While touring in a USO show during World War II, singing cowboy Monte Hale was discovered by Republic pictures talent scout Phil Isley (the father of actress Jennifer Jones). Given the fact that Hale was hired as a possible replacement for Roy Rogers, it is puzzling that Republic took its sweet time promoting their new contractee to "B"-western stardom. He played straight contemporary roles in such films as Steppin' in Society (1944) and the 1945 serial The Purple Monster Strikes, then worked in support of non-singing sagebrusher Sunset Carson. Hale was finally allowed to carry his own series beginning in 1947. Hale remained at Republic until 1950 (he guest-starred with the rest of the studio's western lineup in the Roy Rogers "special" Trail of Robin Hood), then concentrated on his stage appearances with country-western bandleader Ray Whitley. He also began writing and performing patriotic songs, the most popular of which was "That Statue in the Bay," before making one of his last appearances in the 1966 Marlon Brando picture The Chase.
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The Chase
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1966 | |||
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Giant
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1956 | |||
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Yukon Vengeance
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1954 | |||
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The Missourians
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1950 | |||
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The Old Frontier
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1950 | |||
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The Vanishing Westerner
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1950 | |||
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Trail of Robin Hood
Actor |
1950 | |||
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Law of the Golden West
Actor |
1949 | |||
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Outcasts of the Trail
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1949 | |||
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Pioneer Marshal
Actor |
1949 | |||
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Prince of the Plains
Actor |
1949 | |||
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Ranger of Cherokee Strip
Actor |
1949 | |||
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San Antone Ambush
Actor |
1949 | |||
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South of Rio
Actor |
1949 | |||
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California Firebrand
Actor |
1948 | |||
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Son of God's Country
Actor |
1948 | |||
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The Timber Trail
Actor |
1948 | |||
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Along the Oregon Trail
Actor |
1947 | |||
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Last Frontier Uprising
Actor |
1947 | |||
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Under Colorado Skies
Actor |
1947 | |||
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Home on the Range
Actor |
1946 | |||
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Out California Way
Actor |
1946 | |||
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Sun Valley Cyclone
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1946 | |||
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Bandits of the Badlands
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1945 | |||
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Colorado Pioneers
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1945 | |||
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Rough Riders of Cheyenne
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1945 | |||
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The Oregon Trail
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1945 | |||
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The Topeka Terror
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1945 | |||
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The Big Bonanza
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1944 |