Monte Collins

Known for ActingBorn 1898-12-02Died 1951-06-01New York City, New York, USA

From Wikipedia Monte Collins (also credited as Monty Collins; December 3, 1898 – June 1, 1951) was an American film actor and screenwriter. He appeared in 167 films between 1920 and 1948. He also wrote for 32 films between 1930 and 1951. Dapper, pencil-mustached Collins starred in silent short comedies in the late 1920s. These were produced by Educational Pictures and often directed by Jules White. The coming of sound in movies had no ill effect on Collins's career; he was not as big a name as Buster Keaton or Laurel and Hardy, so Collins had no preconceived screen image that could be shattered by talkies. Although Collins took to talkies easily (he and Vernon Dent sing together in the early sound short Ticklish Business), he never established himself as a major comedy star. Throughout the 1930s he appeared in secondary roles (businessmen, butlers, soldiers, salesmen, etc.) in both feature films and short subjects. One of his last credits was supplying material for Laurel and Hardy's final film, Atoll K (1951). Filmed in France by French and Italian cast and crew members, the production was hectic and chaotic for the English-speaking stars. The finished film carries the unique credit, "Gags by Monty Collins." Collins was about to launch a career in television when he died of a heart attack in 1951, at age 52.Read more

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Moron Than Off

Triple Trouble

Boobs in the Night

House of Errors

A Study in Socks

Sue My Lawyer

New News

Calling All Curtains

Born to Fight

To Beat the Band

Hollywood Trouble

Flying Down to Zero

Never the Twins Shall Meet

Scandal Sheet

Dad Knows Best

Hot Sports

Why Bring That Up?

Wedding Slips

It's Me

All Around Frying Pan

What Makes Lizzy Dizzy?

Groom and Bored

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Unrelated Relations

Gobs of Trouble

Gum Shoes

Stage Frights

It's a Cinch

Keep Laughing

Running Hollywood

Hollywood Halfbacks

The Lost Laugh

The Arizona Wildcat

The Cowboy and the Countess

The Midnight Limited

That Man Jack!

Come on Over

Anybody's Goat

Campus Sleuth

Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad

His Wedding Scare

Fiddling Around

Bury the Hatchet

Behind the Mike

Just Speeding

Love and Hisses

Techno-Crazy

How's My Baby?