William Collier Jr.

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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.

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1987
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
TV show
1955
Crossroads
TV show Producer
1952
Mr. & Mrs. North
TV show Producer
1935
The People's Enemy
Movie Tony Falcone
1934
Public Stenographer
Movie James 'Jimmy' Martin Jr.
1933
Her Secret
Movie Johnny Norton
1933
The Story of Temple Drake
Movie Toddy Gowan
1933
Forgotten
Movie Joseph Meyers
1933
File 113
Movie Prosper Botomy
1932
Speed Demon
Movie Speed Morrow
1932
The Fighting Gentleman
Movie Jack Duncan - aka The Fighting Gentleman
1932
The Phantom Express
Movie Bruce Harrington
1932
The County Fair
Movie Jimmie Dolan
1932
Dancers in the Dark
Movie Floyd Stevens
1931
The Secret Witness
Movie Arthur Jones aka Casey
1931
Soul of the Slums
Movie Jerry Harris

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1931
Sporting Chance
Movie Terry Nolan
1931
Street Scene
Movie Sam Kaplan
1931
The Big Gamble
Movie Johnnie Ames
1931
Broadminded
Movie Jack Hackett
1931
Cimarron
Movie The Kid
1931
Little Caesar
Movie Tony Passa
1931
Reducing
Movie Johnnie Beasley
1930
Rain or Shine
Movie Bud Conway
1930
New Movietone Follies of 1930
Movie Conrad Sterling
1930
Free and Easy
Movie Master of Ceremonies
1930
A Royal Romance
Movie John Hale
1930
The Melody Man
Movie Al Tyler
1929
The Show of Shows
Movie Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
1929
The College Coquette
Movie Tom Marion
1929
Two Men and a Maid
Movie Jim Oxford
1929
New Orleans
Movie Billy Slade
1929
The Bachelor Girl
Movie Jimmy
1929
The Donovan Affair
Movie Cornish
1929
Hardboiled Rose
Movie Edward Malo
1929
Tide of Empire
Movie Romauldo Guerrero
1929
One Stolen Night
Movie Bob
1929
The Red Sword
Movie Paul
1928
The Floating College
Movie George Dewey
1928
Beware of Bachelors
Movie Ed