William Collier Sr.

William Collier Sr.

Рождение : 1864-11-12, New York City, New York, USA

Смерть : 1944-01-13

История

William Collier Sr. was born on November 12, 1864 in New York City, New York, as William Morenus. He was an actor and writer, known for Wife and Auto Trouble (1916), Harmony at Home (1930) and Up the River (1930). He was married to Paula Marr and Louise Allen. He died on January 13, 1944 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, from pneumonia.

Профиль

William Collier Sr.

Фильмы

The Hard-Boiled Canary
Dr. Joseph E. Maddy
A young girl fresh out of reform school who is singing in a burlesque show is offered a scholarship to a famous music camp by the camp's owner. She must overcome the suspicions of the other students in order to prove herself.
Miracle on Main Street
Dr. Miles
On Christmas Eve in the Spanish quarter of L.A. police try to arrest a couple running a shady floor show. Hiding in a church, the girl finds an abandoned baby and uses it as cover to escape capture.
Disputed Passage
Dr. William Cunningham
A doctor's medical studies are threatened by his infatuation with a Chinese girl. The girl returns to China, but complications ensue when she runs into him in Nanking during a Japanese bombing raid.
Television Spy
James Llewellyn
A scientist invents a television device called the Iconoscope. Foreign agents hear about it and try to steal it.
Invitation to Happiness
Mr. Wayne
An egotistical boxer romances a rich backer's daughter.
Persons in Hiding
Burt Nast
During a stick-up, a woman is excited by the criminal and joins him on his crime spree.
Say It in French
Howland
An American golf pro falls in love with a woman while visiting France; before long they are married and in the US. Upon their arrival, they are dismayed to discover that the golfer's parents have arranged for him to marry a wealthy socialite so they can use her money to support their business....
Thanks for the Memory
Jim Platt
Steve Merrick is an out of work writer who stays home and plays house husband while his wife goes to work for her former fiancé and Merrick's publisher who is still carrying a torch for her.
Josette
David Brassard Sr.
Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they both fall in love.
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Ed Moresby
Carrie Snyder is a prostitute, who is forced out of the fictional southern town of Crebillon, after forming a friendship with a young boy named Paul, whose dying mother is unable to protest against her son visiting such a woman. After Carrie has left town Paul runs away from his abusive father, and meets a girl named Lady 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.
Кейн и Мейбл
Pop Walters
Боксер Ларри Кейн и звезда Бродвея Мейбл О`Дэйр решают завязать фиктивный роман, чтобы поддержать свою угасающую популярность. Не учли они только, что даже фиктивный роман требует некоторых усилий и взаимных симпатий, и вот последнего им как раз и не хватает... поначалу.
Песня о любви
Priest
Молодая одаренная оперная певица Мария Северелли — воспитанница известного композитора Марчелло Бонелли. В деревенской церкви девушке случайно встречается местный рыбак Антонио Белицца. Он пришел в храм отнюдь не на службу — парень там прячется от полицейских. Герои мюзикла «Песня о любви» очарованы друг другом, и Мария решает составить дуэт с обладателем столь приятного голоса.
Love on a Bet
Uncle Carlton MacCreigh
Aspiring Producer Michael McCreigh convinces Uncle Carlton to finance a play on the condition that he lives the play's ridiculous plot. If Michael fails, he must work in Carlton's meat packing plant.
The Bride Comes Home
Alfred Desmereau
A penniless socialite is hired by two young men as a front in their plan to start a magazine. Soon, however, they find themselves more interested in her than in their publishing venture.
Annapolis Farewell
Rumboat Charlie
Commodore Fitzhugh, an old retired naval officer, lives at the Annapolis Naval Academy and, unhappy with the "modern" navy, likes to talk about his days in the "old" navy, especially about his part in the Battle of Manila Bay under Adm. Dewey during the Spanish-American War, when he commanded the USS Congress. That ship, now decommissioned and docked in Annapolis harbor, is--unknown to Fitzhugh--about to be towed out to sea to be used for target practice. When Fitzhugh finds this out, he sets out to either save his beloved vessel or "go down with his ship".
The Murder Man
'Pop' Grey
Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. When Henry Mander is investigated for the murder of his shady business partner, Grey is one step ahead of the police to the extent that he often dictates his story in advance of its actual occurrence. He leads the police through an 'open and shut' case resulting in Mander being tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Columnist Mary Shannon is in love with Steve but she sees him struggle greatly with his last story before Mander's execution. When she starts typing out the story from his recorded dictation, she realizes why.
A Successful Failure
Ellery Cushing aka Uncle Dudley
Ellery Cushing is full of catchy sayings and old-fashioned wisdom. But all that his family cares about is how much money he makes, and all that his boss at the newspaper sees is that Cushing is getting too old to keep up with his work. So his loyal co-worker Phil decides to see what he can do to help everyone see what his friend has to offer.
Cheaters
K.C. Kelly
A criminal gang is after a rich man's money. A female member of the gang gets the bright idea of getting him to marry her, then getting a healthy settlement after a quick divorce.
The Crosby Case
The Detective--Police Sgt. Melody
