Monte Collins
Birthday: 1898-12-02
Place of Birth: 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.
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Oh, My Nerves
Oh, My Nerves is a 1935 American short comedy film directed by Del Lord. Monty's nerves are shot, so...
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The Town Went Wild
Comedy concerning two feuding fathers dealing with the shocking news that their sons were switched a...
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Three Tough Onions
In-laws make life unbearable for Monty (Review from Selectd Motion Pictures journal)...
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Honeymooniacs
HONEYMOONIACS was the last silent "Mermaid" comedy from legendary producer Jack White (according to ...
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Three Missing Links
The stooges are janitors working in a movie studio. After wrecking the bosses office, they get jobs ...
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Men
Cleo lives in Marseilles and works as a waitress in a waterfront dive. A stranger entices her into c...
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The Arizona Wildcat
Tom Mix plays a California breeder of polo ponies in love with a society gal. The cowboy saves the d...
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His Wedding Scare
El and his new bride go on their honeymoon; no matter where they go, they keep running into her form...
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Kathleen
Kathleen is a twelve-year-old who lives in a big house with a nanny, a butler, maids, no mother and ...
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Just Plain Folks
Dan Webber, a sailor in the U.S. Navy who has been away from home for many years and presumed dead, ...
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Hot Sports
Monte and Vernon go to a society party where they behave like jerks. Monte's pants get torn, the but...
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Mooching Through Georgia
Man relates how he outwitted the Yankee army during the Civil War....
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General Nuisance
A millionaire falls for an army nurse, who tells him she likes men in uniform. So he enlists at Camp...
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The Cup of Life
Infamous Singapore smuggler Bully Brand possess a beautiful pearl necklace that is desired by Chines...
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Girl Crazy
New York playboy Danny Churchill is sent to a small town in Arizona, where being sheriff is very dan...
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Henry the Ache
Shemp Howard stars in this old parody of the then-current film "King Henry The Eighth". Also starrin...
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Cactus Makes Perfect
The stooges are living with their mother who persuades them its time to leave home and seek their fo...
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A Plumbing We Will Go
To escape the police, the stooges pose as plumbers and are hired to fix a leak in a fancy mansion, b...
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It's a Cinch
When a dance instructor is tricked into facing a prize fighter in the boxing ring, his girlfriend de...
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Born to Fight
An honest boxer refuses to throw a fight for a gambler. They get into a fight and the boxer knocks t...
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Just a Pain in the Parlor
Harry Sweet stars as a hick Olympic hero who is housed in a high society mansion and causes havoc to...
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Star Reporter
An idealistic young newspaper reporter crusades against organized crime....
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Wedding Slips
A newlyweds' honeymoon trip is detoured by a run-in with a troupe of gypsies, who kidnap the bride w...
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The Lost Laugh
THE LOST LAUGH - starring Wallace Lupino, with Lucille Hutton and Monte Collins. After a rough start...
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The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
A group of "Phantom Raiders" interfere with a cattle drive from Texas to Abilene; fortunately, U.S. ...
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New News
Aa Columbia 2-reel comedy starring Tom Kennedy and Monty Collins in NEW NEWS (1937). Fans of the 3 S...
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Hollywood Round-Up
While filming a western on location, the stand-in/stunt double for an egotistical cowboy movie star ...
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Guest Pests
An examination of the problem of the house guest who has overstayed is welcome, and how to get rid o...
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Show Business
The girls and their pet monkey create havoc on board a train carrying a traveling Broadway troupe....
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Gobs of Trouble
Two sailors decide to settle down and get married, and live to regret it....
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Matri-Phony
The stooges are potters in ancient Rome during the reign of Emperor Octopus Grabus. When the emperor...
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Why Bring That Up?
George's partner in vaudeville quits their act, claiming that Betty has broken his heart. George the...
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The Miracle Man
A gang of crooks evade the police by moving their operations to a small town. There the gang's leade...
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Moonlight and Monkey Business
Piecemeal, chaotic slapstick comedy revolving around honeymooners and various misunderstandings....
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Love and Hisses
Clark & McCullough hired to save love as the Judge refuses to marry Fanny Bender and Fanny refus...
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Come on Over
Shane O'Mealia leaves Ireland, promising to send for his sweetheart, Moyna. In the mean time the son...
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I'm No Angel
The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, she ...
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To Beat the Band
An eccentric heir must marry a widow in order to collect the millions left to him in his aunt's will...
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Scandal Sheet
Confirming his principle that no one escapes the news, a tabloid editor prints a scathing story abou...
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Gum Shoes
Two house detectives investigate a series of robberies committed by a trained gorilla....
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The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Super-sleuth Philo Vance faces the zaniest case of his career when Gracie Allen "helps" him try to s...
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Sue My Lawyer
Comedy. Although he lacks a law degree Harry persistently pesters District Attorney O.T. Hill for a ...
