Monte Collins

Born: 1898-12-02

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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Shall We Dance

as Usher-Messenger (uncredited)
Released: 1937-05-07

Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical...

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I'm No Angel

as Sailor at Circus (uncredited)
Released: 1933-10-06

The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money,...

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Made for Each Other

as Juror (uncredited)
Released: 1939-02-10

A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.

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A Lady Takes a Chance

as Poker Player
Released: 1943-08-19

A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget...

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Hollywood Round-Up

as Freddie Foster
Released: 1937-11-06

While filming a western on location, the stand-in/stunt double for an egotistical cowboy movie...

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Buck Benny Rides Again

as Bellboy
Released: 1940-05-31

Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling...

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45 Minutes from Hollywood

as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Released: 1926-12-26

A young man visiting Hollywood on family business gets into trouble when he sees a bank robbery...

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The Town Went Wild

as Oscar, Public Defender
Released: 1944-12-15

Comedy concerning two feuding fathers dealing with the shocking news that their sons were...

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Heroes in Blue

as Moe
Released: 1939-11-07

Family heartbreak: A dedicated New York City policeman raises two sons, one following in his...

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Behind the Mike

as Alberts
Released: 1937-09-26

Complications ensue after a radio producer insults a sponsor.

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Men

as François
Released: 1924-05-04

Cleo lives in Marseilles and works as a waitress in a waterfront dive. A stranger entices her...

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Campus Sleuth

as Dean McKinley
Released: 1948-05-04

A photographer is choked to death just outside of where a college dance is being held. The body...

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The Gracie Allen Murder Case

as Picnic Master of Ceremonies
Released: 1939-06-02

The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder.

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Three Girls About Town

as Tipsy Poker Player
Released: 1941-10-23

Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next...

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Three Missing Links

as Herbert Herringbone - Director
Released: 1938-07-29

The stooges are janitors working in a movie studio. After wrecking the bosses office, they get...

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A Plumbing We Will Go

as Prof. Bilbo (uncredited)
Released: 1940-04-19

To escape the police, the stooges pose as plumbers and are hired to fix a leak in a fancy...

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Woman Haters

as Mr. Zero (uncredited)
Released: 1934-05-05

The stooges join the "Women Haters" club and vow to have nothing to do with the fair sex. Larry...

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The Mystery Man

as Dunn, Reporter
Released: 1935-02-12

Hard-boiled newspaper reporter Larry Doyle (Robert Armstrong) goes a bit too far in celebrating...

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Mooching Through Georgia

as Cyrus Cobb, Homer's Brother
Released: 1939-08-11

Man relates how he outwitted the Yankee army during the Civil War.

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Midnight Limited

as Abel Krantz
Released: 1940-03-20

The Phantom Robber gets a fortune in jewels and some valuable papers from a robbery on the crack...

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Love, Honor and Obey (the Law!)

as Bob (uncredited)
Released: 1935-04-29

Love Honor and Obey the Law: Harry Langdon and Monte Collins in a 1935 industrial film intended...

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Maisie Gets Her Man

as Man in Office (Uncredited)
Released: 1942-06-01

Struggling performers, Sothern and Skelton's lives are thrown off gear when they are caught with...

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Matri-Phony

as Emperor's Aide (uncredited)
Released: 1942-07-02

The stooges are potters in ancient Rome during the reign of Emperor Octopus Grabus. When the...

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Show Business

as Collins
Released: 1932-08-20

The girls and their pet monkey create havoc on board a train carrying a traveling Broadway troupe.

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House of Errors

as Professor Stark
Released: 1942-04-10

Former silent screen comic Harry Langdon earned above-title billing for the final time in his...

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Star Reporter

as Hogan
Released: 1939-02-22

An idealistic young newspaper reporter crusades against organized crime.

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Why Bring That Up?

as Skeets
Released: 1929-10-03

George's partner in vaudeville quits their act, claiming that Betty has broken his heart. George...

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Midnight Blunders

as Monte
Released: 1936-12-13

The evil Dr. Wong abducts prominent scientist Dr. Edwin Millstone. Bumbling bank guards Tom and...

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The Miracle Man

as uncredited
Released: 1932-04-01

A gang of crooks evade the police by moving their operations to a small town. There the gang's...

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To Beat the Band

as The Coroner
Released: 1935-11-23

An eccentric heir must marry a widow in order to collect the millions left to him in his aunt's...

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Born to Fight

as Gloomy Gus
Released: 1936-11-02

An honest boxer refuses to throw a fight for a gambler. They get into a fight and the boxer...

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Mad Youth

as Stewart - Singing Bridge Player
Released: 1940-05-05

A rich society mother hires a male escort, but he falls for her daughter instead. The...

