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Aliases: Charles F. Gall Jr. , Buster Collier , Buster Collier Jr. , William 'Buster' Collier Jr. , William 'Buster' Collier

Gender: Male

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 46

TV Involvements: 1


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Little Caesar
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7

Little Caesar

(1931) Tony Passa
Cimarron
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6

Cimarron

(1931) The Kid
The Mine with the Iron Door
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0
Public Stenographer
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5

Public Stenographer

(1934) James 'Jimmy' Martin Jr.
Street Scene
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7

Street Scene

(1931) Sam Kaplan
The Lion and the Mouse
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The Lion and the Mouse

(1928) Jefferson Ryder
Dancers in the Dark
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5

Dancers in the Dark

(1932) Floyd Stevens
The Story of Temple Drake
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7

The Story of Temple Drake

(1933) Toddy Gowan

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1987 N/A
1963 Self (archive footage)
1935 Tony Falcone
1934 James 'Jimmy' Martin Jr.
1933 Johnny Norton
Toddy Gowan
Joseph Meyers
N/A
1932 Bruce Harrington
Jimmie Dolan
Floyd Stevens
1931 Arthur Jones aka Casey
Jerry Harris
Terry Nolan
Sam Kaplan
Johnnie Ames
Jack Hackett
The Kid
Tony Passa
Johnnie Beasley
1930 Bud Conway
N/A
Master of Ceremonies
John Hale
Al Tyler
1929 Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
Tom Marion
Billy Slade
Jimmy
Cornish
Edward Malo
Romauldo Guerrero
Bob
1928 George Dewey
Ed
Steve Harrison
Jefferson Ryder
N/A
Dick Wayne (as Buster Collier)
Jerry McGuire
1927 Billy Bolton
Lieutenant Larry Trent
Johnny Nash
Jimmy Burke
John Dodge
Owen Mackay
Don Lane
1926 Scotty
Barney Tapman
Rafi
Bobby Robertson
Clarke
1925 Jether
Pierre
Matthew Dale Jr.
John Joyce
1924 Albert Dorn
Chico
Max Cooper
Marsak
Max Davidson
1923 Howard Benton
Ranny - Age 21
Gaston de Lille
1922 François
N/A
1920 John
Dick Armstrong
1919 Stagehand
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
1952 Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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