William Collier Jr.

Personal Info

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Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1902-02-12 (85 years old)

Deathday

1987-02-05

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

William Collier Jr.

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 ...

Acting

1919

Back Stage

as Stagehand

1931

Sporting Chance

as Terry Nolan

1931

Little Caesar

as Tony Passa

1933

1930

Free and Easy

as Master of Ceremonies

1931

Cimarron

as The Kid

1931

The Big Gamble

as Johnnie Ames

1925

Playing with Souls

as Matthew Dale Jr.

1927

The Sunset Derby

as Jimmy Burke

1925

The Devil's Cargo

as John Joyce

1926

God Gave Me Twenty Cents

as Barney Tapman

1923

Pleasure Mad

as Howard Benton

1935

The People's Enemy

as Tony Falcone

1932

The Phantom Express

as Bruce Harrington

1931

Street Scene

as Sam Kaplan

1929

1933

Her Secret

as Johnny Norton

1931

Broadminded

as Jack Hackett

1934

Public Stenographer

as James 'Jimmy' Martin Jr.

1932

Dancers in the Dark

as Floyd Stevens

1931

Reducing

as Johnnie Beasley

1927

Stranded

as Johnny Nash

1927

Convoy

as John Dodge

1932

Speed Demon

as Speed Morrow

1929

The Show of Shows

as Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)

1925

1933

Forgotten

as Joseph Meyers

1931

The Secret Witness

as Arthur Jones aka Casey

1930

Rain or Shine

as Bud Conway

1929

Hardboiled Rose

as Edward Malo

1929

Tide of Empire

as Romauldo Guerrero

1928

Women They Talk About

as Steve Harrison

1928

The Lion and the Mouse

as Jefferson Ryder

1927

The Desired Woman

as Lieutenant Larry Trent

1926

1924

1924

Wine of Youth

as Max Cooper

1924

The Sea Hawk

as Marsak

1923

The Age of Desire

as Ranny - Age 21

1929

New Orleans

as Billy Slade

1925

The Wanderer

as Jether

1929

1930

1930

A Royal Romance

as John Hale

1928

The Floating College

as George Dewey

1927

The College Widow

as Billy Bolton

1930

The Melody Man

as Al Tyler

1929

1933

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as Prosper Botomy

1928

So This Is Love

as Jerry McGuire

1928

The Tragedy of Youth

as Dick Wayne (as Buster Collier)

1922

The Good Provider

as Izzy Binswanger

1931

Soul of the Slums

as Jerry Harris

1926

The Rainmaker

as Bobby Robertson

1926

1927

Backstage

as Owen Mackay

1925

Eve's Secret

as Pierre

1923

Enemies of Women

as Gaston de Lille

1924

Fools Highway

as Max Davidson

1927

The Broken Gate

as Don Lane

1932

The County Fair

as Jimmie Dolan

1920

The Soul of Youth

as Dick Armstrong

1922

Secrets of Paris

as François

1932

The Fighting Gentleman

as Jack Duncan - aka The Fighting Gentleman

1921

The Heart of Maryland

as Lloyd Calvert

1927

Dearie

as Stephen Darling

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