- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- July 14, 1897
- Place of Birth
- Cesena, Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
- Died
- January 7, 1950
Monty Banks
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". By 1919 Banks had moved to Vitagraph to play a villain in The Grocery Clerk (1919), foil to star comic Larry Semon. Banks first came to the fore in his own right as star of the "Welcome Comedies" made by Warner Brothers. He spent the early 1920s at Fox and Grand Asher, graduating to writing and directing two-reel comedies with himself as the star. Most noteworthy entries in regard to …
Filmography
movieDays of Thrills and Laughter
1961 · Self (archive footage)
Elstree Story
movieElstree Story
1952 · Himself
movieThe Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951 · (archive footage)
movieA Bell for Adano
1945 · Giuseppe
movieGreat Guns
1941 · Director
movieBlood and Sand
1941 · Antonio Lopez
Olympic Honeymoon
movieOlympic Honeymoon
1940 · Orban, Writer
movieShipyard Sally
1939 · , Director
movieWe're Going to Be Rich
1938 · Director
movieKeep Smiling
1938 · Director
movieQueen of Hearts
1936 · Montague Banking, Director
movieKeep Your Seats, Please
1936 · Director
movieNo Limit
1935 · Director
movieMan of the Moment
1935 · Doctor, Director
Hello, Sweetheart
movieHello, Sweetheart
1935 · Director
movie18 Minutes
1935 · Director
movieSo You Won't Talk
1935 · Tony
Father and Son
movieFather and Son
1935 · Director
movieThe Church Mouse
1934 · Harry Blump, the Window Washer (uncredited), Director
Votre sourire
movieVotre sourire
1934 · Director
Falling in Love
movieFalling in Love
1934 · Film Director
The Girl in Possession
movieThe Girl in Possession
1934 · Caruso, Director, Writer
movieYou Made Me Love You
1933 · Taxi Driver (uncredited), Director
movieHeads We Go
1933 · Chauffeur, Director
movieLeave It to Me
1933 · , Director
movieLove and Luck
1932 · Director
movieFor the Love of Mike
1932 · Chef, Director
movieThe Tenderfoot
1932 · Adaptation
movieMoney for Nothing
1932 · Director
movieTonight's the Night - Pass It On
1931 · Convict, Director
moviePoor Old Bill
1931 · Director
My Wife's Family
movieMy Wife's Family
1931 · Director
movieWhat a Night!
1931 · Director, Producer
movieOld Soldiers Never Die
1931 · Director, Producer
movieThe Black Hand Gang
1930 · Director
movieAlmost a Honeymoon
1930 · Director, Writer
movieWhy Sailors Leave Home
1930 · Director
movieKiss Me Sergeant
1930 · Director
His First Car
movieHis First Car
1930 · Director
movieNot So Quiet on the Western Front
1930 · Director
The Jerry Builders
movieThe Jerry Builders
1930 · Director
The New Waiter
movieThe New Waiter
1930 · Director
The Musical Beauty Shop
movieThe Musical Beauty Shop
1930 · Director
Amateur Night in London
movieAmateur Night in London
1930 · Director, Writer
Eve's Fall
movieEve's Fall
1930 · Director
movieAtlantic
1929 · Dandy
movieThe Compulsory Husband
1929 · Monty, Director
Week-End Wives
movieWeek-End Wives
1929 · Max Ammon
movieCocktails
1928 · Director
movieAdam's Apple
1928 · Monty Adams
movieA Perfect Gentleman
1928 · Monty Brooks
movieFlying Luck
1927 · The Boy
movieChasing Choo Choos
1927 · Monty, Story
movieHorse Shoes
1927 · Monty Milde, Screenplay, Story, Executive Producer
moviePlay Safe
1927 · The Boy, Story
movieAtta Boy
1926 · Monty Milde, Executive Producer
movieAfrica F.O.B.
1925 · Monty Banks, the Stranger
movieKeep Smiling
1925 · The Boy, Writer
movieHome Cooking
1924
The Golf Bug
movieThe Golf Bug
1924 · Monty
A Wild Goose Chase
movieA Wild Goose Chase
1924 · Monty
Pay or Move
moviePay or Move
1924 · Monty, Producer
Wedding Bells
movieWedding Bells
1924 · The Groom
Hot Sands
movieHot Sands
1924 · , Director
Taxi Please
movieTaxi Please
1923 · The Taxi Driver
The Covered Schooner
movieThe Covered Schooner
1923 · The Boy
moviePaging Love
1923 · The Encyclopedia Salesman
Love's Handicap
movieLove's Handicap
1923 · The Watchful Waiter
movieOils Well!
1923 · Monty, the Office Force, Producer
movieAlways Late
1923
movieSix A.M.
1923
movieBrilliantine the Bull Fighter
1922 · Adolph Brilliantino
Derby Day
movieDerby Day
1922
Cleaned and Dry
movieCleaned and Dry
1921 · The Dry Cleaner Delivery Wagon Driver
movieFresh Air
1921 · The boy
In and Out
movieIn and Out
1921 · Mr. Newlywed
A Bedroom Scandal
movieA Bedroom Scandal
1921 · A Husband
movieWhere Is My Wife?
1921 · The Jealous Husband
movieNearly Married
1920 · Count Up / Mac Aroni
movieA Flivver Wedding
1920 · The Boy
movieThe Garage
1920 · Man with Dog (uncredited)
movieThe Grocery Clerk
1919 · The Tow Gusher, a 'He Vamp'
movieToo Much Johnson
1919 · Leon Dathis
movieThe Head Waiter
1919 · Dinning Customer
movieDon't Park Here
1919 · A Rival
movieOne Night Only
1919
movieHer First False Hare
1919 · Unnamed
movieCoppers and Scents
1919 · Sherlock McNutt
movieLove
1919 · Farmhand
movieCamping Out
1919
movieThe Sheriff
1918
A Scrap of Paper
movieA Scrap of Paper
1918 · Soldier
movieThe Belles of Liberty
1918 · Harold Hatband (Son) as Frenchie Bianchi
movieA Blind Pig
1918 · French Salesman
Did She Do Wrong?
movieDid She Do Wrong?
1918
movieThe Purple Mask
1916 · Jack Elliot & Jacques, Patricia's Butler (as Mario Bianchi)
movieCold Hearts and Hot Flames
1916
Squirrel Food
movieSquirrel Food
— · The Jailbird