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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 12, 1902
Died
February 5, 1987
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Charles F. Gall Jr.
- Buster Collier
- Buster Collier Jr.
- William 'Buster' Collier Jr.
- William 'Buster' Collier
William Collier Jr.
0.3 Popularity
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
7.6
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
1987
6.0
Tony Falcone
The People's Enemy
1935
4.5
James 'Jimmy' Martin Jr.
Public Stenographer
1934
0.0
Johnny Norton
Her Secret
1933
6.4
Toddy Gowan
The Story of Temple Drake
1933
6.0
Joseph Meyers
Forgotten
1933
0.0
Prosper Botomy
File 113
1933
5.0
Speed Morrow
Speed Demon
1932
0.0
Jack Duncan - aka The Fighting Gentleman
The Fighting Gentleman
1932
4.7
Bruce Harrington
The Phantom Express
1932
Credits
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
1987
7.6
The People's Enemy
as Tony Falcone
1935
6.0
Public Stenographer
as James 'Jimmy' Martin Jr.
1934
4.5
Her Secret
as Johnny Norton
1933
0.0
The Story of Temple Drake
as Toddy Gowan
1933
6.4
Forgotten
as Joseph Meyers
1933
6.0
File 113
as Prosper Botomy
1933
0.0
Speed Demon
as Speed Morrow
1932
5.0
The Fighting Gentleman
as Jack Duncan - aka The Fighting Gentleman
1932
0.0
The Phantom Express
as Bruce Harrington
1932
4.7
The County Fair
as Jimmie Dolan
1932
0.0
Dancers in the Dark
as Floyd Stevens
1932
4.8
The Secret Witness
as Arthur Jones aka Casey
1931
2.3
Soul of the Slums
as Jerry Harris
1931
5.5
🎬
Sporting Chance
as Terry Nolan
1931
0.0
Street Scene
as Sam Kaplan
1931
6.7
The Big Gamble
as Johnnie Ames
1931
6.0
Broadminded
as Jack Hackett
1931
3.7
Cimarron
as The Kid
1931
5.6
Little Caesar
as Tony Passa
1931
6.9
Reducing
as Johnnie Beasley
1931
4.3
Rain or Shine
as Bud Conway
1930
6.2
New Movietone Follies of 1930
as Conrad Sterling
1930
0.0
Free and Easy
as Master of Ceremonies
1930
6.0
A Royal Romance
as John Hale
1930
0.0
The Melody Man
as Al Tyler
1930
1.0
The Show of Shows
as Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
1929
5.5
The College Coquette
as Tom Marion
1929
0.0
New Orleans
as Billy Slade
1929
0.0
The Bachelor Girl
as Jimmy
1929
0.0
The Donovan Affair
as Cornish
1929
6.0
Hardboiled Rose
as Edward Malo
1929
0.0
Tide of Empire
as Romauldo Guerrero
1929
5.9
One Stolen Night
as Bob
1929
0.0
The Red Sword
as Paul
1929
0.0
The Floating College
as George Dewey
1928
0.0
Beware of Bachelors
as Ed
1928
0.0
Women They Talk About
as Steve Harrison
1928
0.0
The Lion and the Mouse
as Jefferson Ryder
1928
0.0
🎬
A Night of Mystery
1928
0.0
The Tragedy of Youth
as Dick Wayne (as Buster Collier)
1928
1.0
So This Is Love
as Jerry McGuire
1928
5.5
The College Widow
as Billy Bolton
1927
0.0
The Desired Woman
as Lieutenant Larry Trent
1927
0.0
Stranded
as Johnny Nash
1927
0.0
Dearie
as Stephen Darling
1927
0.0
The Sunset Derby
as Jimmy Burke
1927
0.0
Convoy
as John Dodge
1927
0.0
Backstage
as Owen Mackay
1927
0.0
The Broken Gate
as Don Lane
1927
0.0
Just Another Blonde
as Scotty
1926
6.0
God Gave Me Twenty Cents
as Barney Tapman
1926
0.0
The Lady of the Harem
as Rafi
1926
0.0
The Rainmaker
as Bobby Robertson
1926
10.0
The Lucky Lady
as Clarke
1926
5.5
The Wanderer
as Jether
1925
1.0
Eve's Secret
as Pierre
1925
0.0
Playing with Souls
as Matthew Dale Jr.
1925
0.0
The Verdict
as Jimmy Mason
1925
0.0
🎬
The Reckless Sex
as Juan
1925
0.0
The Devil's Cargo
as John Joyce
1925
0.0
The Lighthouse by the Sea
as Albert Dorn
1924
10.0
The Mine with the Iron Door
as Chico
1924
0.0
Wine of Youth
as Max Cooper
1924
8.0
The Sea Hawk
as Marsak
1924
6.5
Fools Highway
as Max Davidson
1924
0.0
Pleasure Mad
as Howard Benton
1923
0.0
The Age of Desire
as Ranny - Age 21
1923
0.0
Enemies of Women
as Gaston de Lille
1923
5.2
Secrets of Paris
as François
1922
0.0
The Good Provider
as Izzy Binswanger
1922
0.0
Cardigan
as Michael Cardigan
1922
0.0
At the Stage Door
as Arthur Bates
1921
0.0
The Girl from Porcupine
as Jim McTavish
1921
0.0
The Heart of Maryland
as Lloyd Calvert
1921
0.0
Everybody's Sweetheart
as John
1920
6.5
The Soul of Youth
as Dick Armstrong
1920
4.9
Back Stage
as Stagehand
1919
6.4