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J. M. Dumont
Born	John Monte Dumont February 7, 1879 New Orleans, Louisiana
Died	December 19, 1959 (aged 80) Los Angeles, California
Resting place	Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California
Other names	J. M. Dumont Jean M. Dumont Jean Monte Dumont George McNamara
Occupation	actor

John Monte Dumont (1879 - 1959) aka professionally J. M. Dumont was an American actor of the silent film era. Dumont was born in New Orleans. He spent two years making films mostly for Paramount. He was a cast member of the lost film The Miracle Man. Dumont appeared in films with Robert Warwick, Lon Chaney, Mary Miles Minter, Roscoe Arbuckle and Wallace Reid. After he apparently left film in 1921, it is unknown what his later activities were. Dumont died in Los Angeles in December 1959.

Partial filmography

• The Miracle Man as The Dope
• Young Mrs. Winthrop (1919) as Dick Rodney
• Thou Art the Man (1920) as Henry Farrant
• Always Audacious (1920) as Jerry the Gent
• The City of Masks (1920) as Stuyvesant Smith
• The Dollar-a-Year Man (1921) as Tipson Blair

References

1. Silent Film Necrology p.146 c.2001 by Eugene Michael Vazzana ISBN 0-7864-1059-0
2. Pictorial History of the Silent Screen p.169 c.1953 by Daniel Blum ISBN 0-399-50667-5

External links

• J. M. Dumont at IMDb
• allmovie
• Kinotv

• 1879 births
• 1959 deaths
• Actors from New Orleans
• People from Louisiana
• Silent film actors
• American male silent film actors
• 20th-century American male actors
• Male actors from New Orleans
• Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)