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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.
William Collier (nicknamed "Buster") was born in New York City. 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. 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 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. 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.

Little Caesar
1931 · as Tony Passa

Cimarron
1931 · as The Kid

Free and Easy
1930 · as Master of Ceremonies

The Show of Shows
1929 · as Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)

Forgotten
1933 · as Joseph Meyers

Stranded
1927 · as Johnny Nash

The Verdict
1925 · as Jimmy Mason

Backstage
1927 · as Owen Mackay

Rain or Shine
1930 · as Bud Conway

Street Scene
1931 · as Sam Kaplan

The Story of Temple Drake
1933 · as Toddy Gowan

Enemies of Women
1923 · as Gaston de Lille

Dearie
1927 · as Stephen Darling

Reducing
1931 · as Johnnie Beasley

Cardigan
1922 · as Michael Cardigan

The Reckless Sex
1925 · as Juan

So This Is Love
1928 · as Jerry McGuire

The Lucky Lady
1926 · as Clarke