Monte Collins
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.
Shall We Dance
as Usher-Messenger (uncredited)Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical...
Movie pageI'm No Angel
as Sailor at Circus (uncredited)The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money,...
Movie pageMade for Each Other
as Juror (uncredited)A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.
Movie pageA Lady Takes a Chance
as Poker PlayerA city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget...
Movie pageHollywood Round-Up
as Freddie FosterWhile filming a western on location, the stand-in/stunt double for an egotistical cowboy movie...
Movie pageBuck Benny Rides Again
as BellboyRadio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling...
Movie page45 Minutes from Hollywood
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)A young man visiting Hollywood on family business gets into trouble when he sees a bank robbery...
Movie pageThe Town Went Wild
as Oscar, Public DefenderComedy concerning two feuding fathers dealing with the shocking news that their sons were...
Movie pageHeroes in Blue
as MoeFamily heartbreak: A dedicated New York City policeman raises two sons, one following in his...
Movie pageBehind the Mike
as AlbertsComplications ensue after a radio producer insults a sponsor.
Movie pageMen
as FrançoisCleo lives in Marseilles and works as a waitress in a waterfront dive. A stranger entices her...
Movie pageCampus Sleuth
as Dean McKinleyA photographer is choked to death just outside of where a college dance is being held. The body...
Movie pageThe Gracie Allen Murder Case
as Picnic Master of CeremoniesThe zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder.
Movie pageThree Girls About Town
as Tipsy Poker PlayerFaith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next...
Movie pageThree Missing Links
as Herbert Herringbone - DirectorThe stooges are janitors working in a movie studio. After wrecking the bosses office, they get...
Movie pageA Plumbing We Will Go
as Prof. Bilbo (uncredited)To escape the police, the stooges pose as plumbers and are hired to fix a leak in a fancy...
Movie pageWoman Haters
as Mr. Zero (uncredited)The stooges join the "Women Haters" club and vow to have nothing to do with the fair sex. Larry...
Movie pageThe Mystery Man
as Dunn, ReporterHard-boiled newspaper reporter Larry Doyle (Robert Armstrong) goes a bit too far in celebrating...
Movie pageMooching Through Georgia
as Cyrus Cobb, Homer's BrotherMan relates how he outwitted the Yankee army during the Civil War.
Movie pageMidnight Limited
as Abel KrantzThe Phantom Robber gets a fortune in jewels and some valuable papers from a robbery on the crack...
Movie pageLove, Honor and Obey (the Law!)
as Bob (uncredited)Love Honor and Obey the Law: Harry Langdon and Monte Collins in a 1935 industrial film intended...
Movie pageMaisie Gets Her Man
as Man in Office (Uncredited)Struggling performers, Sothern and Skelton's lives are thrown off gear when they are caught with...
Movie pageMatri-Phony
as Emperor's Aide (uncredited)The stooges are potters in ancient Rome during the reign of Emperor Octopus Grabus. When the...
Movie pageShow Business
as CollinsThe girls and their pet monkey create havoc on board a train carrying a traveling Broadway troupe.
Movie pageHouse of Errors
as Professor StarkFormer silent screen comic Harry Langdon earned above-title billing for the final time in his...
Movie pageStar Reporter
as HoganAn idealistic young newspaper reporter crusades against organized crime.
Movie pageWhy Bring That Up?
as SkeetsGeorge's partner in vaudeville quits their act, claiming that Betty has broken his heart. George...
Movie pageMidnight Blunders
as MonteThe evil Dr. Wong abducts prominent scientist Dr. Edwin Millstone. Bumbling bank guards Tom and...
Movie pageThe Miracle Man
as uncreditedA gang of crooks evade the police by moving their operations to a small town. There the gang's...
Movie pageTo Beat the Band
as The CoronerAn eccentric heir must marry a widow in order to collect the millions left to him in his aunt's...
Movie pageBorn to Fight
as Gloomy GusAn honest boxer refuses to throw a fight for a gambler. They get into a fight and the boxer...
Movie pageMad Youth
as Stewart - Singing Bridge PlayerA rich society mother hires a male escort, but he falls for her daughter instead. The...
