Monty Banks
Directing
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),…
Filmography
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The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951
A Bell for Adano
1945
Great Guns
1941
Blood and Sand
1941
Olympic Honeymoon
Olympic Honeymoon
1940
Shipyard Sally
1939
We're Going to Be Rich
1938
Keep Smiling
1938
Queen of Hearts
1936
Keep Your Seats, Please
1936
No Limit
1935
Man of the Moment
1935
Hello, Sweetheart
Hello, Sweetheart
1935
18 Minutes
1935
So You Won't Talk
1935
Father and Son
Father and Son
1935
The Church Mouse
1934
Votre sourire
Votre sourire
1934
Falling in Love
Falling in Love
1934
The Girl in Possession
The Girl in Possession
1934
You Made Me Love You
1933
Heads We Go
1933
Leave It to Me
1933
Love and Luck
1932
For the Love of Mike
1932
The Tenderfoot
1932
Money for Nothing
1932
Tonight's the Night - Pass It On
1931
Poor Old Bill
1931
My Wife's Family
My Wife's Family
1931
What a Night!
1931
Old Soldiers Never Die
1931
The Black Hand Gang
1930
Almost a Honeymoon
1930
Why Sailors Leave Home
1930
Kiss Me Sergeant
1930
His First Car
His First Car
1930
Not So Quiet on the Western Front
1930
The Jerry Builders
The Jerry Builders
1930
The New Waiter
The New Waiter
1930
The Musical Beauty Shop
The Musical Beauty Shop
1930
Amateur Night in London
Amateur Night in London
1930
Eve's Fall
Eve's Fall
1930
Atlantic
1929
The Compulsory Husband
1929
Week-End Wives
Week-End Wives
1929
Cocktails
1928
Adam's Apple
1928
A Perfect Gentleman
1928
Flying Luck
1927
Chasing Choo Choos
1927
Horse Shoes
1927
Play Safe
1927
Atta Boy
1926
Africa F.O.B.
1925
Keep Smiling
1925
Home Cooking
1924
The Golf Bug
The Golf Bug
1924
A Wild Goose Chase
A Wild Goose Chase
1924
Pay or Move
Pay or Move
1924
Wedding Bells
Wedding Bells
1924
Hot Sands
Hot Sands
1924
Taxi Please
Taxi Please
1923
The Covered Schooner
The Covered Schooner
1923
Paging Love
1923
Love's Handicap
Love's Handicap
1923
Oils Well!
1923
Six A.M.
1923
Always Late
1923
Brilliantine the Bull Fighter
1922
Derby Day
Derby Day
1922
Cleaned and Dry
Cleaned and Dry
1921
Fresh Air
1921
In and Out
In and Out
1921
A Bedroom Scandal
A Bedroom Scandal
1921
Where Is My Wife?
1921
Nearly Married
1920
A Flivver Wedding
1920
The Garage
1920
The Grocery Clerk
1919