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William Collier Jr.

Buster Collier was born Charles F. Gall Jr. in New York and got his show-business start at the age of seven, his mother being an actress and his father being a theater manager. His parents later divorced and his mother married actor William Collier Sr., who adopted the boy and gave him his new name, William Collier Jr., nicknamed "Buster". Collier's stage experience got him his first film role, The Bugle Call (1916) at age 14. He soon became one of the most popular actors of the 1920s, easily making the transition from child actor to young romantic lead. In 1935 he retired from acting to become a producer, first in the US and then in England, where he moved in 1937 and stayed until the late 1940s. In the 1950s he produced several television series in the US. Date of Death: 5 February 1987, San Francisco, California, USA


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Born:
Feb 1, 1902 In New York City, New York, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
34
First Appeared:
In the movie The Sea Hawk 1924-06-14
Latest Project:
Movie Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow 1987-09-30
Known For
Poster of The People's Enemy
Poster of Show of Shows
Poster of Hardboiled Rose
Poster of The Lighthouse by the Sea
Filmography
Movie Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow 1987-09-30
Movie Hollywood Without Make-Up Self (archive footage) 1963-07-01
Movie The People's Enemy Tony Falcone 1935-04-29
Movie Public Stenographer James 'Jimmy' Martin Jr. 1934-01-09
Movie Forgotten Joseph Meyers 1933-02-14
Movie The Story of Temple Drake Toddy Gowan 1933-05-06
Movie Her Secret Johnny Norton 1933-12-18
Movie Dancers in the Dark Floyd Stevens 1932-03-11
Movie The Phantom Express Bruce Harrington 1932-08-15
Movie Little Caesar Tony Passa 1931-01-25
Movie Reducing Johnnie Beasley 1931-01-03
Movie Cimarron The Kid 1931-01-26
Movie Broadminded Jack Hackett 1931-08-01
Movie The Secret Witness Arthur Jones aka Casey 1931-12-12
Movie Street Scene Sam Kaplan 1931-09-05
Movie The Big Gamble Johnnie Ames 1931-09-04
Movie Free and Easy Master of Ceremonies 1930-03-22
Movie Rain or Shine Bud Conway 1930-08-15
Movie New Movietone Follies of 1930 1930-05-04
Movie Tide of Empire Romauldo Guerrero 1929-03-23
Movie One Stolen Night Bob 1929-03-15
Movie Hardboiled Rose Edward Malo 1929-03-30
Movie The Donovan Affair Cornish 1929-04-11
Movie Show of Shows Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited) 1929-11-21
Movie New Orleans Billy Slade 1929-06-01
Movie The Lion and the Mouse Jefferson Ryder 1928-05-21
Movie Beware of Bachelors Ed 1928-10-27
Movie Women They Talk About Steve Harrison 1928-08-10
Movie The Desired Woman Lieutenant Larry Trent 1927-08-27
Movie The Lucky Lady Clarke 1926-04-25
Movie God Gave Me Twenty Cents Barney Tapman 1926-11-20
Movie The Sea Hawk Marsak 1924-06-14
Movie The Lighthouse by the Sea Albert Dorn 1924-12-01
Movie Wine of Youth Max Cooper 1924-09-15
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