Sunset Carson and Monte Hale in Rough Riders of Cheyenne (1945)
Caption: Sunset Carson and Monte Hale in Rough Riders of Cheyenne (1945)
Actor, Soundtrack
Born: June 8, 1919
Star sign: Gemini
Height: 6' 5" (1.96 m)
Known for: Giant (1956), Out California Way (1946), California Firebrand (1948), Home on the Range (1946)
Source: IMDB
American B-Western star and singing cowboy Monte Hale was born Samuel Buren Ely in 1919 in Ada, Oklahoma, to Herod and Helen Ely. He learned to sing and play guitar at an early age. In Houston and later Galveston, Texas, he played for vaudeville shows and local rodeos. During World War II a job as a replacement guitar player with the Stars Over ...