Monty Banks

Monty Banks

Directing
70 Movies

Born

July 14, 1897

Died

January 7, 1950

Place of Birth

Cesena, Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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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 Mo…

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