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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 12, 1902
Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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William Collier Jr.
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Collier Jr. (born Charles F. Gall Jr., February 12, 1902 – February 5, 1987) was an American film and stage actor who appeared in 89 films.
William Collier (nicknamed "Buster") was born in New York City. When his parents divorced, his mother, the actress Paula Marr, remarried the actor William Collier Sr. who adopted Charles (the two did share a resemblance) and gave the boy the new name William Collier Jr. Collier's acting experience in childhood, having first appeared on stage at age seven, helped him to get his first movie role at the age of 14 in The Bugle Call (1916).
He went on to become a popular leading man in the 1920s and made the transition from silent into sound film, however he retired from acting in 1935, and in 1937 went to work as a movie producer in England. At the end of the 1940s he returned to America and went on to produce drama series for television. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1935 | The People's Enemy | Tony Falcone |
| 1934 | Public Stenographer | James 'Jimmy' Martin Jr. |
| 1933 | The Story of Temple Drake | Toddy Gowan |
| 1933 | Her Secret | Johnny Norton |
| 1933 | Forgotten | Joseph Meyers |
| 1933 | File 113 | Prosper Botomy |
| 1932 | The Phantom Express | Bruce Harrington |
| 1932 | Dancers in the Dark | Floyd Stevens |
| 1932 | Speed Demon | Speed Morrow |
| 1932 | The County Fair | Jimmie Dolan |
| 1932 | The Fighting Gentleman | Jack Duncan - aka The Fighting Gentleman |
| 1931 | Sporting Chance | Terry Nolan |
| 1931 | Little Caesar | Tony Passa |
| 1931 | Cimarron | The Kid |
| 1931 | The Big Gamble | Johnnie Ames |
| 1931 | Street Scene | Sam Kaplan |
| 1931 | Broadminded | Jack Hackett |
| 1931 | Reducing | Johnnie Beasley |
| 1931 | The Secret Witness | Arthur Jones aka Casey |
| 1931 | Soul of the Slums | Jerry Harris |
| 1930 | Free and Easy | Master of Ceremonies |
| 1930 | Rain or Shine | Bud Conway |
| 1930 | New Movietone Follies of 1930 | Conrad Sterling |
| 1930 | A Royal Romance | John Hale |
| 1930 | The Melody Man | Al Tyler |
| 1929 | The Donovan Affair | Cornish |
| 1929 | The Show of Shows | Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Hardboiled Rose | Edward Malo |
| 1929 | Tide of Empire | Romauldo Guerrero |
| 1929 | One Stolen Night | Bob |
| 1929 | New Orleans | Billy Slade |
| 1929 | The Bachelor Girl | Jimmy |
| 1929 | The College Coquette | Tom Marion |
| 1928 | A Night of Mystery | |
| 1928 | Beware of Bachelors | Ed |
| 1928 | Women They Talk About | Steve Harrison |
| 1928 | The Lion and the Mouse | Jefferson Ryder |
| 1928 | The Floating College | George Dewey |
| 1928 | So This Is Love | Jerry McGuire |
| 1928 | The Tragedy of Youth | Dick Wayne (as Buster Collier) |
| 1927 | The Sunset Derby | Jimmy Burke |
| 1927 | Stranded | Johnny Nash |
| 1927 | Convoy | John Dodge |
| 1927 | The Desired Woman | Lieutenant Larry Trent |
| 1927 | The College Widow | Billy Bolton |
| 1927 | Backstage | Owen Mackay |
| 1927 | The Broken Gate | Don Lane |
| 1927 | Dearie | Stephen Darling |
| 1926 | God Gave Me Twenty Cents | Barney Tapman |
| 1926 | The Lady of the Harem | Rafi |
| 1926 | The Lucky Lady | Clarke |
| 1926 | The Rainmaker | Bobby Robertson |
| 1926 | Just Another Blonde | Scotty |
| 1925 | Playing with Souls | Matthew Dale Jr. |
| 1925 | The Devil's Cargo | John Joyce |
| 1925 | The Reckless Sex | Juan |
| 1925 | The Wanderer | Jether |
| 1925 | Eve's Secret | Pierre |
| 1924 | The Mine with the Iron Door | Chico |
| 1924 | The Lighthouse by the Sea | Albert Dorn |
| 1924 | Wine of Youth | Max Cooper |
| 1924 | The Sea Hawk | Marsak |
| 1924 | Fools Highway | Max Davidson |
| 1923 | Pleasure Mad | Howard Benton |
| 1923 | The Age of Desire | Ranny - Age 21 |
| 1923 | Enemies of Women | Gaston de Lille |
| 1922 | The Good Provider | Izzy Binswanger |
| 1922 | Secrets of Paris | François |
| 1921 | The Heart of Maryland | Lloyd Calvert |
| 1920 | The Soul of Youth | Dick Armstrong |
| 1920 | Everybody's Sweetheart | John |
| 1919 | Back Stage | Stagehand |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow |