profile image

William Collier Jr.

Feb 12, 1902 - Feb 05, 1987 (84 years old) in New York City, New York, USA

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

poster
Cimarron
The Kid
poster
Little Caesar
Tony Passa
poster
Street Scene
Sam Kaplan
poster
The Sunset Derby
Jimmy Burke
poster
The Sea Hawk
Marsak
poster
The Show of Shows
Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
poster
Broadminded
Jack Hackett
poster
One Stolen Night
Bob
poster
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
poster
Free and Easy
Master of Ceremonies

Credits

Images

image
image