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.
Filmography
The People's Enemy
1935
as Tony Falcone
Public Stenographer
1934
as James 'Jimmy' Martin Jr.
Her Secret
1933
as Johnny Norton
The Story of Temple Drake
1933
as Toddy Gowan
Forgotten
1933
as Joseph Meyers
File 113
1933
as Prosper Botomy
Speed Demon
1932
as Speed Morrow
The Fighting Gentleman
1932
as Jack Duncan - aka The Fighting Gentleman
The Phantom Express
1932
as Bruce Harrington
The County Fair
1932
as Jimmie Dolan
Dancers in the Dark
1932
as Floyd Stevens
The Secret Witness
1931
as Arthur Jones aka Casey
Soul of the Slums
1931
as Jerry Harris
- No poster
Sporting Chance
1931
as Terry Nolan
Street Scene
1931
as Sam Kaplan
The Big Gamble
1931
as Johnnie Ames
Broadminded
1931
as Jack Hackett
Cimarron
1931
as The Kid
Little Caesar
1931
as Tony Passa
Reducing
1931
as Johnnie Beasley
Rain or Shine
1930
as Bud Conway
New Movietone Follies of 1930
1930
as Conrad Sterling
Free and Easy
1930
as Master of Ceremonies
A Royal Romance
1930
as John Hale