William Collier Jr.
Date of birth: 1902-02-12
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Charles F. Gall Jr., Buster Collier, Buster Collier Jr., William 'Buster' Collier Jr., William 'Buster' Collier
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.
Movie Credits
Back Stage
1919-09-07
Roscoe and Buster give a bullying Strongman the what-for, but after the performance troupe quits it'
Sporting Chance
1931-10-25
A jockey finally hits the big time, but he lets his success go to his head, threatening his career a
Little Caesar
1931-01-25
A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
The Story of Temple Drake
1933-05-06
The coquettish granddaughter of a respected small-town judge is stranded at a bootleggers’ hide-out,
Free and Easy
1930-03-22
Gopher City Kansas hosts a beauty contest. The winner, Elvira Plunkett, and her mother go to Hollywo
Cimarron
1931-01-26
When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a
The Mine with the Iron Door
1924-10-02
This epic Western-melodrama was based on the popular novel by Harold Bell Wright. Two old prospector
The Big Gamble
1931-09-04
A gambler, hopelessly in debt, agrees to pay off his debt by allowing his creditor to take out a lif
Playing with Souls
1925-04-30
Amy and Matthew Dale separate and they place their young son, Matthew Jr., in a London boarding scho
The Sunset Derby
1927-06-05
After suffering a fall during a race, rider Jimmy Burke loses his nerve. But with the help of his gi
The Devil's Cargo
1925-02-02
John Joyce arrives in Sacramento with his sister, Martha, and aunt to become the editor of a newspap
God Gave Me Twenty Cents
1926-11-20
The story concerns the misadventures of sailor Steve Doren, who tries his best to support his wife M
A Night of Mystery
1928-04-07
Bound for Africa the next day, Captain Ferréol visits Gilberte Boismartel, his former sweetheart who
Pleasure Mad
1923-11-05
The Lady of the Harem
1926-11-01
Rafi arrives in the city in search of Pervaneh who was taken by the Sultan. He is joined by Hassan t
The People's Enemy
1935-04-29
Money was what gangster Vince M. Falcone wanted most and he did lay hands on millions of dollars by
The Phantom Express
1932-08-15
Railroad foes cause terror on the tracks with the illusion of a ghost train.
Street Scene
1931-09-05
The setting is a city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents serve as representatives
The Donovan Affair
1929-04-11
Inspector Killian tries to solve a murder case with his assistant Carney.
Her Secret
1933-12-18
In "Her Secret" (aka "The Girl from Georgia" in the UK in 1934 when shown there)Johnny, the son of a
Broadminded
1931-08-01
Jack's father lowers the boom when his irresponsible rich-kid ends up in jail after a night of debau
Public Stenographer
1934-01-09
A stenographer who works at a large hotel finds herself caught in the middle of a major swindle.
Dancers in the Dark
1932-03-11
A bandleader tries to romance a dancer by sending her boyfriend, a musician, out of town. However, t
Reducing
1931-01-03
Culture shock bombards a woman and her family when they leave their hick town to help her sister out
Stranded
1927-08-15
When a pretty small-town girl with no talent goes to Hollywood, what could go wrong? She could get S
Convoy
1927-04-24
A German spy matches wits with-and pitches woo to- an American secret agent
Speed Demon
1932-11-11
A mechanic works for his sweetheart's father, who builds racing boats. He begs for and gets the chan
The Show of Shows
1929-11-21
Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see and
The Reckless Sex
1925-02-05
Robert Lanning, a proper Bostonian who owns an estate in southern New Mexico, suspects that some of
One Stolen Night
1929-03-15
When his ne'er-do-well brother embezzles the commissary funds of their cavalry unit stationed in the
The Lion and the Mouse
1928-05-21
Judge Ross, on the Federal Bench, rules in favor of a large company in litigation before him, unawar
Rain or Shine
1930-08-15
Young Mary Rainey takes the reins of her deceased father's failing circus. With the help of the Inim
The Sea Hawk
1924-06-14
The adventures of Oliver Tressilian, who goes from English gentry to galley slave to captain of a Mo
The Secret Witness
1931-12-12
A wealthy, cheating husband is found murdered in his penthouse apartment. The police soon arrest a s
The Lighthouse by the Sea
1924-12-01
A lighthouse keeper and his daughter are in trouble on two fronts--if the authorities find out he is
Wine of Youth
1924-09-15
Based on a play be Rachel Crothers, WINE OF YOUTH is a solid drama about "the modern young generatio
Women They Talk About
1928-08-10
Women They Talk About is a part-talkie Vitaphone film, with talking, music and sound effects sequenc
The Lucky Lady
1926-04-25
Convent-bred to assume her position of nobility when the time comes, Princess Antoinette plays hooky
