Monte Collins(1898-1951)

Actor
Writer
Additional Crew

Monte Collins was born on 3 December 1898 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Campus Sleuth (1948), The Green Promise (1949) and Tangier (1946). He died on 1 June 1951 in North Hollywood, California, USA.

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Known for

Campus Sleuth

6.4

Dean McKinley(as Monty F. Collins)

1948

The Green Promise

6.5

Writer(as Monty F. Collins)

1949

Tangier

6.3

Writer(as Monty F. Collins)

1946

Cactus Makes Perfect

7.3

Short

Ma Stooge(uncredited)

1942

Credits

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Actor

Campus Sleuth
6.4
- Dean McKinley (as Monty F. Collins)
- 1948
Smart Politics
7.0
- College-Dean McKinley (as Monte F. Collins)
- 1948
Training for Trouble
6.0
Short
- Johnson - Manager
- 1947
Sarge Goes to College
6.5
- Dean McKinley
- 1947
Moron Than Off
4.2
Short
- Joe Glick
- 1946
Reno-Vated
6.1
Short
- Frank Fosdick, Vera's Lawyer
- 1946
Guest Pests
6.8
Short
- Know-It-All Neighbor
- 1945
That's the Spirit
7.0
- Bellhop (uncredited)
- 1945
The Town Went Wild
5.6
- Oscar, Public Defender
- 1944
My Tomato
6.3
Short
- Neighbor (uncredited)
- 1943
Quack Service
7.0
Short
- Dr. Brown (as Monty Collins)
- 1943
A Lady Takes a Chance
6.3
- 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 HJusband (as Monty Collins)
- 1943

Writer

Lux Video Theatre
7.3
TV Series
- original screenplay
- 1956
Utopia
5.5
- additional material
- 1951
The Green Promise
6.5
- original story
- screenplay (as Monty F. Collins, as Monty F. Collins)
- 1949
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
6.4
- additional dialogue (as Monte F. Collins)
- 1948
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
6.2
- additional dialogue (as Monte F. Collins)
- 1948
Smart Politics
7.0
- original story (as Monte F. Collins)
- 1948
Hectic Honeymoon
5.6
Short
- story
- 1947
Heartaches
5.5
- original story (as Monte F. Collins)
- 1947
Slappily Married
6.5
Short
- story (as Monty Collins)
- 1946
Tangier
6.3
- screenplay (as Monty F. Collins)
- 1946
Shady Lady
6.5
- additional dialogue (as Monty Collins)
- 1945
You Drive Me Crazy
7.2
Short
- screen play (as Monty F. Collins)
- 1945
Triple Trouble
6.0
Short
- screen play (as Monty Collins)
- 1944
To Heir Is Human
5.7
Short
- story and screenplay (as Monty Collins)
- 1944
Who's Hugh?
Short
- story
- screenplay (as Monty Collins, as Monty Collins)
- 1943

Additional Crew

Smart Politics
7.0
- dialogue director (as Monte F. Collins)
- 1948
The Gas House Kids in Hollywood
5.8
- dialogue director
- 1947
Sarge Goes to College
6.5
- dialogue director
- 1947
The Runaround
6.6
- dialogue director (as Monty Collins)
- 1946
She Wrote the Book
6.5
- dialogue director (as Monty F. Collins)
- 1946
Sensation Hunters
5.5
- dialogue coach (as Monty F. Collins)
- 1945
Blonde Ransom
5.7
- dialogue director (as Monty Collins)
- 1945
Eve Knew Her Apples
5.7
- dialogue director (uncredited)
- 1945
Frisco Sal
5.3
- dialogue director
- 1945
Swing Out the Blues
7.7
- dialogue director
- 1943

Personal details

Alternative names
- Monty Colins
Height
- 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
Born
- December 3, 1898
- New York City, New York, USA
Died
- June 1, 1951
- North Hollywood, California, USA(heart attack)
Other works
Stage and vaudeville actor, film producer, director, and screenwriter.
Publicity listings
- 3 Articles

Did you know

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 with Buster Keation and became a noted star comic in his own right with Fox and Educational from the mid-1920's.