Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1919-06-08 (90 years old)
Deathday
2009-03-29
Place of Birth
Ada, Oklahoma, USA
Also known As
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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...
1956
as Bale Clinch
1945
as Steve Carson
1949
as Steve Howard
1946
as Monte Hale
1945
as Dr. Harvey
1976
as (archive footage)
1950
as Monte Hale
1949
as Bat Masterson
1946
as Cass
1949
as Marshal Ed Sherwood Posing as Ted Post
1944
as The Singer
1946
as Monte Hale
1946
as Monte Hale
1966
as Dental Delegate (uncredited)
1949
as Lieutenant Ross Kincaid
1948
as Monte Hale
1949
as Jeff Lanning
1948
as Monte Hale
1948
as Monte Hale
1950
as Marshal Bill Blades
1950
as Barney Regan
1946
as Jeff
1946
as Pete - Driver That Quits
1945
as Cowhand That Quits
1945
as Ward Tuttle
1947
as Monte Hale
1947
as Monte Hale
1947
as Monte Hale
1950
as Chris Adams
1949
as Bill Cody
1949
as Pat Garrett
1954
as Jim Barclay
1996
as Self
1976
as Self (archive footage)
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