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Alias:
Monte F. Collins
Monty Colins
Monty Collins
Monty F. Collins
Monty Francis Collins Jr.
Birthplace:
New York City, New York, USA
Born:
December 2, 1898
Died:
June 1, 1951
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.
Additional Dialogue:
1945 Shady Lady
1948 Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
1948 Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
Dialogue:
1945 Shady Lady
1947 Sarge Goes to College
1948 Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
1948 Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
Producer:
1945 Shady Lady
1947 Sarge Goes to College
1948 Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
1948 Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
1949 The Green Promise
Screenplay:
1942 Groom and Bored
1943 A Maid Made Mad
1943 Boobs in the Night
1943 His Wedding Scare
1943 They Stooge to Conga
1943 Three Little Twirps
1945 Shady Lady
1946 Tangier
1947 Sarge Goes to College
1948 Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
1948 Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
1949 The Green Promise
Story:
1936 Midnight Blunders
1936 One Live Ghost
1942 Groom and Bored
1942 Matri-Phony
1943 A Maid Made Mad
1943 Boobs in the Night
1943 His Wedding Scare
1943 They Stooge to Conga
1943 Three Little Twirps
1945 Shady Lady
1946 Slappily Married
1946 Tangier
1947 Heartaches
1947 Sarge Goes to College
1948 Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
1948 Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
1949 The Green Promise
Writer:
1936 Midnight Blunders
1936 One Live Ghost
1942 Cactus Makes Perfect
1942 Groom and Bored
1942 Matri-Phony
1943 A Maid Made Mad
1943 Boobs in the Night
1943 Higher Than a Kite
1943 His Wedding Scare
1943 Phony Express
1943 They Stooge to Conga
1943 Three Little Twirps
1944 Triple Trouble
1945 Shady Lady
1946 Slappily Married
1946 Tangier
1947 Heartaches
1947 Sarge Goes to College
1948 Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
1948 Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
1948 Smart Politics
1949 The Green Promise
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