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Heroes in Blue
Family heartbreak: A dedicated New York City policeman raises two sons, one following in his dad's f...
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You're Next!
Two goofball private detectives are hired to find a millionaire who has been kidnapped by a mad scie...
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45 Minutes from Hollywood
A young man visiting Hollywood on family business gets into trouble when he sees a bank robbery in p...
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Buck Benny Rides Again
Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of ri...
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What Makes Lizzy Dizzy?
This Columbia short (production number 3431) has Harry Langdon and Elsie Ames billed above the title...
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House of Errors
Former silent screen comic Harry Langdon earned above-title billing for the final time in his long c...
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Woman Haters
The stooges join the "Women Haters" club and vow to have nothing to do with the fair sex. Larry marr...
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Mad Youth
A rich society mother hires a male escort, but he falls for her daughter instead. The mother-daughte...
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Love, Honor and Obey (the Law!)
Love Honor and Obey the Law: Harry Langdon and Monte Collins in a 1935 industrial film intended to p...
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Midnight Limited
The Phantom Robber gets a fortune in jewels and some valuable papers from a robbery on the crack tra...
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Look out Below
A Educational short where Robert Graves plays Thelma Todd's jealous husband....
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Campus Sleuth
A photographer is murdered just outside a college dance. The body is found by Lee Watson, but prompt...
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Shall We Dance
Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical sta...
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The Strange Adventures of Prince Courageous
Originally planned as 12 two-reelers, only three were made: The Little Knight, The Love Charm, The C...
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Three Girls About Town
Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next doo...
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Midnight Blunders
The evil Dr. Wong abducts prominent scientist Dr. Edwin Millstone. Bumbling bank guards Tom and Mont...
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Hollywood Trouble
An oil-rich rube who aspires to stardom is bilked by a phony acting school....
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A Lady Takes a Chance
A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her ci...
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Sarge Goes to College
A Marine Sergeant wounded in overseas combat requires an operation, and the Navy psychiatrist recomm...
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Fiddling Around
Two bumbling, would-be private detectives, Tom Kennedy and Monte Collins, are hired to protect a mae...
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Unrelated Relations
Monte and his new wife are moving into their new home. All is going well until her family decides to...
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The Super Snooper
Two dimwitted detectives investigate the robbery of an express company....
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Boobs in the Night
Auxiliary home defense workers El and Monte are sent to a spooky house where they come across a mad ...
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Just Speeding
To avoid getting a speeding ticket from a motorcycle cop, Tom pretends to be a surgeon rushing Monty...
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Free Rent
Tom persuades Monty to buy a house trailer so they can live off the fat of the land....
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Bury the Hatchet
Two families claim to be the rightful owners of a house won in a contest, so they move into the hous...
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Calling All Curtains
Two friends decide to to into the laundry business. Their first job is to clean 300 curtains....
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Hollywood Runaround
Monte is running for mayor of Hollywood against a crooked gang member. When the mob kidnaps Monte, i...
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Captain Fly-by-Night
First one stranger, then another, arrive at the presidio, each with a government pass and each claim...
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Stage Frights
Two bumbling detectives help a stage actress who has been receiving threatening letters....
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The Cowboy and the Countess
A carefree range devil rescues visiting Countess Justina of Belgravia (Helena D'Algy) from a car wre...
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Lucky Dog
A rich man's enemies cause him to lose his money, his best friend (his dog), as he goes to jail. Onc...
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All Around Frying Pan
Wondering cowboy Bart Andrews (played by Fred Thompson) gets arrested simply because a crooked sheri...
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The Mystery Man
Hard-boiled newspaper reporter Larry Doyle (Robert Armstrong) goes a bit too far in celebrating a wo...
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Moron Than Off
In this 1946 All Star Comedy (production number 8434) remake of 1935's "I Don't Remember" short star...
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The Gay Nighties
This short features two women who run around in their nighties. Paul McCullough spends most of the p...
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In a Pig's Eye
The comedic duo of Bobby Clark and 'Paul McCullough' are tailors who will keep you in stitches -- of...
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Techno-Crazy
TECHNO-CRAZY has to be one of the strangest comedy shorts of the 1930's. Starring Monte Collins as a...
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Maisie Gets Her Man
Struggling performers, Sothern and Skelton's lives are thrown off gear when they are caught with a b...
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Smart Politics
The growth of small-town juvenile crime starts a movement for the construction of a youth center. Th...
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Hollywood Halfbacks
Johnny Harron is watching the Hollywood fire department football team playing a game and decides tha...
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This Band Age
Musical short featuring Ted Fio Rito and his orchestra with a young Betty Grable as their singer....
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Dad Knows Best
Taylor Holmes son is in love, and Holmes is to meet the girl and the dragon of an aunt. She's one of...
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That Man Jack!
Jack Burton saves Anita Leland from a runaway horse, and then saves Sam Sills from a beating at the ...
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