William Collier Sr.

William Collier Sr
Born	William Morenus (1864-11-12)November 12, 1864 New York City, U.S.
Died	January 13, 1944(1944-01-13) (aged 79) Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Burial place	Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Occupation(s)	Writer, director, actor on stage and screen
Years active	1916–1941
Spouse(s)	Louise Allen (?–1909) (her death) Paula Marr (1910–?)
Children	William Collier Jr.

William Collier Sr. (November 12, 1864 – January 13, 1944) born William Morenus was an American writer, director and actor.

Career

Collier ran away from home when only 11 years old to join a touring company run by Eddie Foy. After a notable stage career, he tried motion pictures, under producer Mack Sennett. He then went back to the stage for some years but returned to films when the talkies came along.

Private life

He married Louise Allen; she died in 1909 and he married Paula Marr the following year, adopting her son Charles, whom he renamed William Collier Jr. (1902–1987). He died of pneumonia in 1944. He was interred at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

Partial filmography

File:William Collier Snr.jpg

Collier in later years

• Never Again (1916)
• Better Late Than Never (1916)
• Happy Days (1929)
• High Society Blues (1930)
• Harmony at Home (1930)
• She's My Weakness (1930)
• Mr. Lemon of Orange (1931)
• Annabelle's Affairs (1931)
• The Brat (1931)
• After Tomorrow (1932)
• Stepping Sisters (1932)
• A Successful Failure (1934)
• The Murder Man (1935)
• Give Us This Night (1936)
• Cain and Mabel (1936)
• Josette (1938)
• Television Spy (1939)
• Miracle on Main Street (1939)
• The Hard Boiled Canary (1941)

External links

• William Collier Sr. at the Internet Broadway Database
• William Collier Sr. at IMDb
• portrait of Collier