- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 8, 1919
- Place of Birth
- Ada, Oklahoma, USA
- Died
- March 29, 2009
Monte Hale
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. The boy had gathered pecans and picked cotton to earn money to buy his first guitar. Soon he was singing and playing the guitar wherever he could find an audience. His parents had divorced and both had remarried with youngest brother Bobby going with his mother. In 1934, 16-year-old Buren left home as many boys did during th…
Filmography
movieReturn to 'Giant'
1996 · Self
movieMeanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976 · (archive footage)
movieIt's Showtime
1976 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Chase
1966 · Dental Delegate (uncredited)
tvHoney West
1965 · Sheriff Johnson
tvThe Texan
1958
movieGiant
1956 · Bale Clinch
tvGunsmoke
1955 · Sgt., Bank Teller
movieYukon Vengeance
1954 · Jim Barclay
tvThe Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
movieTrail of Robin Hood
1950 · Monte Hale
movieThe Missourians
1950 · Marshal Bill Blades
movieThe Old Frontier
1950 · Barney Regan
movieThe Vanishing Westerner
1950 · Chris Adams
moviePioneer Marshal
1949 · Marshal Ed Sherwood Posing as Ted Post
movieRanger of Cherokee Strip
1949 · Steve Howard
movieSan Antone Ambush
1949 · Lieutenant Ross Kincaid
movieSouth of Rio
1949 · Jeff Lanning
movieOutcasts of the Trail
1949 · Pat Garrett
movieLaw of the Golden West
1949 · Bill Cody
moviePrince of the Plains
1949 · Bat Masterson
movieSon of God’s Country
1948 · Monte Hale
movieThe Timber Trail
1948 · Monte Hale
movieCalifornia Firebrand
1948 · Monte Hale
movieUnder Colorado Skies
1947 · Monte Hale
movieAlong the Oregon Trail
1947 · Monte Hale
movieLast Frontier Uprising
1947 · Monte Hale
movieOut California Way
1946 · Monte Hale
movieMan from Rainbow Valley
1946 · Monte Hale
movieSun Valley Cyclone
1946 · Jeff
movieHome on the Range
1946 · Monte Hale
movieCalifornia Gold Rush
1946 · Pete - Driver That Quits
movieThe Phantom Rider
1946 · Cass
movieColorado Pioneers
1945 · Cowhand That Quits
movieRough Riders of Cheyenne
1945 · Ward Tuttle
movieThe Purple Monster Strikes
1945 · Dr. Harvey
movieBandits of the Badlands
1945 · Steve Carson
movieThe Big Bonanza
1944 · The Singer