (2002). A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 264. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W94Z-LMZM : Fri Mar 08 22:27:27 UTC 2024), Entry for Walter Harry Montague, 10 February 1919.
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Baxter, John (1974). Stunt; The Story of the Great Movie Stunt Men. Garden City, NY: Doubleday. p. 153. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ "A Deserted Husband". The Cincinnati Post. April 13, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
- ↑ Snapshots: Street Railway Co. Beaten; Doings of the Police — Court Decisions and New Suits Filed; Police Pickings". The Cincinnati Enquirer. April 14, 1894. p. 16. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
- ↑ a b "United States Census, 1900", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM8X-M4V : Fri Nov 08 01:19:30 UTC 2024), Entry for Oliver H Montague and Nannie Montague, 1900.
- ↑ "Bankrupts Discharged". The Cincinnati Enquirer. April 1, 1902. p. 12. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
- ↑ "185 Are Called". The Cincinnati Post. July 16, 1918. p. 2. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
- ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPC4-8YN : 26 November 2014), Walter H Montague, 06 Apr 1959; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
- ↑ a b c "Obituaries: Walter H. Montague". The Los Angeles Times. April 9, 1959. pt. III, p. 10. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
- ↑ "Hoot Gibson and Big Cast Due in 'Wild West Show'". Star Valley Independent. February 22, 1929. p. 1. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
- ↑ "Amusements: New Circus Serial at Lyric". The Urbana Daily Citizen. May 21, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
- ↑ "Turning the Pages Back: Five Years Ago". Burbank Daily Evening Review. February 25, 1928. p. 2. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
- ↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1953", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8NS-CHG : Fri Mar 08 15:32:21 UTC 2024), Entry for Walter Harry Montague and Mary Margaret Basolo, 13 February 1923.
- ↑ "Current Boise Offerings: The Gambling Fool". The Idaho Statesman. December 11, 1927. pt. III, p. 8. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
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- ↑ Munden, Kenneth White (9719). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930, Part 1. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. p. 632. Template:ISBN.
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External links
- Monte Montague at IMDbTemplate:EditAtWikidataScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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