Biography

December 3, 1898 · New York City, New York, USA

June 1, 1951 · North Hollywood, California, USA (heart attack)

Monty Francis Collins Jr.

5′ 10″ (1.78 m)

In 1942, Collins had plastic surgery done on his nose and Jules White had noticed this and told him he was not funny-looking anymore. He was easily offended by this remark and one wonders if his surgery had sputtered his film career to a halt.

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.

Son of Monte Collins.