Beware of Bachelors
1928-10-27
A young doctor is accused by his pretty wife of paying too much attention to one of his woman patien
Forgotten
1933-02-14
Papa Strauss, a widower, is being shifted around from one married-son's home to the other, and is un
Hardboiled Rose
1929-03-30
A Southern Belle must work in a gambling house to pay off her father's debts, which drove him to sui
Tide of Empire
1929-03-23
California's gold discovery in 1848 draws a "tide of empire" to the area, which becomes ripe for ban
The Desired Woman
1927-08-27
The beautiful and cultured Lady Diana Whitney marries Captain Maxwell of the British Army. When he i
The Age of Desire
1923-09-01
Janet Loring is a young widow with a young son. She marries millionaire Malcolm Trask, but doesn't t
New Orleans
1929-06-01
Billy, a jockey, and Jim, an assistant manager of a New Orleans racetrack, are close friends. They b
The Wanderer
1925-08-19
Jether, a shepherd, is lured from his home by Tisha, priestess of the goddess Ishtar. He journeys to
The Bachelor Girl
1929-05-20
Joyce (Jacqueline Logan), a beautiful and efficient secretary, does her best to take in hand and ref
New Movietone Follies of 1930
1930-05-04
Minimum plot. Maximum stars of early cinema. Rich young Conrad Sterling (William Collier Jr.) is in
A Royal Romance
1930-03-17
A young writer, John Hale, inherits a fortune and moves into an alleged-haunted castle with his serv
The Floating College
1928-11-10
College Life - Love - and the big things of life under the light-heartedness of youth.
The College Widow
1927-10-15
Following another instance of the perennial defeat of the Atwater College football team, President W
The Melody Man
1930-01-15
A Viennese composer Von Kemper (John St.Polis), who after murdering both his unfaithful wife and roy
The College Coquette
1929-08-05
Betty Forrester, a college flirt who is determined to attract Harvey Porter, the school coach, start
File 113
1933-01-05
A Parisian cop sets out to solve a sudden series of crimes, including robbery and blackmail. Based o
So This Is Love
1928-02-06
So This is Love? was another early Frank Capra production for fledgling Columbia Pictures. The hero,
The Tragedy of Youth
1928-03-01
Neglected by shallow husband Dick, young bride Paula Wayne seeks male companionship outside the mari
The Good Provider
1922-04-02
A prosperous small-town peddler accedes to his family's wish to move from their secure existence to
Soul of the Slums
1931-11-15
A young man, framed and sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit, is released after serving his s
The Rainmaker
1926-05-10
The story of a racetrack tout whose prayers could bring a dry or muddy racetrack, and how he learned
Just Another Blonde
1926-12-13
Jimmy O'Connor and Scotty are a couple of New York City gamblers and sharpies who decide to go strai
Backstage
1927-04-01
Julia, Myrtle, Fanny, and Jane - all chorus girls, after weeks of rehearsing for a show, find themse
Eve's Secret
1925-05-11
Eve's Secret is that she's not the elegant society woman she seems to be. In fact, Eve is an unkempt
Enemies of Women
1923-04-15
The dashing but arrogant Prince Michael Fedor Lubimoff has to flee Tsarist Russia after falling into
Fools Highway
1924-03-01
Mike Kildare, a swaggering youth from New York City's Bowery at the turn of the century, comes to th
The Broken Gate
1927-02-15
In the small farming community of Spring Valley, young Aurora Lane has caused a scandal by bearing a
The County Fair
1932-03-31
A Kentucky horse owner hires an ex-jockey, who is now working as a waiter, to train his thoroughbred
The Soul of Youth
1920-08-15
Ed Simpson has been raised in an orphanage where he has caused much trouble. He can't stand living t
Everybody's Sweetheart
1920-10-04
When the benign headmistress of the county poor farm is discharged and replaced with a tyrant, John
Secrets of Paris
1922-10-01
The Fighting Gentleman
1932-10-07
A young mechanic loses an amateur fight at a carnival, and sets out to train hard to become a profes
The Heart of Maryland
1921-05-01
When the Civil War breaks out, Alan Kendrick, an army officer born in the South, stays in the army t
Dearie
1927-06-18
Finding herself in dire circumstances, the widowed Sylvia Darling determines that her son, Stephen,
The Girl from Porcupine
1921-10-26
Hope Dugan rescues young Jim McTavish from a beating at the hands of his cruel father, who then is h
The Verdict
1925-04-16
Carol Kingsley and Jimmy Mason, who are both employed in a fashion emporium run by Pierre Ronsard, f
At the Stage Door
1921-12-11
As children, sisters Helen Mathews and Mary Mathews couldn't be more dissimilar--Helen is selfish, t
Cardigan
1922-02-19
Michael Cardigan is an American patriot in the months before the American Revolution. He fights to b