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  "description": "From Wikipedia\n\nMonte Collins (also credited as Monty Collins; December 3,\n\n1898 – June 1, 1951) was an American film actor and screenwriter. He appeared\n\nin 167 films between 1920 and 1948. He also wrote for 32 films between 1930 and\n\n1951.\n\nDapper, pencil-mustached Collins starred in silent short\n\ncomedies in the late 1920s. These were produced by Educational Pictures and\n\noften directed by Jules White. The coming of sound in movies had no ill effect\n\non Collins's career; he was not as big a name as Buster Keaton or Laurel and\n\nHardy, so Collins had no preconceived screen image that could be shattered by\n\ntalkies. Although Collins took to talkies easily (he and Vernon Dent sing\n\ntogether in the early sound short Ticklish Business), he never established\n\nhimself as a major comedy star. Throughout the 1930s he appeared in secondary\n\nroles (businessmen, butlers, soldiers, salesmen, etc.) in both feature films\n\nand short subjects.\n\nOne of his last credits was supplying material for Laurel\n\nand Hardy's final film, Atoll K (1951). Filmed in France by French and Italian\n\ncast and crew members, the production was hectic and chaotic for the\n\nEnglish-speaking stars. The finished film carries the unique credit, \"Gags\n\nby Monty Collins.\"\n\nCollins was about to launch a career in television when he\n\ndied of a heart attack in 1951, at age 52.",
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