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Scandal Sheet

as Reporter Collins
Released: 1931-01-31

Confirming his principle that no one escapes the news, a tabloid editor prints a scathing story...

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Oh, My Nerves

as uncredited
Released: 1935-10-17

Oh, My Nerves is a 1935 American short comedy film directed by Del Lord. Monty's nerves are...

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You're Next!

as Pruitt
Released: 1940-05-03

Two goofball private detectives are hired to find a millionaire who has been kidnapped by a mad...

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General Nuisance

as Sgt. Michael Collins
Released: 1941-09-18

A millionaire falls for an army nurse, who tells him she likes men in uniform. So he enlists at...

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Kathleen

as Moving Man
Released: 1941-12-18

Kathleen is a twelve-year-old who lives in a big house with a nanny, a butler, maids, no mother...

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She's Oil Mine

as Monte Piper, plumber
Released: 1941-11-20

Buster fights a duel over a girl.

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The Heckler

as Baseball Spectator with Pipe
Released: 1940-02-16

An obnoxious heckler at a baseball game infuriates everybody.

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All Around Frying Pan

as Mike Selby
Released: 1925-11-08

Wondering cowboy Bart Andrews (played by Fred Thompson) gets arrested simply because a crooked...

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The Gay Nighties

as Hotel Detective
Released: 1933-06-22

This short features two women who run around in their nighties. Paul McCullough spends most of...

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Sarge Goes to College

as Dean McKinley
Released: 1947-05-13

A Marine Sergeant, wounded in overseas service, requires an operation, and the Navy psychiatrist...

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The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

as Danny
Released: 1938-06-30

A group of "Phantom Raiders" interfere with a cattle drive from Texas to Abilene; fortunately,...

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Captain Fly-by-Night

as Drunk
Released: 1922-12-24

First one stranger, then another, arrive at the presidio, each with a government pass and each...

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Girl Crazy

as Bartender
Released: 1932-03-24

New York playboy Danny Churchill is sent to a small town in Arizona, where being sheriff is very...

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Cactus Makes Perfect

as Ma Stooge (uncredited)
Released: 1942-04-23

The stooges are living with their mother who persuades them its time to leave home and seek...

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It's a Cinch

as Jimmy
Released: 1932-12-31

When a dance instructor is tricked into facing a prize fighter in the boxing ring, his...

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Boobs in the Night

as uncredited
Released: 1943-06-25

Auxiliary home defense workers El and Monte are sent to a spooky house where they come across a...

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How's My Baby?

as uncredited
Released: 1930-06-22

1930 Comedy short

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Smart Politics

as College-Dean McKinley
Released: 1948-01-03

The growth of juvenile crime in a small town starts a movement for the building of a youth center.

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Peace and Harmony

as uncredited
Released: 1930-05-18

1930 Comedy short

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Henry the Ache

as Thomas Culpeper
Released: 1934-01-25

Shemp Howard stars in this old parody of the then-current film "King Henry The Eighth". Also...

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What Makes Lizzy Dizzy?

as Bill, Aggie's Boy Friend
Released: 1942-03-26

This Columbia short (production number 3431) has Harry Langdon and Elsie Ames billed above the...

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The Lost Laugh

as The Washing Machine Salesman
Released: 1928-07-15

THE LOST LAUGH - starring Wallace Lupino, with Lucille Hutton and Monte Collins. After a rough...

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Wedding Slips

as The Newlywed Husband
Released: 1928-01-15

A newlyweds' honeymoon trip is detoured by a run-in with a troupe of gypsies, who kidnap the...

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The Cowboy and the Countess

as Slim (as Monte Collins Jr.)
Released: 1926-01-31

A carefree range devil rescues visiting Countess Justina of Belgravia (Helena D'Algy) from a car...

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The Cup of Life

as Larry Donovan
Released: 1921-08-07

Infamous Singapore smuggler Bully Brand possess a beautiful pearl necklace that is desired by...

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His Wedding Scare

as Elmer - Susie's 2rd Husband (as Monty Collins)
Released: 1943-01-15

El and his new bride go on their honeymoon; no matter where they go, they keep running into her...

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Come on Over

as Dugan
Released: 1922-03-11

Shane O'Mealia leaves Ireland, promising to send for his sweetheart, Moyna. In the mean time the...

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The Arizona Wildcat

as Low Jack Wilkins (as Monte Collins Jr.)
Released: 1927-11-20

Tom Mix plays a California breeder of polo ponies in love with a society gal. The cowboy saves...

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Free Rent

as uncredited
Released: 1936-12-20

Tom persuades Monty to buy a house trailer so they can live off the fat of the land.

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The Strange Adventures of Prince Courageous

as Duke Craven
Released: 1923-04-07

Originally planned as 12 two-reelers, only three were made: The Little Knight, The Love Charm,...

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