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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1902-02-12
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
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Cast
Back Stage
1919
6.35
Sporting Chance
1931
0.00
Little Caesar
1931
6.90
The Story of Temple Drake
1933
6.40
Free and Easy
1930
6.00
Cimarron
1931
5.58
The Mine with the Iron Door
1924
0.00
The Big Gamble
1931
6.00
Playing with Souls
1925
0.00
The Sunset Derby
1927
0.00
The Devil's Cargo
1925
0.00
God Gave Me Twenty Cents
1926
0.00
A Night of Mystery
1928
0.00
Pleasure Mad
1923
0.00
The Lady of the Harem
1926
0.00
The People's Enemy
1935
6.00
The Phantom Express
1932
4.70
Street Scene
1931
6.70
The Donovan Affair
1929
6.00
Her Secret
1933
0.00
Broadminded
1931
3.70
Public Stenographer
1934
4.50
Dancers in the Dark
1932
4.80
Reducing
1931
4.30
Stranded
1927
0.00
Convoy
1927
0.00
Speed Demon
1932
5.00
The Show of Shows
1929
5.50
The Reckless Sex
1925
0.00
The Sea Hawk
1924
6.50
Beware of Bachelors
1928
0.00
The Desired Woman
1927
0.00
The Lighthouse by the Sea
1924
10.00
Wine of Youth
1924
8.00
One Stolen Night
1929
0.00
The Secret Witness
1931
2.30
Forgotten
1933
6.00
Rain or Shine
1930
6.20
Hardboiled Rose
1929
0.00
Tide of Empire
1929
5.90
The Lucky Lady
1926
5.50
The Lion and the Mouse
1928
0.00
Women They Talk About
1928
0.00
The Age of Desire
1923
0.00
New Orleans
1929
0.00
The Wanderer
1925
1.00
The Bachelor Girl
1929
0.00
New Movietone Follies of 1930
1930
0.00
A Royal Romance
1930
0.00
The Floating College
1928
0.00
The College Widow
1927
0.00
The Melody Man
1930
1.00
The College Coquette
1929
0.00
File 113
1933
0.00
So This Is Love
1928
5.46
The Tragedy of Youth
1928
1.00
The Good Provider
1922
0.00
Soul of the Slums
1931
5.50
The Rainmaker
1926
10.00
Just Another Blonde
1926
6.00
Backstage
1927
0.00
Eve's Secret
1925
0.00
Enemies of Women
1923
5.20
Fools Highway
1924
0.00
The Broken Gate
1927
0.00
The County Fair
1932
0.00
The Soul of Youth
1920
4.90
Everybody's Sweetheart
1920
6.50
Secrets of Paris
1922
0.00
The Fighting Gentleman
1932
0.00
The Heart of Maryland
1921
0.00
Dearie
1927
0.00
The Girl from Porcupine
1921
0.00
The Verdict
1925
0.00
At the Stage Door
1921
0.00
Cardigan
1922
0.00
The Red Sword
1929
0.00