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Monte Collins (I) (1898–1951)

Actor | Writer | Miscellaneous Crew

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Collins left his Boston home at the age of ten to join a circus. He subsequently acted in minstrel shows, musical comedy and comic opera. He first appeared on screen as an extra with a film company in Portland, Oregon, in 1917, working his way up to supporting roles in westerns. He acted in comedies... See more trivia »

Born:

Monty Francis Collins Jr.
in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 52) in North Hollywood, California, USA
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1948 Campus Sleuth
Dean McKinley (as Monty F. Collins)
 
1948 Smart Politics
College-Dean McKinley (as Monte F. Collins)
 
1947 Training for Trouble (short)
Johnson, manager
 
1947 Sarge Goes to College
Dean McKinley
 
1946 Moron Than Off (short)
 
1946 Reno-Vated (short)
Frank Fosdick, Vera's Lawyer
 
1945 That's the Spirit
Bellhop (uncredited)
 
1944 The Town Went Wild
Oscar, Public Defender
 
1943 My Tomato (short)
Neighbor (uncredited)
 
1943 Quack Service (short)
 
1943 A Lady Takes a Chance
Poker Player (uncredited)
 
1943 Boobs in the Night (short)
 
1943 Two Saplings (short) (as Monty Collins)
 
1943 His Wedding Scare (short)
Elmer, Susie's 2rd husband (as Monty Collins)
 
1942 Phoney Cronies (short)
Homeowner
 
1942 Calling Dr. Gillespie
Man (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
 
1942 Matri-Phony (short)
Emperor's Aide (uncredited)
 
1942 Maisie Gets Her Man
Man in Office (uncredited)
 
1942 The Mayor of 44th Street
Piano Player (uncredited)
 
1942 A Study in Socks
 
1942 Cactus Makes Perfect (short)
Ma Stooge (uncredited)
 
1942 House of Errors
Professor Stark
 
1942 What Makes Lizzy Dizzy? (short)
Bill, Aggie's Boy Friend (as Monty Collins)
 
1942 Three Blonde Mice (short)
Joe, Elmer's Buddy (as Monty Collins)
 
1941 Kathleen
Moving Man
 
1941 She's Oil Mine (short)
Monte Piper, plumber
 
1941 Three Girls About Town
Tipsy Poker Player (uncredited)
 
1941 You'll Never Get Rich
Soldier Trying to Sleep (uncredited)
 
1941 General Nuisance (short)
Sgt. Michael Collins
 
1941 Half Shot at Sunrise (short)
 
1941 Host to a Ghost (short)
Policeman (as Monty Collins)
 
1941 My Life with Caroline
Counterman-Chef (uncredited)
 
1941 Model Wife
Player (uncredited)
 
1940 Cold Turkey (short)
Landlord (as Monty Collins)
 
1940 Mad Youth
Stewart, Singing Bridge Player (as Monty Collins)
 
1940 You're Next (short)
Pruitt (as Monty Collins)
 
1940 Buck Benny Rides Again
Bellboy (uncredited)
 
1940 A Plumbing We Will Go (short)
Prof. Bilbo (uncredited)
 
1940 Midnight Limited
Abel Krantz (as Monty Collins)
 
1940 Twincuplets (short)
Hotel Desk Clerk
 
1940 The Heckler (short)
Spectator with Pipe (as Monty Collins)
 
1939 Heroes in Blue
Moe (uncredited)
 
1939 All-American Blondes (short) (as Monty Colins)
 
1939 Mooching Through Georgia (short)
Cyrus Cobb, Homer's Brother
 
1939 The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Picnic Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
 
1939 Boom Goes the Groom (short)
 
1939 Star Reporter
Reporter Hogan (as Monty Collins)
 
1939 Made for Each Other
Juror (uncredited)
 
1938 Men of Steel (short)
Butch, Metalworker & Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
 
1938 Sue My Lawyer (short) (as Monty Collins)
 
1938 Three Missing Links (short)
Herbert Herringbone - Director
 
1938 The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Danny (Printer) (as Monty Collins)
 
1938 Fiddling Around (short)
Monte Collins
 
1937 Hollywood Round-Up
Freddie Foster (as Monty Collins)
 
1937 Calling All Curtains (short)
 
1937 Behind the Mike
Alberts (uncredited)
 
1937 Bury the Hatchet (as Monty Collins)
 
1937 Riding on Air
Barber (uncredited)
 
1937 Shall We Dance
Usher-Messenger (uncredited)
 
1937 New News (short)
