William Collier Jr.
William Collier Jr. | |
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![]() William Collier circa 1913 with his adoptive father | |
Born | Charles F. Gall Jr. February 12, 1902 New York City, U.S. |
Died | February 5, 1987 | (aged 84)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | Actor: 1916–1935 producer: 1946–1956 |
Spouse | Marie Stevens (1934–1981) (her death) (1 child) |
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.[1][2]
Biography
William Collier (nicknamed "Buster")[3] was born in New York City.[4] 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.[5] 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).[6][7]
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.[8] 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.[9]
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Selected filmography as an actor
- The Bugle Call (1916)
- Never Again (1916)
- Back Stage (1919)
- The Soul of Youth (1920)
- Everybody's Sweetheart (1920)
- The Heart of Maryland (1921)
- At the Stage Door (1921)
- Cardigan (1922)
- Enemies of Women (1923)
- The Age of Desire (1923)
- Fools Highway (1924)
- The Sea Hawk (1924)
- Wine of Youth (1924)
- The Mine with the Iron Door (1924)
- The Lighthouse by the Sea (1924)
- The Devil's Cargo (1925)
- Eve's Secret (1925)
- The Wanderer (1925)
- The Lucky Lady (1926)
- Just Another Blonde (1926)
- The Broken Gate (1927)
- Convoy (1927)
- The Sunset Derby (1927)
- Dearie (1927)
- The College Widow (1927)
- Stranded (1927)
- A Night of Mystery (1928)
- Women They Talk About (1928)
- Beware of Bachelors (1928)
- Tide of Empire (1929)
- Hardboiled Rose (1929)
- The Donovan Affair (1929)
- Two Men and a Maid (1929)
- New Orleans (1929)
- The Show of Shows (1929)
- The Melody Man (1930)
- A Royal Romance (1930)
- Lummox (1930)
- Rain or Shine (1930)
- New Movietone Follies of 1930 (1930)
- Little Caesar (1931)
- Cimarron (1931)
- Reducing (1931)
- Street Scene (1931)
- The Secret Witness (1931)
- Soul of the Slums (1931)
- The Phantom Express (1932)
- Dancers in the Dark (1932)
- The County Fair (1932)
- Speed Demon (1932)
- Public Stenographer (1933)
Death
Collier died one week before his 85th birthday on February 5, 1987, in San Francisco.[1]
References
- ^ a b "William Collier Jr". British Film Institute.
- ^ League, The Broadway. "William Collier, Jr. – Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB".
- ^ "Special Collections - Margaret Herrick Library - Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences".
- ^ "William Collier Jr". virtual-history.com. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
- ^ "WILLIAM COLLIER JR". emovieposter.com. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
- ^ League, The Broadway. "The Patriot – Broadway Play – Original - IBDB". IBDB. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
- ^ "William Collier, Jr. - Movies and Filmography". allmovie.com. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
- ^ "Special Collections - Margaret Herrick Library - Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences". oscars.org. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
- ^ "William Collier - Hollywood Walk of Fame".
Bibliography
- John Holmstrom, The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995, Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 16.
External links
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- William Collier Jr. at IMDb
- William Collier Jr. at the Internet Broadway Database
- William Collier Jr. at Find a Grave
- William Collier at Virtual History