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William Collier Sr. is a Actor, Theatre Play and Choreographer American born on 12 november 1864

William Collier Sr.

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Birth name William Morenus
Nationality USA
Birth 12 november 1864
Death 13 january 1944 (at 79 years)

William Morenus, né le 12 novembre 1864 à New York (État de New York) et mort le 13 janvier 1944 à Beverly Hills (Californie), est un acteur, dramaturge et metteur en scène américain, connu sous le nom de scène de William Collier Sr. (ou William Collier ou « Willie » Collier).

Biography

Très actif au théâtre (dès l'âge de 11 ans, en 1875, au sein de la troupe d'Eddie Foy), William Collier Sr. joue notamment à Broadway (New York) entre 1894 et 1927, dans des pièces, comédies musicales et revues. Toujours à Broadway, il est également dramaturge et metteur en scène.

Mentionnons la pièce Le Dictateur de Richard Harding Davis (acteur, 1904, avec John Barrymore et Lucile Watson), la revue Hello, Broadway! de George M. Cohan (acteur, 1914-1915, avec l'auteur et Peggy Wood), la pièce The Hottentot (coauteur et acteur, 1920, avec Frances Carson et Donald Meek), ainsi que la comédie musicale Tickle Me sur une musique d'Herbert Stothart (acteur et metteur en scène, 1920-1921).

Au cinéma, durant la période du muet, il contribue à six films américains (dont quatre courts métrages), depuis Fatty and the Broadway Stars de et avec Fatty Arbuckle (1915) jusqu'à The Servant Question de Dell Henderson (1920), où il joue aux côtés de William Collier Jr., son fils adoptif (né Charles F. Gall Jr., 1902-1987).

Avec le passage au parlant, il apparaît dans trente-sept autres films américains, depuis Happy Days de Benjamin Stoloff (1929, avec Stuart Erwin et Janet Gaynor) jusqu'à Magie musicale d'Andrew L. Stone (1941, avec Allan Jones et Susanna Foster). Entretemps, citons The Brat de John Ford (1931, avec Sally O'Neil et Alan Dinehart), Caïn et Mabel de Lloyd Bacon (1936, avec Marion Davies et Clark Gable), ou encore Chirurgiens de Frank Borzage (1939, avec Dorothy Lamour et Akim Tamiroff).

William Collier Sr. meurt à 79 ans, en 1944.

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Filmography of William Collier Sr. (32 films)

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Actor

Television Spy, 58minutes
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Actors William Henry, Judith Barrett, William Collier Sr, William Collier Sr., Richard Denning, John Eldredge
Roles James Llewellyn
Rating55% 2.7950052.7950052.7950052.7950052.795005
A scientist invents a television called the Iconoscope, which thieves try to steal. The term iconoscope was actually used in real life for certain television vacuum tubes.
Invitation to Happiness, 1h37
Directed by Wesley Ruggles
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Irene Dunne, Fred MacMurray, Charles Ruggles, Marion Martin, William Collier Sr., Oscar O'Shea
Roles Mr. Wayne
Rating62% 3.143593.143593.143593.143593.14359
dans les années 1930, aux Etats-Unis. Les conflits amoureux, sociaux et professionnels entre un boxeur mal dégrossi et une femme du monde.
Invitation to Happiness, 1h37
Directed by Wesley Ruggles
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Irene Dunne, Fred MacMurray, Charles Ruggles, William Collier Sr, Marion Martin, William Collier Sr.
Roles Mr. Wayne
Rating62% 3.143593.143593.143593.143593.14359
dans les années 1930, aux Etats-Unis. Les conflits amoureux, sociaux et professionnels entre un boxeur mal dégrossi et une femme du monde.
Josette
Josette (1938)
, 1h13
Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Don Ameche, Simone Simon, Robert Young, Joan Davis, Bert Lahr, Paul Hurst
Roles David Brassard Sr.
Rating61% 3.0502353.0502353.0502353.0502353.050235
Pierre et David Brassard, deux frères, entreprennent de tirer leur père vieillissant des griffes d'une chanteuse, Josette, qui cherche à se faire épouser. Mais ils se trompent et prennent pour la chanteuse, la ravissante habilleuse, Renée LeBlanc, dont ils ne tardent pas à tomber, l'un et l'autre, amoureux.
Cain and Mabel, 1h30
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Marion Davies, Clark Gable, Allen Jenkins, Roscoe Karns, Walter Catlett, Robert Paige
Roles Pop Walters
Rating63% 3.198573.198573.198573.198573.19857
Waitress-turned-Broadway star Mabel O'Dare (Marion Davies) and garage-mechanic-turned-prize fighter Larry Cain (Clark Gable) dislike each other intensely, but press agent Aloysius K. Reilly (Roscoe Karns) cooks up a phony romance between them for publicity. Inevitably, the two fall in love for real, and plan on getting married, with Mabel quitting show business to be a housewife and Cain quitting the fight racket to run garages in New Jersey.
Give Us This Night, 1h13
Directed by Alexander Hall
Origin USA
Themes Musical films
Actors Jan Kiepura, Gladys Swarthout, Philip Merivale, Alan Mowbray, Sidney Toler, Charles Judels
Roles Priest
Rating68% 3.4463.4463.4463.4463.446
After being introduced to the world of opera, a fisherman (Jan Kiepura) falls for a woman (Swarthout) whose guardian is a noted composer (Philip Merivale). They met when the fisherman evaded the police by seeking refuge in the village church. While there, they are each captivated by hearing the other singing Mass. The beautiful woman falls in love with the fisherman with the wonderful voice.
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie, 1h50
Directed by Wesley Ruggles
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Gladys George, Arline Judge, John Howard, Dudley Digges, Harry Carey, Isabel Jewell
Roles Ed Moresby
Rating62% 3.143353.143353.143353.143353.14335
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".
Love on a Bet, 1h17
Directed by Leigh Jason
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Gene Raymond, Wendy Barrie, Helen Broderick, Addison Randall, William Collier Sr., Spencer Charters
Roles Uncle Carlton MacCreigh
Rating67% 3.3794153.3794153.3794153.3794153.379415
The Bride Comes Home, 1h23
Directed by Wesley Ruggles
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Robert Young, William Collier Sr, William Collier Sr., Donald Meek
Roles Alfred Desmereau
Rating61% 3.0922653.0922653.0922653.0922653.092265
After the bankruptcy of her father's business, the penniless socialite Jeannette Desmereau (Claudette Colbert) works with magazine editor Cyrus Anderson (Fred MacMurray) and publisher Jack Bristow (Robert Young). They discuss love and wedding plans. However, when Bristow would seem to marry her, Anderson prepares a plan to take her back. This is a romantic comedy with money, bad tempers and love in the balance.
The Murder Man, 1h9
Directed by Tim Whelan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Spencer Tracy, Virginia Bruce, Lionel Atwill, Harvey Stephens, James Stewart, Robert Barrat
Roles 'Pop' Grey
Rating67% 3.3956653.3956653.3956653.3956653.395665
Steve Grey (Spencer Tracy) is a hotshot New York newspaper reporter, specializing in murder. When a crooked businessman named Halford is murdered, Steve pins the blame on the dead man's associate, Henry Mander (Harvey Stephens), theorizing that Halford was killed by a rifle from a shooting gallery across the street.