Former lovers get together to clear themselves when the police suspect them of murder.
All of Me
Jerry Helman
A professor tires of the direction his life is going and wants to move west, but his girlfriend doesn't understand why he is so dissatisfied.
Broadway to Hollywood
Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
In this through-the-years saga about a show business family, the fame of husband and wife vaudeville headliners of the 1880s is eclipsed by their son.
Madison Square Garden
Doc Williams
Eddie Burke ( Jack Oakie) is a wise-guy pugilist whose talent is unevenly matched by his ego. Despite his character flaws, Eddie knows the meaning of loyalty. When his manager Doc Williams (William Collier Sr.) is offered the opportunity to stage a match at Madison Square Garden, but only if he gets rid of his stable of fighters, Eddie fabricates an alibi and stages a walkout on Doc.
Hot Saturday
Mr. Brock
A pretty but virtuous small-town bank clerk is the victim of a vicious rumor from an unsuccessful suitor that she spent the night with a notorious womanizer.
The Washington Masquerade
Peter Babcock
An honest, talented and well respected attorney defeats a corrupt incumbent U.S. Senator. After a very good start he has to face the subtle temptations and innocent looking traps of Washington.
After Tomorrow
Willie Taylor
In the Depression, Pete and Sidney are good kids, working hard, giving money to their parents, and engaged for three years while they save to get married. Each has a selfish mother: Sydney's is cold, Pete's is clingy. Sidney's mother is looking for her own happiness, no matter how much that search harms her daughter and long-suffering husband; and, the longer the engagement lingers, the more pressure Pete's mom puts on Sidney to break it off and set her son free. "After Tomorrow" is Pete and Sidney's favorite song, but with illness, poverty, and temptation: will that good day ever come?
The Brat
Judge O'Flaherty
A society novelist brings a brash young chorus girl home in order to study her for inspiration for his new novel. His family is distraught, but soon her behavior has forever altered their snobbish ways.
Annabelle's Affairs
Wickham
After only 11 hours of marriage, Annabelle and her husband separate-not knowing what each other truly looks like. Annabelle is given stocks by her husband and told not to part with them. However she is an extravagant spender and is forced to give the stocks to her husband's millionaire rival.....
Six Cylinder Love
Richard Burton
Troubles begin for the Sterlings when they buy an expensive car and friends start pressing them for rides.
Mr. Lemon Of Orange
Mr. Blake
A fast and uproarious farce of gunmen, gun molls, and the Swedish boy's night out.
Вверх по реке
Choreographer
Двое осужденных Сент Луис и Дэннимора Дэн помогают другому осужденному по имени Стив, который влюбился в осужденную из женской части тюрьмы Джуди. В конце концов, и Стив, и Джуди освобождены из тюрьмы. Они женятся и уезжают в родной город Стива, где никто не догадывается о его преступном прошлом. Не долго, однако, пара наслаждалась счастливой и мирной жизнью, поскольку их семейное счастье оказалось в руках шантажиста и нечестного продавца Фросби, который знал раньше Джуди…
Вверх по реке
Pop
Двое осужденных Сент Луис и Дэннимора Дэн помогают другому осужденному по имени Стив, который влюбился в осужденную из женской части тюрьмы Джуди. В конце концов, и Стив, и Джуди освобождены из тюрьмы. Они женятся и уезжают в родной город Стива, где никто не догадывается о его преступном прошлом. Не долго, однако, пара наслаждалась счастливой и мирной жизнью, поскольку их семейное счастье оказалось в руках шантажиста и нечестного продавца Фросби, который знал раньше Джуди…
She's My Weakness
David Tuttle
Tommy Mills and Marie Thurber, sweethearts, plan to marry when Tommy sells some land he has inherited. Marie's parents favor the match, as they prefer Tommy over Bernard Norton, another suitor. Her father, Warren Thurber, however, is in financial straits and plans to sell land to a civic improvement association headed by David Tuttle. When he discovers that Tommy has agreed to sell his land to Mrs. Oberlander, he berates him; but Tommy agrees to boost the price so that Thurber will win out. Tuttle, who favors Bernard as Marie's husband, persuades Tommy that he must endure the displeasure of the Thurbers, and as a result a misunderstanding arises over the sale of the land. But Tuttle's scheme backfires, and Tommy wins the girl after all.
High Society Blues
Horace Divine
After selling his business in Iowa, Eli Granger and his family move to an exclusive Scarsdale area in New York, where by chance he occupies a house adjacent to Horace Divine, a wealthy businessman with whom he made his business transaction...
Harmony at Home
Joe Haller
This comedy story of Joe Haller unwittingly running a sweatshop and Mama Haller keeping the suitors away from her daughters by discussing marriage.
Harmony at Home
Screenplay
This comedy story of Joe Haller unwittingly running a sweatshop and Mama Haller keeping the suitors away from her daughters by discussing marriage.
Happy Days
End Man - Minstrel Show
Margie, singer on a showboat, decides to try her luck in New York inspite of being in love with the owners grandson. She is successful, but suddenly she hears that the showboat is in deep financial trouble, and she calls all the boats former stars to join in a big show to rescue it.
Wife and Auto Trouble
The Meek Husband (as William Collier)
A mild-mannered man's problems with his domineering wife and mother-in-law lead to complications with the law.
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
William Collier - Broadway Star
Fatty and the Broadway Stars is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.