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Walter Harry "Monte" MontagueKatchmer, George A. (2002). A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 264. ."United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940"
: Fri Mar 08 22:27:27 UTC 2024), Entry for Walter Harry Montague, 10 February 1919. (April 23, 1891 – April 6, 1959) was an American film actor and stuntman.Baxter, John (1974). Stunt; The Story of the Great Movie Stunt Men. Garden City, NY: Doubleday. p. 153. . He appeared in more than 190 films between 1920 and 1954.
: Fri Nov 08 01:19:30 UTC 2024), Entry for Oliver H Montague and Nannie Montague, 1900. "Bankrupts Discharged". The Cincinnati Enquirer. April 1, 1902. p. 12. Retrieved November 30, 2024. "185 Are Called". The Cincinnati Post. July 16, 1918. p. 2. Retrieved November 30, 2024. Montague was one of four children born to Nannie Davis and Oliver H. Montague."California Death Index, 1940-1997,"
: 26 November 2014), Walter H Montague, 06 Apr 1959; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento. "Obituaries: Walter H. Montague". The Los Angeles Times. April 9, 1959. pt. III, p. 10. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
A circus tumbler at age seven, Montague was eventually recognized as among "filmdom's most noted circus clowns", as well as "one of the best screen comedians in the profession." "Hoot Gibson and Big Cast Due in 'Wild West Show'". Star Valley Independent. February 22, 1929. p. 1. Retrieved December 2, 2024. The years preceding his 1920 screen debut featured stints with Ringling Brothers, Hagenbech and Wallace, Barnum and Bailey, Al G. Barnes, Sells Floto, and Cooper and Lentz. "Amusements: New Circus Serial at Lyric". The Urbana Daily Citizen. May 21, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
: Fri Mar 08 15:32:21 UTC 2024), Entry for Walter Harry Montague and Mary Margaret Basolo, 13 February 1923. They had one child, Mary Louise Montague, who worked briefly as a child actress in films during the 1920s, "Current Boise Offerings: The Gambling Fool". The Idaho Statesman. December 11, 1927. pt. III, p. 8. Retrieved December 1, 2024. appearing at least once—billed alternately as "Baby Montague" or "Monte Mongtague Jr."—alongside her father, in 1927's The Rambling Ranger.Munden, Kenneth White (9719). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930, Part 1. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. p. 632. .
Montague died in 1959 at age 67, in Burbank, California, survived by his wife, his mother, his daughter, and all three siblings.
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