Monty Banks

ActorDirectorWriterProducer Jul 14 (died age 52) Cesena, Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy 1916–1961 (45 year career)

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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 '"…

Known For

Film

Blood and Sand

Antonio Lopez

Film

The Garage

Man with Dog (uncredited)

Film

Great Guns

Director

Film

Keep Your Seats, Please

Director

Film

A Bell for Adano

Giuseppe

Film

No Limit

Director

Film

You Made Me Love You

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Film

Atlantic

Dandy

Filmography

Acting (70)

Movies (70)

Days of Thrills and Laughter

1961

as Self (archive footage)

5.5

Elstree Story

1952

as Himself

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

1951

as (archive footage)

A Bell for Adano

as Giuseppe

Blood and Sand

as Antonio Lopez

Olympic Honeymoon

as Orban

Shipyard Sally

1939

5.0

Queen of Hearts

1936

as Montague Banking

Man of the Moment

1935

as Doctor

5.0

So You Won't Talk

1935

as Tony

The Church Mouse

1934

as Harry Blump, the Window Washer (uncredited)

4.7

Falling in Love

1934

as Film Director

The Girl in Possession

1934

as Caruso

Leave It to Me

1933

You Made Me Love You

1933

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

6.9

Heads We Go

1933

as Chauffeur

For the Love of Mike

1932

as Chef

Tonight's the Night - Pass It On

1931

as Convict

Week-End Wives

as Max Ammon

Atlantic

as Dandy

The Compulsory Husband

1929

as Monty

A Perfect Gentleman

1928

as Monty Brooks

7.0

Adam's Apple

1928

as Monty Adams

Chasing Choo Choos

1927

as Monty

4.0

Horse Shoes

1927

as Monty Milde

Flying Luck

1927

as The Boy

Play Safe

1927

as The Boy

Atta Boy

1926

as Monty Milde

Keep Smiling

1925

as The Boy

Africa F.O.B.

1925

as Monty Banks, the Stranger

A Wild Goose Chase

1924

as Monty

Hot Sands

1924

Wedding Bells

1924

as The Groom

Pay or Move

as Monty

Home Cooking

The Golf Bug

as Monty

Taxi Please

1923

as The Taxi Driver

The Covered Schooner

1923

as The Boy

Paging Love

1923

as The Encyclopedia Salesman

Always Late

Six A.M.

Oils Well!

as Monty, the Office Force

Love's Handicap

1923

as The Watchful Waiter

Derby Day

1922

Brilliantine the Bull Fighter

1922

as Adolph Brilliantino

Cleaned and Dry

1921

as The Dry Cleaner Delivery Wagon Driver

A Bedroom Scandal

1921

as A Husband

In and Out

1921

as Mr. Newlywed

Where Is My Wife?

1921

as The Jealous Husband

Fresh Air

1921

as The boy

The Garage

1920

as Man with Dog (uncredited)

6.1

A Flivver Wedding

1920

as The Boy

Nearly Married

1920

as Count Up / Mac Aroni

Her First False Hare

1919

as Unnamed

Too Much Johnson

1919

as Leon Dathis

Love

1919

as Farmhand

5.6

Coppers and Scents

1919

as Sherlock McNutt

The Head Waiter

as Dinning Customer

Camping Out

One Night Only

Don't Park Here

as A Rival

The Grocery Clerk

as The Tow Gusher, a 'He Vamp'

5.2

The Belles of Liberty

1918

as Harold Hatband (Son) as Frenchie Bianchi

A Blind Pig

1918

as French Salesman

Did She Do Wrong?

The Sheriff

A Scrap of Paper

as Soldier

The Purple Mask

as Jack Elliot & Jacques, Patricia's Butler (as Mario Bianchi)

Cold Hearts and Hot Flames

1916

Squirrel Food

as The Jailbird

Crew (51)

Movies (51)

Great Guns

1941

Director

5.8

Olympic Honeymoon

1940

Writer

Shipyard Sally

1939

Director

5.0

We're Going to Be Rich

1938

Director

4.5

Keep Smiling

1938

Director

Queen of Hearts

1936

Director

Keep Your Seats, Please

Director

Man of the Moment

Director

No Limit

Director

Hello, Sweetheart

Director

Father and Son

1935

Director

18 Minutes

1935

Director

10.0

Votre sourire

1934

Director

The Church Mouse

1934

Director

4.7

Falling in Love

1934

Director

The Girl in Possession

1934

Director

Leave It to Me

1933

Director

You Made Me Love You

1933

Director

6.9

Heads We Go

1933

Director

Money for Nothing

1932

Director

The Tenderfoot

1932

Adaptation

6.0

For the Love of Mike

1932

Director

Love and Luck

1932

Director

Tonight's the Night - Pass It On

1931

Director

What a Night!

1931

Producer

Poor Old Bill

1931

Director

5.0

My Wife's Family

1931

Director

Old Soldiers Never Die

1931

Producer

Why Sailors Leave Home

1930

Director

Eve's Fall

1930

Director

The Jerry Builders

1930

Director

The Musical Beauty Shop

1930

Director

Not So Quiet on the Western Front

1930

Director

The Black Hand Gang

1930

Director

5.0

The New Waiter

1930

Director

Almost a Honeymoon

1930

Director

Kiss Me Sergeant

1930

Director

His First Car

1930

Director

Amateur Night in London

1930

Director

The Compulsory Husband

1929

Director

Cocktails

1928

Director

Chasing Choo Choos

1927

Story

4.0

Horse Shoes

1927

Executive Producer

Horse Shoes

1927

Screenplay

Horse Shoes

1927

Story

Play Safe

1927

Story

Atta Boy

1926

Executive Producer

Keep Smiling

1925

Writer

Hot Sands

1924

Director

Pay or Move

1924

Producer

5.0

Oils Well!

1923

Producer