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