Monte Hale

Personal Info

Birthday

June 8, 1919

Day of Death

2009-03-29

(89 years old)

Place of Birth

Ada, Oklahoma, USA

Monte Hale

Biography

Monte Hale (born Samuel Buren Ely) was an American B-Western film star and country musician. Sometimes reported to have been born in San Angelo, Texas, he was actually born in Ada, Oklahoma but grew up in Shawnee, Oklahoma, attending Washington Grade School and Shawnee High School.

(Texas birthplace reportedly sounded better for the movies). After working as a laborer at various jobs in Ada and Enid OK Herod Ely settled in Shawnee and became an evangelist with the Church of God. His oldest son, Buren, was known to use his musical talent during his father's services.

Known For

Gunsmoke

Honey West

Giant

The Chase

Trail of Robin Hood

Pioneer Marshal

Along the Oregon Trail

The Big Bonanza

Filmography

1996
Return to 'Giant'
as Self
1976
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as (archive footage)
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
1966
The Chase
as Dental Delegate (uncredited)
1956
Giant
as Bale Clinch
1954
Yukon Vengeance
as Jim Barclay
1950
Trail of Robin Hood
as Monte Hale
The Missourians
as Marshal Bill Blades
The Old Frontier
as Barney Regan
The Vanishing Westerner
as Chris Adams
1949
Pioneer Marshal
as Marshal Ed Sherwood Posing as Ted Post
Ranger of Cherokee Strip
as Steve Howard
San Antone Ambush
as Lieutenant Ross Kincaid
South of Rio
as Jeff Lanning
Outcasts of the Trail
as Pat Garrett
Law of the Golden West
as Bill Cody
Prince of the Plains
as Bat Masterson
1948
Son of God’s Country
as Monte Hale
The Timber Trail
as Monte Hale
California Firebrand
as Monte Hale
1947
Under Colorado Skies
as Monte Hale
Along the Oregon Trail
as Monte Hale
Last Frontier Uprising
as Monte Hale
1946
Out California Way
as Monte Hale
Man from Rainbow Valley
as Monte Hale
Sun Valley Cyclone
as Jeff
Home on the Range
as Monte Hale
California Gold Rush
as Pete - Driver That Quits
The Phantom Rider
as Cass
1945
Colorado Pioneers
as Cowhand That Quits
Rough Riders of Cheyenne
as Ward Tuttle
The Purple Monster Strikes
as Dr. Harvey
Bandits of the Badlands
as Steve Carson
1944
The Big Bonanza
as The Singer