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William Collier Jr.

Acting Born Feb 12, 1902 New York City, New York, USA 24 credits

Biography

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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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Known for

Film

Little Caesar

as Tony Passa
Film

Night Angel

1990

Full filmography

  • Stranded (1927) as Johnny Nash
  • Cimarron (1931) as The Kid
  • Little Caesar (1931) as Tony Passa
  • The Verdict (1925) as Jimmy Mason
  • The Lighthouse by the Sea (1924) as Albert Dorn
  • Forgotten (1933) as Joseph Meyers
  • Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (1987)
  • The Wanderer (1925) as Jether
  • The Big Gamble (1931) as Johnnie Ames
  • Rain or Shine (1930) as Bud Conway
  • Cardigan (1922) as Michael Cardigan
  • Pleasure Mad (1923) as Howard Benton
  • Free and Easy (1930) as Master of Ceremonies
  • Backstage (1927) as Owen Mackay
  • Soul of the Slums (1931) as Jerry Harris
  • Eve's Secret (1925) as Pierre
  • The Show of Shows (1929) as Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
  • Two Men and a Maid (1929) as Jim Oxford
  • Dearie (1927) as Stephen Darling
  • The Lucky Lady (1926) as Clarke
  • The Bachelor Girl (1929) as Jimmy
  • So This Is Love (1928) as Jerry McGuire
  • God Gave Me Twenty Cents (1926) as Barney Tapman
  • The People's Enemy (1935) as Tony Falcone