Monte Collins
 
1937 Sing While You're Able
Adams
 
1937 The Super Snooper (short)
 
1936 Free Rent (short)
 
1936 Born to Fight
Gloomy Gus (as Monty Collins)
 
1936 The Crime of Dr. Forbes
Janitor (uncredited)
 
1936 Midnight Blunders (short)
Monte
 
1936 Anything Goes
Deck Steward (uncredited)
 
1936 Just Speeding (short)
 
1936 Unrelated Relations (short)
 
1936 Too Many Surprises (short)
Real Estate Salesman
 
1935 To Beat the Band
The Coroner (uncredited)
 
1935 Oh, My Nerves (short)
Monty (as Monty Collins)
 
1935 Gobs of Trouble (short)
 
1935 Stage Frights (short) (as Monty Collins)
 
1935 Love, Honor and Obey (The Law!) (short)
Bob (uncredited)
 
1935 Flying Down to Zero (short)
 
1935 Gum Shoes (short)
Monte (as Monty Collins)
 
1935 The Spirit of 1976 (short)
Bit Role (uncredited)
 
1935 The Mystery Man
Dunn, Reporter
 
1935 This Band Age (short)
 
1934 In a Pig's Eye (short)
Chutney, the Butler
 
1934 Get Along Little Hubby (short)
Wesley (uncredited)
 
1934 Love and Hisses (short)
Reynolds - the Butler
 
1934 Woman Haters (short)
Mr. Zero (uncredited)
 
1934 Henry the Ache (short)
Thomas Culpeper
 
1933 I'm No Angel
Sailor at Circus (uncredited)
 
1933 The Gay Nighties (short)
Hotel Detective
 
1933 Techno-Crazy (short)
Jimmy - Technocracy Believer (as Monty Collins)
 
1933 Hey, Nanny Nanny (short)
Baffles the Butler
 
1932 Hollywood Runaround (short)
 
1932 Sunkissed Sweeties (short) (as Monty Collins)
 
1932 Hold 'Em Jail
Referee (uncredited)
 
1932 His Vacation (short)
 
1932 Show Business (short)
Collins
 
1932 The Hollywood Handicap (short)
Character
 
1932 Just a Pain in the Parlor (short)
 
1932 The Miracle Man
Ticket Buyer (uncredited)
 
1932 Girl Crazy
Bartender
 
1932 Never the Twins Shall Meet (short)
Lawyer Haddie
 
1932 Running Hollywood (short)
Butler
 
1932 Anybody's Goat
 
1932 Keep Laughing (short)
 
1932 It's a Cinch (short)
 
1931 Peach-O-Reno
Courtroom Vendor (uncredited)
 
1931 Hollywood Halfbacks (short)
 
1931 Many a Sip (short)
 
1931 Out-Stepping (short)
 
1931 Sidewalks of New York
James - Harmon's Chauffeur (uncredited)
 
1931 The Gland Parade (short)
 
1931 Scared Stiff (short)
 
1931 Not So Loud (short)
 
1931 Scandal Sheet
Reporter Collins (uncredited)
 
1930 The Laughback (short)
 
1930 Moonlight and Monkey Business (short)
Minister
 
1930 Discontented Cowboys (short)
 
1930 His Error (short)
 
1930 How's My Baby? (short)
 
1930 French Kisses (short)
 
1930 Peace and Harmony (short)
 
1930 Hail the Princess (short)
 
1930 Dad Knows Best (short)
 
1930 Trouble for Two (short)
 
1929 Romance De Luxe (short)
 
1929 The Madhouse (short)
 
1929 The Talkies (short)
 
1929 Why Bring That Up?
Skeets (as Monte Collins Jr.)
 
1929 Ticklish Business (short)
 
1929 Look Out Below (short)
 
1929 Hot Sports (short)
 
1929 Honeymooniacs (short)
The Newlywed Bridegroom
 
1929/I What a Day! (short)
 
1929 Household Blues (short)
1st Interior Decorator
 
1929 Those Two Boys (short)
 
1929 Parlor Pests (short)
 
1929 Whoopee Boys (short)
 
1928 Social Prestige (short)
 
1928 Hold That Monkey (short)
 
1928 Polar Perils (short)
 
1928 Troubles Galore (short)
 
1928 Leaping Luck (short)
The Sailor
 
1928 The Lost Laugh (short)
 
1928 The Gloom Chaser (short)
The Cook
 
1928 Sailor Boy (short)
The Sailor
 
1928 Who's Lyin? (short)
 
1928 Three Tough Onions (short)
The Husband
 
1928 At It Again
 
1928 Off Balance (short)
The Husband/The Crook (dual role)
 
1928 Circus Blues (short)
 
1928 Spring Has Came (short)
 
1928 Pretty Baby (short)
The Newlywed Husband
 
1928 A Mysterious Night (short)
 
1928 Wildcat Valley (short)
 
1928 Wedding Slips (short)
 
1928 Fall In (short)
 
1927 It's Me (short)
 
1927 The Arizona Wildcat
Low Jack Wilkins (as Monte Collins Jr.)
 
1927 He Tried to Please (short)
The Husband
 
1927 Rest Day (short)
 
1926 45 Minutes from Hollywood (short)
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
 
