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Birth Name: Mario Bianchi
Born: 15 July 1897 Died: 7 January 1950
Country of origin: 
Italy
Height: 5' 5"
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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 '"montebanks". By 1919 Banks had moved
to Vitagraph to play a villain in
The Grocery Clerk (1919), foil
to star comic
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1. Blood and Sand (1941)
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2. The Garage (1920)
| Rating: | 24 Watched |
3. A Bell for Adano (1945)
| Rating: | 9 Watched |
4. Love
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5. Atlantic
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2. Keep Your Seats, Please! (1936)
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3. Man of the Moment (1935)
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4. No Limit (1935)
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5. Queen of Hearts (1936)
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1. The Tenderfoot (1932)
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2. Horse Shoes (1927)
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3. Keep Smiling (1925)
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4. Chasing Choo Choos (1927)
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5. Flying Luck (1927)
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