Monty Banks
Birthday
1897/07/14
Day of death
1950/01/07 (52 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Cesena, Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Also know as
Montague 'Monty' Banks, Montague Banks, Mario Bianchi, Frenchie Bianchi
Biography
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 '"...Read more
Acting
(1934) Falling in Love
as Film Director
(1927) Play Safe
as The Boy
(1941) Blood and Sand
as Antonio Lopez
(1931) Tonight's the Night - Pass It On
as Convict
(1919) The Grocery Clerk
as The Tow Gusher, a 'He Vamp'
(1951) The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
as (archive footage)
(1920) The Garage
as Man with Dog (uncredited)
(1922) Derby Day
as ---
(1924) Pay or Move
as Monty
(1923) The Covered Schooner
as The Boy
(1924) Wedding Bells
as The Groom
(1934) The Church Mouse
as Harry Blump, the Window Washer (uncredited)
(1925) Africa F.O.B.
as Monty Banks, the Stranger
(1940) Olympic Honeymoon
as Orban
(1918) A Scrap of Paper
as Soldier
(1952) Elstree Story
as Himself
(1916) The Purple Mask
as Jack Elliot & Jacques, Patricia's Butler (as Mario Bianchi)
(1920) Don't Park Here
as A Rival
(1927) Chasing Choo Choos
as Monty
(1927) Flying Luck
as The Boy
(1919) Love
as Farmhand
(1922) Brilliantine the Bull Fighter
as Adolph Brilliantino
(1923) Oils Well!
as Monty, the Office Force
(1924) Hot Sands
as ---
(1932) For the Love of Mike
as Chef
(1939) Shipyard Sally
as ---
(1916) Cold Hearts and Hot Flames
as ---
(1920) Nearly Married
as Count Up / Mac Aroni
(1936) Queen of Hearts
as Montague Banking
(1923) Always Late
as ---
(1923) Six A.M.
as ---
(1961) Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
(1933) You Made Me Love You
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
(1918) A Blind Pig
as French Salesman
(1926) Atta Boy
as Monty Milde
(1919) One Night Only
as ---
(1921) A Bedroom Scandal
as A Husband
(1921) Where Is My Wife?
as The Jealous Husband
(1933) Heads We Go
as Chauffeur
(1934) The Girl in Possession
as Caruso
(1919) Coppers and Scents
as Sherlock McNutt
(1919) Her First False Hare
as Unnamed
(1920) A Flivver Wedding
as The Boy
(1921) Fresh Air
as The boy
(1921) Cleaned and Dry
as The Dry Cleaner Delivery Wagon Driver
(1923) Love's Handicap
as The Watchful Waiter
Squirrel Food
as The Jailbird
(1923) Paging Love
as The Encyclopedia Salesman
(1924) A Wild Goose Chase
as Monty
(1924) Home Cooking
as ---
(1929) The Compulsory Husband
as Monty
(1929) Week-End Wives
as Max Ammon
(1929) Atlantic
as Dandy
(1928) Adam's Apple
as Monty Adams
(1928) A Perfect Gentleman
as Monty Brooks
(1935) So You Won't Talk
as Tony
(1935) Man of the Moment
as Doctor
(1924) The Golf Bug
as Monty
(1923) Taxi Please
as The Taxi Driver
(1918) The Belles of Liberty
as Harold Hatband (Son) as Frenchie Bianchi
(1927) Horse Shoes
as Monty Milde
(1925) Keep Smiling
as The Boy
(1945) A Bell for Adano
as Giuseppe
(1919) Too Much Johnson
as Leon Dathis
(1919) Camping Out
as ---
(1918) The Sheriff
as ---
(1921) In and Out
as Mr. Newlywed
(1918) Did She Do Wrong?
as ---
(1933) Leave It to Me
as ---