1926 The Loves of Ricardo
Steve, in the Live Sequence (as Monte Collins Jr.)
 
1926 Quick Service (short)
 
1926 The Cowboy and the Countess
Slim (as Monte Collins Jr.)
 
1925 Tumbleweeds
Hicks (uncredited)
 
1925 All Around Frying Pan
Mike Selby
 
1925 That Man Jack!
Joe Leland
 
1925 Cold Nerve
 
1925 Dangerous Odds
 
1925 Fools in the Desert (short)
 
1924 Pride of Sunshine Alley
Pat
 
1924 A Self-Made Failure
Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1924 Changing Husbands
Stagehand (uncredited)
 
1924 Men
François
 
1923 That Old Fool
 
1922 Captain Fly-by-Night
Drunk (uncredited)
 
1922 Come on Over
Dugan
 
1922 Man with Two Mothers
Tim Donohue
 
1921 A Midnight Bell
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
1921 The Cup of Life
Larry Donovan
 
1921 The Old Swimmin' Hole
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
1921 My Best Girl
 
1920 Nineteen and Phyllis
Undetermined Role
 
1920 45 Minutes from Broadway
Extra (uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (36 titles)
1960 Stop! Look! and Laugh! (segment / as Monty Collins / archive footage)
 
1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
– The Green Promise (1956) (original screenplay)
 
1951 Utopia (additional material)
 
1949 The Green Promise (original story and screenplay / as Monty F. Collins)
 
1948 Joe Palooka in Winner Take All (additional dialogue / as Monte F. Collins)
 
1948 Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad (additional dialogue / as Monte F. Collins)
 
1948 Smart Politics (original story / as Monte F. Collins)
 
1947 Heartaches (original story / as Monte F. Collins)
 
1946 Slappily Married (short) (story / as Monty Collins)
 
1946 Tangier (screenplay / as Monty F. Collins)
 
1945 You Drive Me Crazy (short) (as Monty F. Collins)
 
1945 Shady Lady (additional dialogue / as Monty Collins)
 
1944 Triple Trouble (short) (screenplay)
 
1944 To Heir Is Human (short) (story and screenplay / as Monty Collins)
 
1943 Who's Hugh? (short) (screenplay / as Monty Collins / story / as Monty Collins)
 
1943 Phony Express (short) (story and screenplay / as Monty Collins)
 
1943 Seeing Nellie Home (short) (scenario)
 
1943 Higher Than a Kite (short) (screenplay / as Monty Collins / story / as Monty Collins)
 
1943 Three Little Twirps (short) (story and screenplay / as Monty Collins)
 
1943 A Maid Made Mad (short) (screenplay / as Monty Collins / story / as Monty Collins)
 
1943 His Wedding Scare (short) (screenplay / as Monty Collins / story / as Monty Collins)
 
1943 They Stooge to Conga (short) (story and screenplay / as Monty Collins)
 
1942 All Work and No Pay (short) (as Monty Collins)
 
1942 Matri-Phony (short) (screenplay / story / as Monty Collins)
 
1942 Cactus Makes Perfect (short) (story and screenplay / as Monty Collins)
 
1940 Haunted House (story / as Monty Collins)
 
1937 Bad Housekeeping (short) (story)
 
1937 The Hillbilly Goat (short) (story)
 
1936 Grandma's Bouys (short) (original screenplay / as Monty Collins)
 
1936 One Live Ghost (short) (story)
 
1936 Vocalizing (short) (screenplay)
 
1936 Who's Looney Now (short) (story / as Monty Collins)
 
1936 Fight is Right (short) (screenplay)
 
1936 Midnight Blunders (short) (story)
 
1936 Radio Barred (short) (story and screenplay)
 
1932 Hollywood Runaround (short)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (10 titles)
1948 Smart Politics (dialogue director - as Monte F. Collins)
 
1947 Gas House Kids in Hollywood (dialogue director)
 
1947 Sarge Goes to College (dialogue director)
 
1946 The Runaround (dialogue director - as Monty Collins)
 
1946 She Wrote the Book (dialogue director - as Monty F. Collins)
 
1945 Sensation Hunters (dialogue coach - as Monty F. Collins)
 
1945 Blonde Ransom (dialogue director - as Monty Collins)
 
1945 Eve Knew Her Apples (dialogue director)
 
1945 Frisco Sal (dialogue director)
 
1943 Swing Out the Blues (dialogue director)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1949 The Green Promise (producer - as Monty F. Collins)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1930 Pardon My Gun (lyrics: "Deep Down South" / as Monty Collins)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
1955 One Spooky Night (short)
 
1947 Hollywood Bound
Edited from: Spirit of 1976
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage and vaudeville actor, film producer, director, and screenwriter.

Alternate Names:

Monty Colins | Monte Collins Jr. | Monte F. Collins | Monty F. Collins | Monty Collins

Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Trivia:

Collins left his Boston home at the age of ten to join a circus. He subsequently acted in minstrel shows, musical comedy and comic opera. He first appeared on screen as an extra with a film company in Portland, Oregon, in 1917, working his way up to supporting roles in westerns. He acted in comedies... See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius