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Monte Hale (June 8, 1919 – March 29, 2009) was an American B-Western film star and country musician.Often reported to have been born in San Angelo, Texas, he was actually born as Buren Ely in Ada, Oklahoma; a Texas birthplace reportedly sounded better for the movies. Starting to sing and play the guitar at an early age, Hale started playing in cities of Texas as well in Vaudeville and local rodeo shows. He then got a job during World War II as a replacement guitarist with the Stars Over Texas Bond Drive. Hale had joined with several Republic Pictures celebrities and staff. When signing to the company for seven years, he changed his name from Buren Ely to Monte Hale. He soon starred in his first major role in Home on the Range (1946 film). During his film run in the early 1950s, he began to sing at rodeos and circuses. He soon retired from movies and began to appear at western conventions. In 1998, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him.On November 12, 2004, for his work in movies, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was also instrumental in the foundation of what is now the Autry National Center of the American West.
[on Roy Barcroft] . . . the most likable, kindly, soft-spoken gentleman you ever crossed trails with. But when the cameras started rolling, he was the meanest, low-down, orneriest son-of-a-gun on the face of the earth. He always made the leading man look really good, no matter with whom he was working. He could always handle his part with the best of actors.
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[on why he never watched himself on film] Cowboy stars are supposed to be brave, but I just don't have that kind of courage.
As a child, he bought his first guitar for $8.50 which he had saved up from jobs picking cotton and pecans.
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Hale and his wife, Joanne, co-founded the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum, later renamed the Autry Museum of Western Heritage and now part of the Autry National Center, with the late singing cowboy Gene Autry and his widow, Jackie.
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Discovered by Phil Isley, actress Jennifer Jones father, while working for the Stars Over Texas Bond Drive during World War II. Isley, the chairman, recommended him to Herbert J. Yates, head of Republic Pictures, and Monte, who hitchhiked from Texas to California for the opportunity, earned a seven year contract as a result.
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Was a collector of police badges, believed to be the largest in the world. They were donated to the Gene Autry Museum.
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Was taught by the renowned stuntman Yakima Canutt requisite horseback riding and fistfighting film techniques.
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First broke into the entertainment field as a teenager, playing guitar and singing in a Galveston, Texas vaudeville theatre.
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His parents divorced when he was about 12 or 13 and Monte was sent to live in rural Kansas with his uncle, who was a bootlegger.
Six Monte Hale comic books were published in 27 languages.
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Among his more recognized song recordings are "In My Stable There's an Empty Stall" and "Statue in the Bay".
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Groomed by Republic to replace Gene Autry, after the cowboy star decided to leave the studio. Monte became a top B-western box office draw in the late '40s along with Autry, Roy Rogers and Eddie Dean, appearing in nearly three dozen westerns in only half a decade.
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A good friend of cowboy icon Gene Autry, he was a founder of the Autry National Center of the American West in 1988. Located near the Griffith Park Zoo in Los Angeles, he donated his own white hat, guns, gun belt and other prized belongings for the museum. His wife Joanne was a successful businesswoman and held the post of executive director from the beginning until retiring in 1999. Monty served on the board from the outset.
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One of the last of the "singing cowboys" on film (1946-1950).
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He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in motion pictures on November 12, 2004. At a ceremony held at the Star's location, 7000 Hollywood Blvd., Monte was surrounded by family, friends, special guests, and fans who celebrated this very special honor.
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Featured in "Monte Hale Western" comic books from 1948-1956, as well as various other Western comic books including "Real Western Hero," "Western Hero," "Six-Gun Heroes," "Movie Comics," and "Cowboy Western Comics."
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Gunsmoke
1959-1968
TV Series
Bank Teller / Sgt.
The Chase
1966
Dental Delegate (uncredited)
Honey West
1966
TV Series
Sheriff Johnson
The Texan
1959
TV Series
Loomis
Tales of Wells Fargo
1958
TV Series
Sergeant Bergman
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1958
TV Series
Doyle Fetcher
Giant
1956
Bale Clinch
Yukon Vengeance
1954
Jim Barclay
Trail of Robin Hood
1950
Monte Hale
The Missourians
1950
Marshal Bill Blades
The Old Frontier
1950
Barney Regan
The Vanishing Westerner
1950
Chris Adams
Pioneer Marshal
1949
Marshal Ed Sherwood Posing as Ted Post
Ranger of Cherokee Strip
1949
Steve Howard
San Antone Ambush
1949
Lieutenant Ross Kincaid
South of Rio
1949
Jeff Lanning
Outcasts of the Trail
1949
Pat Garrett
Law of the Golden West
1949
Bill Cody
Prince of the Plains
1949
Bat Masterson
Son of God's Country
1948
U.S. Marshal Monte Hale
The Timber Trail
1948
Monte Hale
California Firebrand
1948
Monte Hale
Under Colorado Skies
1947
Monte Hale
Along the Oregon Trail
1947
Monte Hale
Last Frontier Uprising
1947
Monte Hale
Out California Way
1946
Monte Hale
Man from Rainbow Valley
1946
Monte Hale
Sun Valley Cyclone
1946
Jeff
Home on the Range
1946
Monte Hale
California Gold Rush
1946
Pete - Driver That Quits
The Phantom Rider
1946
Cowboy Cass [Ch. 1]
Colorado Pioneers
1945
Cowhand That Quits
Rough Riders of Cheyenne
1945
Ward Tuttle
Bandits of the Badlands
1945
Dr. Steve Carson
The Purple Monster Strikes
1945
Dr. Harvey [Chs. 13-14]
Oregon Trail
1945
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Steppin' in Society
1945
uncredited
The Topeka Terror
1945
Settler (uncredited)
The Big Bonanza
1944
The Singer
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Missourians
1950
performer: "Roll Along, Wagon Wheels"
The Vanishing Westerner
1950
performer: "There's No Use of Worryin'", "When You Sing Out With a Song"
Law of the Golden West
1949
performer: "That's the Place Where I Want To Stay"
The Timber Trail
1948
performer: "The Timber Trail", "When Your Heart's on Easy Street" uncredited
California Firebrand
1948
performer: "Streets of Laredo The Cowboy's Lament", "When the Work is all Done This Fall"
Last Frontier Uprising
1947
performer: "The Song of the Trail", "Press Along Cowboy To the Big Corral", "You're the Sweetest Rose in Texas"
Out California Way
1946
performer: "Detour"
Man from Rainbow Valley
1946
performer: "The Man in the Moon Is A Cowhand"
Home on the Range
1946
performer: "Happy-Go-Lucky Cowboy", "Down at the Old Hoe-Down", "Home on the Range"
Rough Riders of Cheyenne
1945
performer: "The Old Chisholm Trail"
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Gene Autry: White Hat, Silver Screen
2007
TV Movie documentary special thanks
Return to 'Giant'
2003
Video documentary special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Gene Autry: White Hat, Silver Screen
2007
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Return to 'Giant'
2003
Video documentary
Himself
Gene Autry, Melody of the West
1994
Documentary
Himself
Biography
1993
TV Series documentary
Himself
Music of the West: A Tribute to America's Singing Cowboys
$6 Million
