Monte Hale
Acting
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Acting Credits
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,...
Known For
Filmography
Return to 'Giant'
1996
as Self
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
as (archive footage)
It's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)
The Chase
1966
as Dental Delegate (uncredited)
Honey West
1965
as Sheriff Johnson
The Texan
1958
Giant
1956
as Bale Clinch
Gunsmoke
1955
as Sgt.
Gunsmoke
1955
as Bank Teller
Yukon Vengeance
1954
as Jim Barclay
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Trail of Robin Hood
1950
as Monte Hale
The Missourians
1950
as Marshal Bill Blades
The Old Frontier
1950
as Barney Regan
The Vanishing Westerner
1950
as Chris Adams
Ranger of Cherokee Strip
1949
as Steve Howard
Prince of the Plains
1949
as Bat Masterson
Pioneer Marshal
1949
as Marshal Ed Sherwood Posing as Ted Post
San Antone Ambush
1949
as Lieutenant Ross Kincaid
South of Rio
1949
as Jeff Lanning
Law of the Golden West
1949
as Bill Cody
Outcasts of the Trail
1949
as Pat Garrett
The Timber Trail
1948
as Monte Hale
Son of God’s Country
1948
as Monte Hale
California Firebrand
1948
as Monte Hale
Along the Oregon Trail
1947
as Monte Hale
Last Frontier Uprising
1947
as Monte Hale
Under Colorado Skies
1947
as Monte Hale
Out California Way
1946
as Monte Hale
The Phantom Rider
1946
as Cass
Home on the Range
1946
as Monte Hale
Man from Rainbow Valley
1946
as Monte Hale
California Gold Rush
1946
as Pete - Driver That Quits
Sun Valley Cyclone
1946
as Jeff
Bandits of the Badlands
1945
as Steve Carson
The Purple Monster Strikes
1945
as Dr. Harvey
Colorado Pioneers
1945
as Cowhand That Quits
Rough Riders of Cheyenne
1945
as Ward Tuttle
The Big Bonanza
1944
as The Singer