Trivia

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.