- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 12, 1902
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- February 5, 1987
William Collier Jr.
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 pro…
Filmography
tvBuster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
1987
tvMr. & Mrs. North
1952 · Producer
movieThe People's Enemy
1935 · Tony Falcone
moviePublic Stenographer
1934 · James 'Jimmy' Martin Jr.
movieHer Secret
1933 · Johnny Norton
movieThe Story of Temple Drake
1933 · Toddy Gowan
movieForgotten
1933 · Joseph Meyers
movieFile 113
1933 · Prosper Botomy
movieSpeed Demon
1932 · Speed Morrow
movieThe Fighting Gentleman
1932 · Jack Duncan - aka The Fighting Gentleman
movieThe Phantom Express
1932 · Bruce Harrington
movieThe County Fair
1932 · Jimmie Dolan
movieDancers in the Dark
1932 · Floyd Stevens
movieThe Secret Witness
1931 · Arthur Jones aka Casey
movieSoul of the Slums
1931 · Jerry Harris
Sporting Chance
movieSporting Chance
1931 · Terry Nolan
movieStreet Scene
1931 · Sam Kaplan
movieThe Big Gamble
1931 · Johnnie Ames
movieBroadminded
1931 · Jack Hackett
movieCimarron
1931 · The Kid
movieLittle Caesar
1931 · Tony Passa
movieReducing
1931 · Johnnie Beasley
movieRain or Shine
1930 · Bud Conway
movieNew Movietone Follies of 1930
1930 · Conrad Sterling
movieFree and Easy
1930 · Master of Ceremonies
movieA Royal Romance
1930 · John Hale
movieThe Melody Man
1930 · Al Tyler
movieThe Show of Shows
1929 · Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
movieThe College Coquette
1929 · Tom Marion
Two Men and a Maid
movieTwo Men and a Maid
1929 · Jim Oxford
movieNew Orleans
1929 · Billy Slade
movieThe Bachelor Girl
1929 · Jimmy
movieThe Donovan Affair
1929 · Cornish
movieHardboiled Rose
1929 · Edward Malo
movieTide of Empire
1929 · Romauldo Guerrero
movieOne Stolen Night
1929 · Bob
movieThe Red Sword
1929 · Paul
movieThe Floating College
1928 · George Dewey
movieBeware of Bachelors
1928 · Ed
movieWomen They Talk About
1928 · Steve Harrison
movieThe Lion and the Mouse
1928 · Jefferson Ryder
A Night of Mystery
movieA Night of Mystery
1928
movieThe Tragedy of Youth
1928 · Dick Wayne (as Buster Collier)
movieSo This Is Love
1928 · Jerry McGuire
movieThe College Widow
1927 · Billy Bolton
movieThe Desired Woman
1927 · Lieutenant Larry Trent
movieStranded
1927 · Johnny Nash
movieDearie
1927 · Stephen Darling
movieThe Sunset Derby
1927 · Jimmy Burke
movieConvoy
1927 · John Dodge
movieBackstage
1927 · Owen Mackay
movieThe Broken Gate
1927 · Don Lane
movieJust Another Blonde
1926 · Scotty
movieGod Gave Me Twenty Cents
1926 · Barney Tapman
movieThe Lady of the Harem
1926 · Rafi
movieThe Rainmaker
1926 · Bobby Robertson
movieThe Lucky Lady
1926 · Clarke
movieThe Wanderer
1925 · Jether
movieEve's Secret
1925 · Pierre
moviePlaying with Souls
1925 · Matthew Dale Jr.
movieThe Verdict
1925 · Jimmy Mason
The Reckless Sex
movieThe Reckless Sex
1925 · Juan
movieThe Devil's Cargo
1925 · John Joyce
movieThe Lighthouse by the Sea
1924 · Albert Dorn
movieThe Mine with the Iron Door
1924 · Chico
movieWine of Youth
1924 · Max Cooper
movieThe Sea Hawk
1924 · Marsak
movieFools Highway
1924 · Max Davidson
moviePleasure Mad
1923 · Howard Benton
movieThe Age of Desire
1923 · Ranny - Age 21
movieEnemies of Women
1923 · Gaston de Lille
movieSecrets of Paris
1922 · François
movieThe Good Provider
1922 · Izzy Binswanger
movieCardigan
1922 · Michael Cardigan
movieAt the Stage Door
1921 · Arthur Bates
movieThe Girl from Porcupine
1921 · Jim McTavish
The Heart of Maryland
movieThe Heart of Maryland
1921 · Lloyd Calvert
movieEverybody's Sweetheart
1920 · John
movieThe Soul of Youth
1920 · Dick Armstrong
movieBack Stage
1919 · Stagehand