Directing • AGE 52
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...


Days of Thrills and Laughter
Self (archive footage)
1961

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
(archive footage)
1951

A Bell for Adano
Giuseppe
1945

Great Guns
Director
1941

Blood and Sand
Antonio Lopez
1941

Shipyard Sally
1939

We're Going to Be Rich
Director
1938

Keep Smiling
Director
1938

Queen of Hearts
Montague Banking
1936

Keep Your Seats, Please
Director
1936

No Limit
Director
1935

Man of the Moment
Doctor
1935

18 Minutes
Director
1935

So You Won't Talk
Tony
1935

The Church Mouse
Harry Blump, the Window Washer (uncredited)
1934

You Made Me Love You
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1933

Heads We Go
Chauffeur
1933

Leave It to Me
1933

Love and Luck
Director
1932

For the Love of Mike
Chef
1932

The Tenderfoot
Adaptation
1932

Money for Nothing
Director
1932

Tonight's the Night - Pass It On
Convict
1931

Poor Old Bill
Director
1931

What a Night!
Producer
1931

Old Soldiers Never Die
Producer
1931

The Black Hand Gang
Director
1930

Almost a Honeymoon
Director
1930

Why Sailors Leave Home
Director
1930

Kiss Me Sergeant
Director
1930

Not So Quiet on the Western Front
Director
1930

Atlantic
Dandy
1929

The Compulsory Husband
Monty
1929

Cocktails
Director
1928

Adam's Apple
Monty Adams
1928

A Perfect Gentleman
Monty Brooks
1928

Flying Luck
The Boy
1927

Chasing Choo Choos
Monty
1927

Horse Shoes
Monty Milde
1927

Play Safe
The Boy
1927

Atta Boy
Monty Milde
1926

Africa F.O.B.
Monty Banks, the Stranger
1925

Keep Smiling
The Boy
1925

Home Cooking
1924

Paging Love
The Encyclopedia Salesman
1923

Oils Well!
Monty, the Office Force
1923

Six A.M.
1923

Always Late
1923

Brilliantine the Bull Fighter
Adolph Brilliantino
1922

Fresh Air
The boy
1921

Where Is My Wife?
The Jealous Husband
1921

Nearly Married
Count Up / Mac Aroni
1920

A Flivver Wedding
The Boy
1920

The Garage
Man with Dog (uncredited)
1920

The Grocery Clerk
The Tow Gusher, a 'He Vamp'
1919

Too Much Johnson
Leon Dathis
1919

The Head Waiter
Dinning Customer
1919

Don't Park Here
A Rival
1919

One Night Only
1919

Her First False Hare
Unnamed
1919

Coppers and Scents
Sherlock McNutt
1919

Love
Farmhand
1919

Camping Out
1919

The Sheriff
1918

The Belles of Liberty
Harold Hatband (Son) as Frenchie Bianchi
1918

A Blind Pig
French Salesman
1918

The Purple Mask
Jack Elliot & Jacques, Patricia's Butler (as Mario Bianchi)
1916

Cold Hearts and Hot Flames
1916