William Collier Jr.
Acting
Born: 1902-02-12 in New York City, New York, USA
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
Street Scene
Sam Kaplan
Little Caesar
Tony Passa
The Verdict
Jimmy Mason
Stranded
Johnny Nash
Cardigan
Michael Cardigan
Pleasure Mad
Howard Benton
Cimarron
The Kid
Forgotten
Joseph Meyers
Free and Easy
Master of Ceremonies
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
So This Is Love
Jerry McGuire
Rain or Shine
Bud Conway
Backstage
Owen Mackay
The Lucky Lady
Clarke
The Show of Shows
Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
The Mine with the Iron Door
Chico
The Story of Temple Drake
Toddy Gowan
The Age of Desire
Ranny - Age 21
God Gave Me Twenty Cents
Barney Tapman
The Big Gamble
Johnnie Ames
Dearie
Stephen Darling
Public Stenographer
James 'Jimmy' Martin Jr.
The College Widow
Billy Bolton
One Stolen Night
Bob
Convoy
John Dodge
The College Coquette
Tom Marion
The Girl from Porcupine
Jim McTavish
Eve's Secret
Pierre
At the Stage Door
Arthur Bates
A Night of Mystery
The Donovan Affair
Cornish
Fools Highway
Max Davidson
The Secret Witness
Arthur Jones aka Casey
Everybody's Sweetheart
John
The Tragedy of Youth
Dick Wayne (as Buster Collier)
The Wanderer
Jether
File 113
Prosper Botomy
The Broken Gate
Don Lane
Just Another Blonde
Scotty