Monty Banks

Personal Info

Birthday

July 14, 1897

Day of Death

1950-01-07

(52 years old)

Place of Birth

Cesena, Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Also Known As

Montague 'Monty' Banks

Montague Banks

Mario Bianchi

Frenchie Bianchi

Monty Banks

Biography

Monty Banks was a short, stocky but somehow debonair Italian-born comic actor, later also writer and director. In the US from 1914, he first appeared on stage in musical comedy and cabaret.

By 1917 he was working as a dancer in New York's Dominguez Cafe. After this he turned to films, acting and doing stunt work at Keystone, Universal and for Al Christie. Changing his name from Mario Bianchi to Monty Banks may have been prompted by Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as a passing reference to his playing '"montebanks".

Known For

Blood and Sand

A Bell for Adano

You Made Me Love You

Atlantic

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

Too Much Johnson

The Church Mouse

A Perfect Gentleman

Filmography

1961
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
1952
Elstree Story
as Himself
1951
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
as (archive footage)
1945
A Bell for Adano
as Giuseppe
1941
Blood and Sand
as Antonio Lopez
1940
Olympic Honeymoon
as Orban
1936
Queen of Hearts
as Montague Banking
1935
Man of the Moment
as Doctor
So You Won't Talk
as Tony
1934
The Church Mouse
as Harry Blump, the Window Washer (uncredited)
Falling in Love
as Film Director
The Girl in Possession
as Caruso
1933
You Made Me Love You
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Heads We Go
as Chauffeur
1932
For the Love of Mike
as Chef
1931
Tonight's the Night - Pass It On
as Convict
1929
Atlantic
as Dandy
The Compulsory Husband
as Monty
Week-End Wives
as Max Ammon
1928
Adam's Apple
as Monty Adams
A Perfect Gentleman
as Monty Brooks
1927
Flying Luck
as The Boy
Chasing Choo Choos
as Monty
Horse Shoes
as Monty Milde
Play Safe
as The Boy
1926
Atta Boy
as Monty Milde
1925
Africa F.O.B.
as Monty Banks, the Stranger
Keep Smiling
as The Boy
1924
The Golf Bug
as Monty
A Wild Goose Chase
as Monty
Pay or Move
as Monty
Wedding Bells
as The Groom
1923
Taxi Please
as The Taxi Driver
The Covered Schooner
as The Boy
Paging Love
as The Encyclopedia Salesman
Love's Handicap
as The Watchful Waiter
Oils Well!
as Monty, the Office Force
1922
Brilliantine the Bull Fighter
as Adolph Brilliantino
1921
Cleaned and Dry
as The Dry Cleaner Delivery Wagon Driver
Fresh Air
as The boy
In and Out
as Mr. Newlywed
A Bedroom Scandal
as A Husband
Where Is My Wife?
as The Jealous Husband
1920
Nearly Married
as Count Up / Mac Aroni
A Flivver Wedding
as The Boy
The Garage
as Man with Dog (uncredited)
1919
Too Much Johnson
as Leon Dathis
The Grocery Clerk
as The Tow Gusher, a 'He Vamp'
Don't Park Here
as A Rival
Her First False Hare
as Unnamed
Coppers and Scents
as Sherlock McNutt
Love
as Farmhand
1918
A Scrap of Paper
as Soldier
The Belles of Liberty
as Harold Hatband (Son) as Frenchie Bianchi
A Blind Pig
as French Salesman
1916
The Purple Mask
as Jack Elliot & Jacques, Patricia's Butler (as Mario Bianchi)