Monte Collins

Acting · 0.6 popularity

Age

127

Movies

107

Born: December 2, 1898 – June 1, 1951
From: New York City, New York, USA

Biography

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.

Works

107 films

I'm No Angel

19336.4

Shall We Dance

19377.3

Made for Each Other

19396.1

Cold Turkey

19407.0

Star Reporter

19393.9

Quick Service

19268.0

Wedding Slips

192810.0

Three Girls About Town

19416.5

It's a Cinch

19329.0

Troubles Galore

19288.0

Phoney Cronies

19427.0

Fiddling Around

19388.0

Scandal Sheet

193110.0

Free Rent

19367.0

Come on Over

19229.0

The Gay Nighties

19334.3

Buck Benny Rides Again

19405.0

Fall In

1928

A Lady Takes a Chance

19435.8

Dad Knows Best

193010.0

Guest Pests

19457.0

Hollywood Runaround

19327.0

Captain Fly-by-Night

19226.8

Sue My Lawyer

193810.0

The Midnight Limited

19269.0

Just Speeding

19368.0

The Miracle Man

19325.9

Keep Laughing

19329.0

The Mystery Man

19355.6

Moonlight and Monkey Business

1930

Born to Fight

193610.0

Hot Sports

192910.0

Anybody's Goat

19328.5

The Town Went Wild

19447.0

A Slip at the Switch

1932

Midnight Limited

19406.3

Sarge Goes to College

19474.5

Never the Twins Shall Meet

193210.0

Behind the Mike

19378.0

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

19396.3

Henry the Ache

19343.5

General Nuisance

19416.6

House of Errors

194210.0

Men

19247.2

All Around Frying Pan

192510.0

This Band Age

1935

Hollywood Round-Up

19375.3

The Cup of Life

19217.0

Hey, Nanny Nanny

19337.5

It's Me

192710.0

The Heckler

19407.0

The Super Snooper

19377.0

Kathleen

19416.0

Unrelated Relations

19369.0

Lucky Dog

19337.0

She's Oil Mine

19416.8

Running Hollywood

19329.0

45 Minutes from Hollywood

19265.3

Maisie Gets Her Man

19426.7

Cactus Makes Perfect

19426.0

His Wedding Scare

19438.0

Gobs of Trouble

19359.0

A Plumbing We Will Go

19407.0

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

19389.0

Woman Haters

19346.3

Just a Pain in the Parlor

19325.5

Campus Sleuth

19488.0

Stage Frights

19359.0

Boobs in the Night

194310.0

Mooching Through Georgia

19396.1

Calling All Curtains

193710.0

Mad Youth

19404.9

That Man Jack!

19259.0

Gum Shoes

19359.0

Girl Crazy

19324.3

Matri-Phony

19425.5

The Lost Laugh

19289.0

Oh, My Nerves

19356.3

Peace and Harmony

19307.0

Heroes in Blue

19394.9

Hollywood Halfbacks

19319.0

In a Pig's Eye

19347.0

New News

193710.0

Why Bring That Up?

192910.0

To Beat the Band

193510.0

Smart Politics

19486.5

Hollywood Trouble

193510.0

You're Next!

19407.0

Bury the Hatchet

19378.0

Midnight Blunders

19365.0

Show Business

19326.5

The Cowboy and the Countess

19269.0

Love and Hisses

19348.0

Look out Below

19295.5

Three Missing Links

19386.1

Just Plain Folks

1925

The Arizona Wildcat

19279.0

A Study in Socks

194210.0

Moron Than Off

194610.0

Love, Honor and Obey (the Law!)

1935

Flying Down to Zero

193510.0

The Strange Adventures of Prince Courageous

1923

Honeymooniacs

19298.0

How's My Baby?

19308.0

Three Tough Onions

19288.0

Techno-Crazy

19338.0

What Makes Lizzy Dizzy?

19429.0