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.
Series | Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow | 1987-09-30 | |
Movie | Hollywood Without Make-Up | 1963-07-01 | |
Movie | The People's Enemy | Tony Falcone | 1935-04-29 |
Movie | Public Stenographer | James 'Jimmy' Martin Jr. | 1934-01-09 |
Movie | Forgotten | Joseph Meyers | 1933-02-14 |
Movie | File 113 | Prosper Botomy | 1933-01-05 |
Movie | The Story of Temple Drake | Toddy Gowan | 1933-05-06 |
Movie | Her Secret | Johnny Norton | 1933-12-18 |
Movie | The County Fair | Jimmie Dolan | 1932-03-31 |
Movie | Dancers in the Dark | Floyd Stevens | 1932-03-11 |
Movie | The Phantom Express | Bruce Harrington | 1932-08-15 |
Movie | Broadminded | Jack Hackett | 1931-08-01 |
Movie | Little Caesar | Tony Passa | 1931-01-25 |
Movie | Reducing | Johnnie Beasley | 1931-01-03 |
Movie | The Big Gamble | Johnnie Ames | 1931-09-04 |
Movie | Cimarron | The Kid | 1931-01-26 |
Movie | Street Scene | Sam Kaplan | 1931-09-05 |
Movie | Soul of the Slums | Jerry Harris | 1931-11-15 |
Movie | Sporting Chance | Terry Nolan | 1931-10-25 |
Movie | The Secret Witness | Arthur Jones aka Casey | 1931-12-12 |
Movie | The Melody Man | Al Tyler | 1930-01-15 |
Movie | A Royal Romance | John Hale | 1930-03-17 |
Movie | Free and Easy | Master of Ceremonies | 1930-03-22 |
Movie | New Movietone Follies of 1930 | 1930-05-04 | |
Movie | Rain or Shine | Bud Conway | 1930-08-15 |
Movie | Hardboiled Rose | Edward Malo | 1929-03-30 |
Movie | Tide of Empire | Romauldo Guerrero | 1929-03-23 |
Movie | One Stolen Night | Bob | 1929-03-15 |
Movie | The Donovan Affair | Cornish | 1929-04-11 |
Movie | Show of Shows | Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited) | 1929-11-21 |
Movie | The Bachelor Girl | Jimmy | 1929-05-20 |
Movie | The College Coquette | Tom Marion | 1929-08-05 |
Movie | New Orleans | Billy Slade | 1929-06-01 |
Movie | The Tragedy of Youth | Dick Wayne (as Buster Collier) | 1928-03-01 |
Movie | A Night of Mystery | 1928-04-07 | |
Movie | So This Is Love | Jerry McGuire | 1928-02-06 |
Movie | The Floating College | George Dewey | 1928-11-10 |
Movie | The Lion and the Mouse | Jefferson Ryder | 1928-05-21 |
Movie | Beware of Bachelors | Ed | 1928-10-27 |
Movie | Women They Talk About | Steve Harrison | 1928-08-10 |
Movie | The Broken Gate | Don Lane | 1927-02-15 |
Movie | Convoy | John Dodge | 1927-04-24 |
Movie | Backstage | Owen Mackay | 1927-04-01 |
Movie | The Sunset Derby | Jimmy Burke | 1927-06-05 |
Movie | The Desired Woman | Lieutenant Larry Trent | 1927-08-27 |
Movie | The College Widow | Billy Bolton | 1927-10-15 |
Movie | The Lucky Lady | Clarke | 1926-04-25 |
Movie | The Rainmaker | Bobby Robertson | 1926-05-10 |
Movie | God Gave Me Twenty Cents | Barney Tapman | 1926-11-20 |
Movie | The Lady of the Harem | Rafi | 1926-11-01 |
Movie | Just Another Blonde | Scotty | 1926-12-13 |
Movie | Playing with Souls | Matthew Dale Jr. | 1925-04-30 |
Movie | The Wanderer | Jether | 1925-08-19 |
Movie | Eve's Secret | Pierre | 1925-05-11 |
Movie | Fools Highway | Max Davidson | 1924-03-01 |
Movie | The Sea Hawk | Marsak | 1924-06-14 |
Movie | Wine of Youth | Max Cooper | 1924-09-15 |
Movie | The Lighthouse by the Sea | Albert Dorn | 1924-12-01 |
Movie | The Mine with the Iron Door | Chico | 1924-10-02 |
Movie | Enemies of Women | Gaston de Lille | 1923-04-15 |
Movie | Pleasure Mad | Howard Benton | 1923-11-05 |
Movie | The Age of Desire | Ranny - Age 21 | 1923-09-01 |
Movie | The Good Provider | Izzy Binswanger | 1922-04-02 |
Movie | Secrets of Paris | François | 1922-10-01 |
Movie | The Soul of Youth | Dick Armstrong | 1920-08-15 |
Movie | Everybody's Sweetheart | John | 1920-10-04 |
Movie | Back Stage | Stagehand | 1919-09-07 |