Collins was among the last three finalists for the role of "I.Q." on the children's American television show The Bugaloos (he lost out to English actor/musician John McIndoe.ĭespite the beginnings of an acting career, Collins continued to gravitate towards music.
Harrison credited him in the liner notes to the remastered CD version of the album released in 2000. In 1970, the 19-year old Collins played percussion on the George Harrison song "The Art of Dying". He also auditioned for the role of Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (1968). He was an extra in The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night - one of hundreds of screaming teenagers during the TV concert sequence and seen fleetingly in a close-up. He began a career as a child actor and model, and won his first major role as The Artful Dodger in the London production of Oliver!. His professional training began at fourteen when he entered Barbara Speake Stage School. He practiced by playing alongside the television and radio, and never learned to read and write conventional musical notation instead, he uses a system he devised himself. As Collins grew older these were followed by more complete sets bought by his parents. Later, his uncle Mark Wade made him a makeshift one that he used regularly.
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