Biography
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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.
Filmography
all 136
Movies 136
Writer 29
self 4
Director 1
Utopia (1951)
The Green Promise (1949)
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All (1948)
Campus Sleuth (1948)
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad (1948)
Smart Politics (1948)
Hectic Honeymoon (1947)
Training for Trouble (1947)
Heartaches (1947)
Sarge Goes to College (1947)
Moron Than Off (1946)
Reno-Vated (1946)
Slappily Married (1946)
Tangier (1946)
Guest Pests (1945)
You Drive Me Crazy (1945)
Shady Lady (1945)
The Town Went Wild (1944)
Triple Trouble (1944)
To Heir Is Human (1944)
Who's Hugh? (1943)
My Tomato (1943)
Phony Express (1943)
Quack Service (1943)
A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)
Higher Than a Kite (1943)
Three Little Twirps (1943)
Boobs in the Night (1943)
A Maid Made Mad (1943)
His Wedding Scare (1943)
They Stooge to Conga (1943)
Phoney Cronies (1942)
All Work and No Pay (1942)
Matri-Phony (1942)
Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
Cactus Makes Perfect (1942)
House of Errors (1942)
Groom and Bored (1942)
What Makes Lizzy Dizzy? (1942)
Three Blonde Mice (1942)
Kathleen (1941)
She's Oil Mine (1941)
Three Girls About Town (1941)
General Nuisance (1941)
Host to a Ghost (1941)
Cold Turkey (1940)
Haunted House (1940)
Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
Mad Youth (1940)
You're Next! (1940)
A Plumbing We Will Go (1940)
Midnight Limited (1940)
The Heckler (1940)
Heroes in Blue (1939)
All-American Blondes (1939)
Mooching Through Georgia (1939)
The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939)
Boom Goes the Groom (1939)
Star Reporter (1939)
Made for Each Other (1939)
Sue My Lawyer (1938)
Three Missing Links (1938)
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938)
Fiddling Around (1938)
Hollywood Round-Up (1937)
Calling All Curtains (1937)
Behind the Mike (1937)
Bury the Hatchet (1937)
Shall We Dance (1937)
New News (1937)
Bad Housekeeping (1937)
The Super Snooper (1937)
Free Rent (1936)
Grandma's Buoys (1936)
Midnight Blunders (1936)
One Live Ghost (1936)
Born to Fight (1936)
Vocalizing (1936)
Who's Looney Now (1936)
Just Speeding (1936)
Unrelated Relations (1936)
To Beat the Band (1935)
Oh, My Nerves (1935)
Gobs of Trouble (1935)
Stage Frights (1935)
Love, Honor and Obey (the Law!) (1935)
Flying Down to Zero (1935)
Gum Shoes (1935)
The Spirit of 1976 (1935)
The Mystery Man (1935)
This Band Age (1935)
Hollywood Trouble (1935)
In a Pig's Eye (1934)
Get Along Little Hubby (1934)
Love and Hisses (1934)
Woman Haters (1934)
Henry the Ache (1934)
I'm No Angel (1933)
Sea Sore (1933)
The Gay Nighties (1933)
Lucky Dog (1933)
Techno-Crazy (1933)
It's a Cinch (1932)
Hollywood Runaround (1932)
Show Business (1932)
A Slip at the Switch (1932)
Just a Pain in the Parlor (1932)
The Miracle Man (1932)
Girl Crazy (1932)
Running Hollywood (1932)
Anybody's Goat (1932)
Keep Laughing (1932)
Scandal Sheet (1931)
Moonlight and Monkey Business (1930)
How's My Baby? (1930)
Peace and Harmony (1930)
Why Bring That Up? (1929)
Look out Below (1929)
Hot Sports (1929)
Honeymooniacs (1929)
Household Blues (1929)
Troubles Galore (1928)
The Lost Laugh (1928)
Three Tough Onions (1928)
Wedding Slips (1928)
Fall In (1928)
It's Me (1927)
The Arizona Wildcat (1927)
45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926)
The Cowboy and the Countess (1926)
All Around Frying Pan (1925)
Just Plain Folks (1925)
Men (1924)
Captain Fly-by-Night (1922)
Come on Over (1922)
The Cup of Life (1921)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1898-12-03
Deathday1951-06-01 (52 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsMonty Francis Collins Jr., Monty Colins, Monte F. Collins, Monty F. Collins, Monty Collins
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