Monte Collins
Acting
Born 1898-12-02
Died 1951-06-01
New York City, New York, USA
122 credits
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
41 credits
Shall We Dance
Made for Each Other
I'm No Angel
Born to Fight
Guest Pests
Shady Lady
Fiddling Around
Wedding Slips
Star Reporter
Cold Turkey
The Mystery Man
Three Girls About Town
Maisie Gets Her Man
Phoney Cronies
Buck Benny Rides Again
Scandal Sheet
A Lady Takes a Chance
The Gay Nighties
The Town Went Wild
Free Rent
Captain Fly-by-Night
Behind the Mike
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Men
Woman Haters
Midnight Limited
The Midnight Limited
Running Hollywood
To Beat the Band
Campus Sleuth
Sue My Lawyer
Girl Crazy
Dad Knows Best
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
Matri-Phony
Cactus Makes Perfect
That Man Jack!
Hollywood Round-Up
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
Moonlight and Monkey Business
Heroes in Blue
Other credits
11 credits
Quick Service
Hollywood Runaround
Just Speeding
The Miracle Man
Troubles Galore
Keep Laughing
Fall In
This Band Age
Anybody's Goat
Unrelated Relations
Hot Sports
Writing
10 credits
Slappily Married
Phony Express
They Stooge to Conga
Heartaches
One Live Ghost
Higher Than a Kite
Matri-Phony
Cactus Makes Perfect
Tangier
Groom and Bored
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