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William Collier Jr. is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Executive producer American born on 12 february 1902 at New York City (USA)
William Collier, Jr. (February 12, 1902 – February 5, 1987) was an American film and stage actor who appeared in 89 films.
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Birth name Charles F. Gall Jr.
Nationality USA
Birth 12 february 1902 at New York City (USA)
Death 5 february 1987 (at 84 years) at San Francisco (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 12 february 1902 at New York City (USA)
Death 5 february 1987 (at 84 years) at San Francisco (USA)
Biography
William Collier (nicknamed "Buster") was born as Charles F. Gall, Jr. in New York City. When his parents divorced his mother, the actress Paula Marr, re-married the actor William Collier, Sr. who adopted Charles 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 & 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.Best films
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Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963)
Directed by Ken Murray
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about cities
Actors Kirk Douglas, Ken Murray, Cary Grant, June Allyson, George K. Arthur, Eddie Albert
Roles Self (archive footage)
Rating71%
The film consists of archive footage of famous Hollywood stars, mostly home movies showing the stars as themselves instead of playing a role in front of the camera.
, 1h50Directed by Wesley Ruggles
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Gladys George, Arline Judge, John Howard, Dudley Digges, Harry Carey, Isabel Jewell
Roles Ed Moresby, a town councilman who convinces Carrie to leave town before she is forced out.
Rating62%
Carrie Snyder (Gladys George) is a prostitute, who is forced out of the fictional southern town of Crebillon, after forming a friendship with a young boy named Paul (Jackie Moran), whose dying mother (Janet Young) is unable to protest against her son visiting such a woman. After Carrie has left town Paul runs away from his abusive father (John Wray), and meets a girl named Lady (Charlene Wyatt) who has run away from a burning trainwreck, not wanting to go back to the people she was with. Carrie comes back for Paul and ends up taking Paul and Lady to New York with her. Carrie gets an apartment and starts a successful chain of laundry stores. Eventually they become very rich and Lady (Arline Judge) grows very attracted to Paul (John Howard). However Paul feels obligated to take care of a young woman named Lili (Isabel Jewell) whose brother's death he caused (the brother had been pushing Paul to try to get on the train, but when Paul pushed back, the train door closed with the brother on the outside with his coat stuck in the train door, causing him to get dragged along with the train and his legs to be run over). Lilli pretends to love Paul because he is rich, which Carrie is able to see, but which Paul does not. She devises a plan to make Lilli leave, if she will bribe some people to help get Lilli's true love out of jail, she will leave Paul. They go to break the man out of jail, but they are caught. Lilli is shot dead and Carrie gets sent to jail. An old lawyer friend (Harry Carey) vows to fight for her freedom, but Carrie decides to plead guilty, because she doesn't want Lady to know about her past (her life as a prostitute would be dragged out in court if her case went to trial) and also because she fears that this damage to her reputation would also be bad for the reputation of the children. The lawyer ends by remarking to Paul's employer (Dudley Digges) that, "valiant is the word for Carrie".
The People's Enemy (1935)
Directed by Crane Wilbur
Genres Crime
Actors Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas, Lila Lee, Charles Coburn, Shirley Grey, Roscoe Ates
Roles Tony Falcone
Rating58%
Public Stenographer (1934)
, 1h4Directed by Lewis D. Collins
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lola Lane, William Collier Jr., Esther Muir, Jason Robards Sr., Duncan Renaldo, Bryant Washburn
Roles James 'Jimmy' Martin Jr.
Rating52%
Forgotten (1933)
, 1h5Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Lee Kohlmar, June Clyde, William Collier Jr., Leon Ames, Selmer Jackson, Natalie Moorhead
Roles Joseph Meyers
Rating65%
Retired Papa Strauss, a widower, who has been a successful dye manufacturer, is being shifted around from one married-son's home to the other, and is not welcome at all because his daughter-in-laws' object to his smelly pipe smoking. Finally the family tucks him 'out of sight and out of mind' into a nursing home, with very little 'honor thy father' thought given to it. However, unmarried daughter, Lena, who loves her father dearly, with help from an inheritance from her uncle, and her chemist fiancée, who has new patented technology, sets up a new dye works with her father as head. They make a home for him. New company steals business from sons' company and finally has to bail them out. Sons and their wives attitudes finally change.
