Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 12, 1902
Died
Feb 05, 1987
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
80 titles
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
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
Mr. & Mrs. North
Producer
The People's Enemy
Tony Falcone
Public Stenographer
James 'Jimmy' Martin Jr.
Her Secret
Johnny Norton
The Story of Temple Drake
Toddy Gowan
Forgotten
Joseph Meyers
File 113
Prosper Botomy
Speed Demon
Speed Morrow
The Fighting Gentleman
Jack Duncan - aka The Fighting Gentleman
The Phantom Express
Bruce Harrington
The County Fair
Jimmie Dolan
Dancers in the Dark
Floyd Stevens
The Secret Witness
Arthur Jones aka Casey
Soul of the Slums
Jerry Harris
Sporting Chance
Terry Nolan
Street Scene
Sam Kaplan
The Big Gamble
Johnnie Ames
Broadminded
Jack Hackett
Cimarron
The Kid
Little Caesar
Tony Passa
Reducing
Johnnie Beasley
Rain or Shine
Bud Conway
New Movietone Follies of 1930
Conrad Sterling
Free and Easy
Master of Ceremonies
A Royal Romance
John Hale
The Melody Man
Al Tyler
The Show of Shows
Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
The College Coquette
Tom Marion
Two Men and a Maid
Jim Oxford
New Orleans
Billy Slade
The Bachelor Girl
Jimmy
The Donovan Affair
Cornish
Hardboiled Rose
Edward Malo
Tide of Empire
Romauldo Guerrero
One Stolen Night
Bob
The Red Sword
Paul
The Floating College
George Dewey
Beware of Bachelors
Ed
Women They Talk About
Steve Harrison
The Lion and the Mouse
Jefferson Ryder
A Night of Mystery
The Tragedy of Youth
Dick Wayne (as Buster Collier)
So This Is Love
Jerry McGuire
The College Widow
Billy Bolton
The Desired Woman
Lieutenant Larry Trent
Stranded
Johnny Nash
Dearie
Stephen Darling
The Sunset Derby
Jimmy Burke
Convoy
John Dodge