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 pencilmustached 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 Collinss 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 Hardys final film Atoll K 1951 Filmed in France by French and Italian cast and crew members the production was hectic and chaotic for the Englishspeaking 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