William Collier Jr.
Actor
- Born
- February 12, 1902 · New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- February 5, 1987 (age 84)
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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.
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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
Little Caesar
January 25, 1931
Cimarron
January 26, 1931
Back Stage
September 7, 1919
Street Scene
September 5, 1931
The Story of Temple Drake
May 6, 1933
The Sea Hawk
June 14, 1924
Free and Easy
March 22, 1930
So This Is Love
February 6, 1928
Rain or Shine
August 15, 1930
The Soul of Youth
August 15, 1920
Tide of Empire
March 23, 1929
The Big Gamble
September 4, 1931
Acting78
- 1935The People's Enemy as Tony Falcone
- 1934Public Stenographer as James 'Jimmy' Martin Jr.
- 1933Her Secret as Johnny Norton
- 1933The Story of Temple Drake as Toddy Gowan
- 1933Forgotten as Joseph Meyers
- 1933File 113 as Prosper Botomy
- 1932Speed Demon as Speed Morrow
- 1932The Fighting Gentleman as Jack Duncan - aka The Fighting Gentleman
- 1932The Phantom Express as Bruce Harrington
- 1932The County Fair