William Collier Jr.
Biography
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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.
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.
Acting (69 movies)
Back Stage
1919
Little Caesar
1931
The Story of Temple Drake
1933
Free and Easy
1930
Cimarron
1931
The Mine with the Iron Door
1924
The Big Gamble
1931
Playing with Souls
1925
The Sunset Derby
1927
The Devil's Cargo
1925
God Gave Me Twenty Cents
1926
Pleasure Mad
1923
The Lady of the Harem
1926
The People's Enemy
1935
The Phantom Express
1932
Street Scene
1931
The Donovan Affair
1929
Her Secret
1933
Broadminded
1931
Public Stenographer
1934
Dancers in the Dark
1932
Reducing
1931
Stranded
1927
Convoy
1927
Speed Demon
1932
The Show of Shows
1929
One Stolen Night
1929
The Lion and the Mouse
1928
Rain or Shine
1930
The Sea Hawk
1924
The Secret Witness
1931
The Lighthouse by the Sea
1924
Wine of Youth
1924
Women They Talk About
1928
The Lucky Lady
1926
Beware of Bachelors
1928
Forgotten
1933
Hardboiled Rose
1929
Tide of Empire
1929
The Desired Woman
1927
The Age of Desire
1923
New Orleans
1929
The Wanderer
1925
The Bachelor Girl
1929
New Movietone Follies of 1930
1930
A Royal Romance
1930
The Floating College
1928
The College Widow
1927
The Melody Man
1930
The College Coquette
1929
File 113
1933
So This Is Love
1928
The Tragedy of Youth
1928
The Good Provider
1922
Soul of the Slums
1931
The Rainmaker
1926
Just Another Blonde
1926
Backstage
1927
Eve's Secret
1925
Enemies of Women
1923
Fools Highway
1924
The Broken Gate
1927
The County Fair
1932
The Soul of Youth
1920
Everybody's Sweetheart
1920
Secrets of Paris
1922
The Fighting Gentleman
1932
The Heart of Maryland
1921
Dearie
1927
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