Monte Collins Sr.

Acting

Monte Collins Sr.

Born December 31, 1855 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Died August 4, 1929 · aged 73

No biography available.

Known For

The King of KingsThe King of Kings · 1927
The King of Kings
★ 6.41927
MovieDramaHistory
The King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In 1927, working with one of the biggest budgets in Hollywood history, DeMille spun the life and Passion of Christ into a silent-era blockbuster. Featuring text drawn directly from the Bible, a cast of thousands, and the great showman’s singular cinematic bag of tricks, The King of Kings is at once spectacular and deeply reverent—part Gospel, part Technicolor epic.
Our HospitalityOur Hospitality · 1923
Our Hospitality
★ 7.51923
MovieComedyRomance
A young man falls for a young woman on his trip home; unbeknownst to him, her family has vowed to kill every member of his family.
You'd Be SurprisedYou'd Be Surprised · 1926
You'd Be Surprised
★ 7.01926
MovieComedyMystery
A diamond is stolen at a houseboat party given by the district attorney. He gives the thief a chance to return it by putting an empty box on a table and turning out the lights. When the lights are turned back on the box is gone, and the district attorney has a knife in his back and is quite dead. The police and the coroner arrive. There are several attempts made on the life of the coroner. Ruth Whitman is found hiding in a grandfather-clock, holding the gem box. She claims the box was pushed into her hands and she was pushed into the clock. The district attorney's butler/valet tells the coroner he saw who killed his employer and a few minutes later he is also murdered. The mystery deepens.
My Wife's RelationsMy Wife's Relations · 1922
My Wife's Relations
★ 6.21922
MovieComedy
Buster and a woman are mistakenly married and her initially unfriendly family begins to treat him nicely when they come to believe he has a large inheritance awaiting him.
At the Sign of the Jack'O LanternAt the Sign of the Jack'O Lantern · 1922
At the Sign of the Jack'O Lantern
★ 9.01922
MovieMysteryComedy
When Harlan Carr inherited his Uncle Ebenezer's "Jack-O Lantern" house and too his bride there to live, he found himself the unwilling host of a score of hungry relatives within a week. Soon, strange things began to happen. A black cat made the house his headquarters, unexplained sounds could be heard and a shadowy figure floated through the halls at night.
A Desert HeroA Desert Hero · 1919
A Desert Hero
★ 7.01919
MovieComedy
A Desert Hero is a 1919 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. The film is considered to be lost.
The Desert FlowerThe Desert Flower · 1925
The Desert Flower
★ 8.01925
MovieWestern
A mining camp girl attempts to reform a young derelict addicted to drink. Colleen Moore broke her neck in a fall from a moving handcar during the making of this rousing sagebrush melodrama. The pert Moore, an idol of her generation, quickly regained her mobility but was reportedly forced to sleep in a leather neck support for nearly ten years.
Big DanBig Dan · 1923
Big Dan
★ 10.01923
MovieDrama
Dan O'Hara, known as "Big Dan," returns from the war, and finding that his wife has left him, turns his home into a boys' camp and begins to train boxers. He meets Dora Allen, rescues her from an unwanted suitor, and gives her shelter in the camp. For a time, their relationship, which has become serious, is complicated by the intrusion of another suitor and by a woman who informs Dora that O'Hara is already married. The wife dies, however, and O'Hara wins Dora.

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You'd Be SurprisedYou'd Be Surprised · 1926
You'd Be Surprised
★ 7.01926
MovieComedyMystery
A diamond is stolen at a houseboat party given by the district attorney. He gives the thief a chance to return it by putting an empty box on a table and turning out the lights. When the lights are turned back on the box is gone, and the district attorney has a knife in his back and is quite dead. The police and the coroner arrive. There are several attempts made on the life of the coroner. Ruth Whitman is found hiding in a grandfather-clock, holding the gem box. She claims the box was pushed into her hands and she was pushed into the clock. The district attorney's butler/valet tells the coroner he saw who killed his employer and a few minutes later he is also murdered. The mystery deepens.

Milkman "Juror" (uncredited)

The JailbirdThe Jailbird · 1920
The Jailbird
★ 9.01920
MovieComedyDrama
Shakespeare Clancy is a jailbird who walks out with a crowd of visitors about the time "Skeeter" Burns, the prison printer, is discharged. Learning that a legacy awaits them in Dodson, the pair depart for the small Western town. Discovering that the bequest consists of a failing county newspaper and a plot of barren land, they hatch a plan to fleece the townspeople by selling shares in a bogus oil well. Problems arise when Clancy falls in love with society editor Alice Whitney. Clancy is conflicted but then they do strike oil! Concluding that his destiny is to be an honest man, Clancy returns to jail to finish serving his term. Slipping into the crowd of visitors, he dons his prison clothes and resumes work as though nothing had happened.

Asa Grider (as Monty Collins)