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Monte Hale (1919–2009)

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American B-Western star and singing cowboy Monte Hale was born Samuel Buren Ely in 1919 in Ada, Oklahoma, to Herod and Helen Ely. He learned to sing and play guitar at an early age. In Houston and later Galveston, Texas, he played for vaudeville shows and local rodeos. During World War II a job as a... See full bio »

Born:

Samuel Buren Ely
in Ada, Oklahoma, USA

Died:

(age 89) in Studio City, California, USA
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1959-1968 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Bank Teller / Horseman / Sgt.
– Uncle Finney (1968) … Bank Teller
– Target (1959) … Horseman (uncredited)
– Blue Horse (1959) … Sgt.
 
1966 The Chase (uncredited)
 
1966 Honey West (TV series)
Sheriff Johnson
– How Brillig, O, Beamish Boy (1966) … Sheriff Johnson
 
1959 The Texan (TV series)
Loomis
– Image of Guilt (1959) … Loomis
 
1958 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV series)
Sergeant Bergman
– The Deserter (1958) … Sergeant Bergman
 
1958 Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (TV series)
Doyle Fetcher
– The Runaway Wizard (1958) … Doyle Fetcher
 
1956 Giant
Bale Clinch
 
1954 Yukon Vengeance
Jim Barclay
 
1950 Trail of Robin Hood
Monte Hale
 
1950 The Missourians
Marshal Bill Blades
 
1950 The Old Frontier
Barney Regan
 
1950 The Vanishing Westerner
Chris Adams
 
1949 Pioneer Marshal
Marshal Ed Sherwood Posing as Ted Post
 
1949 Ranger of Cherokee Strip
Steve Howard
 
1949 San Antone Ambush
Lieutenant Ross Kincaid
 
1949 South of Rio
Jeff Lanning
 
1949 Outcasts of the Trail
Pat Garrett
 
1949 Law of the Golden West
Bill Cody
 
1949 Prince of the Plains
Bat Masterson
 
1948 Son of God's Country
U.S. Marshal Monte Hale
 
1948 The Timber Trail
Monte Hale
 
1948 California Firebrand
Monte Hale
 
1947 Under Colorado Skies
Monte Hale
 
1947 Along the Oregon Trail
Monte Hale
 
1947 Last Frontier Uprising
Monte Hale
 
1946 Out California Way
Monte Hale
 
1946 The Man from Rainbow Valley
Monte Hale
 
1946 Sun Valley Cyclone
Jeff
 
1946 Home on the Range
Monte Hale
 
1946 California Gold Rush
Pete - Driver That Quits
 
1946 The Phantom Rider
Cowboy Cass [Ch. 1]
 
1945 Colorado Pioneers
Cowhand That Quits
 
1945 Rough Riders of Cheyenne
Ward Tuttle
 
1945 Bandits of the Badlands
Dr. Steve Carson
 
1945 The Purple Monster Strikes
Dr. Harvey [Chs. 13-14]
 
1945 Oregon Trail
Train Passenger (uncredited)
 
1945 Steppin' in Society
 
1945 The Topeka Terror
Settler (uncredited)
 
1944 The Big Bonanza
The Singer
 
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1950 The Missourians (performer: "Roll Along, Wagon Wheels")
 
1950 The Vanishing Westerner (performer: "There's No Use of Worryin'", "When You Sing Out With a Song")
 
1949 Law of the Golden West (performer: "That's the Place Where I Want To Stay")
 
1948 The Timber Trail (performer: "The Timber Trail", "When Your Heart's on Easy Street" - uncredited)
 
1948 California Firebrand (performer: "Streets of Laredo The Cowboy's Lament", "When the Work is all Done This Fall")
 
1947 Last Frontier Uprising (performer: "The Song of the Trail", "Press Along Cowboy To the Big Corral", "You're the Sweetest Rose in Texas")
 
1946 Out California Way (performer: "Detour")
 
1946 The Man from Rainbow Valley (performer: "The Man in the Moon Is A Cowhand")
 
1946 Home on the Range (performer: "Happy-Go-Lucky Cowboy", "Down at the Old Hoe-Down", "Home on the Range")
 
1945 Rough Riders of Cheyenne (performer: "The Old Chisholm Trail")
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2007 Gene Autry: White Hat, Silver Screen (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
2003 Return to 'Giant' (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (4 titles)
2007 Gene Autry: White Hat, Silver Screen (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Return to 'Giant' (video documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Gene Autry, Melody of the West (documentary)
Himself
 
1978 America 2-Night (TV series)
Himself
– Monty Hale (1978) … Himself
 
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1976 Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
 
1976 It's Showtime (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1966 D-Day on Mars (TV movie)
Harvey (uncredited)
 
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Personal Details

Height:

6' 5" (1.96 m)
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Personal Quote:

[on Roy Barcroft] . . . the most likable, kindly, soft-spoken gentleman you ever crossed trails with. But when the cameras started rolling, he was the meanest, low-down, orneriest son-of-a-gun on the face of the earth. He always made the leading man look really good, no matter with whom he was working. He could always handle his part with the best of actors. See more »

Trivia:

Groomed by Republic to replace Gene Autry, after the cowboy star decided to leave the studio. Monte became a top B-western box office draw in the late '40s along with Autry, Roy Rogers and Eddie Dean, appearing in nearly three dozen westerns in only half a decade. See more »

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