William Collier Jr.
Born: 1902-02-12 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1987-02-05
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1955
- Crossroads ... (Producer)
1952
- Mr. & Mrs. North ... (Producer)
1935
- The People's Enemy as Tony Falcone
1934
- Public Stenographer as James 'Jimmy' Martin Jr.
1933
- File 113 as Prosper Botomy
- Forgotten as Joseph Meyers
- The Story of Temple Drake as Toddy Gowan
- Her Secret as Johnny Norton
1932
- Dancers in the Dark as Floyd Stevens
- Speed Demon as Speed Morrow
- The County Fair as Jimmie Dolan
- The Phantom Express as Bruce Harrington
- The Fighting Gentleman as Jack Duncan - aka The Fighting Gentleman
1931
- Little Caesar as Tony Passa
- Cimarron as The Kid
- Street Scene as Sam Kaplan
- The Big Gamble as Johnnie Ames
- Reducing as Johnnie Beasley
- Broadminded as Jack Hackett
- The Secret Witness as Arthur Jones aka Casey
- Soul of the Slums as Jerry Harris
- Sporting Chance as Terry Nolan
1930
- Free and Easy as Master of Ceremonies
- Rain or Shine as Bud Conway
- The Melody Man as Al Tyler
- A Royal Romance as John Hale
- New Movietone Follies of 1930 as Conrad Sterling
1929
- The Show of Shows as Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
- Two Men and a Maid as Jim Oxford
- The College Coquette as Tom Marion
- The Red Sword as Paul
- The Donovan Affair as Cornish
- Tide of Empire as Romauldo Guerrero
- Hardboiled Rose as Edward Malo
- The Bachelor Girl as Jimmy
- One Stolen Night as Bob
- New Orleans as Billy Slade
1928
- So This Is Love as Jerry McGuire
- The Tragedy of Youth as Dick Wayne (as Buster Collier)
- Women They Talk About as Steve Harrison
- The Floating College as George Dewey
- The Lion and the Mouse as Jefferson Ryder
- Beware of Bachelors as Ed
- A Night of Mystery
1927
- Stranded as Johnny Nash
- Backstage as Owen Mackay
- Dearie as Stephen Darling
- The Sunset Derby as Jimmy Burke
- The Broken Gate as Don Lane
- The College Widow as Billy Bolton
- Convoy as John Dodge
- The Desired Woman as Lieutenant Larry Trent
1926
- God Gave Me Twenty Cents as Barney Tapman
- The Lucky Lady as Clarke
- The Rainmaker as Bobby Robertson
- Just Another Blonde as Scotty
- The Lady of the Harem as Rafi
1925
- The Reckless Sex as Juan
- The Verdict as Jimmy Mason
- The Devil's Cargo as John Joyce
- Eve's Secret as Pierre
- Playing with Souls as Matthew Dale Jr.
- The Wanderer as Jether
1924
- The Mine with the Iron Door as Chico
- The Sea Hawk as Marsak
- The Lighthouse by the Sea as Albert Dorn
- Wine of Youth as Max Cooper
- Fools Highway as Max Davidson
1923
- Pleasure Mad as Howard Benton
- Enemies of Women as Gaston de Lille
- The Age of Desire as Ranny - Age 21
1922
- Cardigan as Michael Cardigan
- The Good Provider as Izzy Binswanger
- Secrets of Paris as François
1921
- The Girl from Porcupine as Jim McTavish
- At the Stage Door as Arthur Bates
- The Heart of Maryland as Lloyd Calvert
1920
- The Soul of Youth as Dick Armstrong
- Everybody's Sweetheart as John
1919
- Back Stage as Stagehand