Education
He attended the Virginia Military Institute (Virginia Military Institute) and became a stage actor.
He attended the Virginia Military Institute (Virginia Military Institute) and became a stage actor.
Together with a fellow former cadet Fred Finklehoffe, he co-wrote a play in 1936 Brother Rat. The success of the play led to Warner Brothers purchasing the play for filming at Virginia Military Institute. Warners engaged them to write the screenplay for the film and a sequel Brother Rat and a Baby. Monks also wrote Strike Up the Band for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In World World War II, Monks enlisted in the United States. Marine Corps.
He met producer Louis de Rochemont and co-wrote We Are the Marines.
Captain Monks served in the 3rd Marine Regiment during the Bougainville campaign and wrote an account of the Regiment A Ribbon and A Star published in 1945. After a long absence from the cinema, Monks made several appearances as an actor beginning with Sylvester Stallone"s Paradise Alley (1978).
"Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse"-spoken by Nick Romano (John Derek) in Knock on Any Door (1949).
Quotations: "Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse"-spoken by Nick Romano (John Derek) in Knock on Any Door (1949).