The Story of Temple Drake (1933)
, 1h10Directed by Stephen Roberts
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Miriam Hopkins, Jack La Rue, William Gargan, Irving Pichel, Elizabeth Patterson, Guy Standing
Roles Toddy Gowan
Rating70%
Temple Drake, a frivolous young woman from a prominent Mississippi family, is raped and forced into prostitution by Trigger, a backwoods bootlegger, after Trigger shoots and kills a boy who tries to protect her. Another backwoodsman is charged with the murder. When Temple tries to leave Trigger, he becomes angry and is apparently about to assault her, so she grabs his pistol and shoots him, then flees back home to her family. An idealistic lawyer eventually persuades Temple to tell the truth about the first murder on the witness stand and save the defendant's life, even though her testimony will disgrace herself. According to Pre-Code scholar Thomas Doherty, the film implies that the deeds done to her are in recompense for her immorality.
Dancers in the Dark (1932)
, 1h14Directed by David Burton
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Miriam Hopkins, Jack Oakie, George Raft, William Collier Jr., Eugene Pallette, Maurice Black
Roles Floyd Stevens
Rating59%
The Phantom Express (1932)
, 1h10Directed by Emory Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors William Collier Jr., Sally Blane, J. Farrell MacDonald, Hobart Bosworth, Lina Basquette, Eddie Phillips
Roles Bruce Harrington
Rating53%
When a phantom train starts derailing rolling stock and threatens a railway company's value, the playboy son of the owner must find out what is happening before the company is sold.
The County Fair (1932)
, 1h11Directed by Louis King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Horse sports in film
Actors Hobart Bosworth, Marion Shilling, Ralph Ince, William Collier Jr., Fred Toones, George Chesebro
Roles Jimmie Dolan
Speed Demon (1932)
, 1h9Directed by D. Ross Lederman
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors William Collier Jr., Joan Marsh, Wheeler Oakman, Robert Ellis, Frank Sheridan, Wade Boteler
Roles Speed Morrow
Rating51%
Little Caesar (1931)
, 1h19Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Mob film, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Glenda Farrell, Sidney Blackmer, William Collier Jr., George E. Stone
Roles Tony Passa
Rating71%
Small-time criminals Caesar Enrico "Rico" Bandello (Edward G. Robinson) and his friend Joe Massara (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) move to Chicago to seek their fortunes. Rico joins the gang of Sam Vettori (Stanley Fields), while Joe wants to be a dancer. Olga (Glenda Farrell) becomes his dance partner and girlfriend.
Cimarron (1931)
, 2h11Directed by Wesley Ruggles
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Historical, Western
Actors Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor, George E. Stone, Nance O'Neil, William Collier Jr.
Roles The Kid
Rating57%
The Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 prompts thousands to travel to the Oklahoma Territory to grab free government land; Yancey Cravat (Richard Dix), his young bride, Sabra (Irene Dunne) and their son, Cim, join the throngs. In the ensuing race, Yancey is outwitted by a young prostitute, Dixie Lee (Estelle Taylor), who takes the prime piece of real estate, the Bear Creek claim, which Yancey had targeted for himself.
Street Scene (1931)
, 1h20Directed by King Vidor, H. Bruce Humberstone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Estelle Taylor, Walter Miller, Sylvia Sidney, William Collier Jr., Beulah Bondi, David Landau
Roles Sam Kaplan
Rating75%
On a hot summer afternoon in New York, Emma Jones gossips with other neighbors in her residential building about the affair that Mrs. Anna Maurrant and the milkman Steve Sankey are having. When the rude and unfriendly Mr. Frank Maurrant arrives, they change the subject. Meanwhile, their teenage daughter Rose Maurrant is being sexually pressured by her married boss Mr. Bert Easter. She does however very much like her kind young Jewish neighbor Sam, who has a serious crush on her.
Bought! (1931)
, 1h32Directed by Archie Mayo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Constance Bennett, Ben Lyon, Richard Bennett, Dorothy Peterson, Ray Milland, Clara Blandick
Rating61%
Stephanie Dale grows up as a poor girl and resents her mother's working class sensibilities. Bennett's mother, was never married and she raised her daughter as a single parent. Stephanie dreams of living a rich lifestyle and gets a job modelling at a modiste shop. David Meyer, an executive, notices her and immediately is attracted to Bennett. One day, Stephanie returns home to find her mother has died. She moves out and finds an apartment in a location where she hopes she will be able to meet socialites. Meyer develops a relationship with Stephanie, which allows her to begin indulging in luxuries as Meyer is wealthy. They share an interest in books. Stephanie is put off, however, by Meyer's age, clothes and manners.
The Big Gamble (1931)
, 1h5Directed by Fred Niblo
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors William Boyd, Dorothy Sebastian, Warner Oland, James Gleason, Geneva Mitchell, Zasu Pitts
Roles Johnnie Ames
Rating58%
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