Movie pageScandal Sheet
as Reporter CollinsConfirming his principle that no one escapes the news, a tabloid editor prints a scathing story...
Movie pageOh, My Nerves
as uncreditedOh, My Nerves is a 1935 American short comedy film directed by Del Lord. Monty's nerves are...
Movie pageYou're Next!
as PruittTwo goofball private detectives are hired to find a millionaire who has been kidnapped by a mad...
Movie pageGeneral Nuisance
as Sgt. Michael CollinsA millionaire falls for an army nurse, who tells him she likes men in uniform. So he enlists at...
Movie pageKathleen
as Moving ManKathleen is a twelve-year-old who lives in a big house with a nanny, a butler, maids, no mother...
Movie pageShe's Oil Mine
as Monte Piper, plumberBuster fights a duel over a girl.
Movie pageThe Heckler
as Baseball Spectator with PipeAn obnoxious heckler at a baseball game infuriates everybody.
Movie pageAll Around Frying Pan
as Mike SelbyWondering cowboy Bart Andrews (played by Fred Thompson) gets arrested simply because a crooked...
Movie pageThe Gay Nighties
as Hotel DetectiveThis short features two women who run around in their nighties. Paul McCullough spends most of...
Movie pageSarge Goes to College
as Dean McKinleyA Marine Sergeant, wounded in overseas service, requires an operation, and the Navy psychiatrist...
Movie pageThe Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as DannyA group of "Phantom Raiders" interfere with a cattle drive from Texas to Abilene; fortunately,...
Movie pageCaptain Fly-by-Night
as DrunkFirst one stranger, then another, arrive at the presidio, each with a government pass and each...
Movie pageGirl Crazy
as BartenderNew York playboy Danny Churchill is sent to a small town in Arizona, where being sheriff is very...
Movie pageCactus Makes Perfect
as Ma Stooge (uncredited)The stooges are living with their mother who persuades them its time to leave home and seek...
Movie pageIt's a Cinch
as JimmyWhen a dance instructor is tricked into facing a prize fighter in the boxing ring, his...
Movie pageBoobs in the Night
as uncreditedAuxiliary home defense workers El and Monte are sent to a spooky house where they come across a...
Movie pageSmart Politics
as College-Dean McKinleyThe growth of juvenile crime in a small town starts a movement for the building of a youth center.
Movie pageHenry the Ache
as Thomas CulpeperShemp Howard stars in this old parody of the then-current film "King Henry The Eighth". Also...
Movie pageWhat Makes Lizzy Dizzy?
as Bill, Aggie's Boy FriendThis Columbia short (production number 3431) has Harry Langdon and Elsie Ames billed above the...
Movie pageThe Lost Laugh
as The Washing Machine SalesmanTHE LOST LAUGH - starring Wallace Lupino, with Lucille Hutton and Monte Collins. After a rough...
Movie pageWedding Slips
as The Newlywed HusbandA newlyweds' honeymoon trip is detoured by a run-in with a troupe of gypsies, who kidnap the...
Movie pageThe Cowboy and the Countess
as Slim (as Monte Collins Jr.)A carefree range devil rescues visiting Countess Justina of Belgravia (Helena D'Algy) from a car...
Movie pageThe Cup of Life
as Larry DonovanInfamous Singapore smuggler Bully Brand possess a beautiful pearl necklace that is desired by...
Movie pageHis Wedding Scare
as Elmer - Susie's 2rd Husband (as Monty Collins)El and his new bride go on their honeymoon; no matter where they go, they keep running into her...
Movie pageCome on Over
as DuganShane O'Mealia leaves Ireland, promising to send for his sweetheart, Moyna. In the mean time the...
Movie pageThe Arizona Wildcat
as Low Jack Wilkins (as Monte Collins Jr.)Tom Mix plays a California breeder of polo ponies in love with a society gal. The cowboy saves...
Movie pageFree Rent
as uncreditedTom persuades Monty to buy a house trailer so they can live off the fat of the land.
Movie pageThe Strange Adventures of Prince Courageous
as Duke CravenOriginally planned as 12 two-reelers, only three were made: The Little Knight, The Love Charm,...
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