William Collier Sr.

William Collier Sr.

Birthday: 1864-11-12

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Biography: 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.

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The Murder Man
The Murder Man

Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. When ...

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Invitation to Happiness
Invitation to Happiness

An egotistical boxer romances a rich backer's daughter....

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After Tomorrow
After Tomorrow

In the Depression, Pete and Sidney are good kids, working hard, giving money to their parents, and e...

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Mr. Lemon Of Orange
Mr. Lemon Of Orange

A fast and uproarious farce of gunmen, gun molls, and the Swedish boy's night out....

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Harmony at Home
Harmony at Home

This comedy story of Joe Haller unwittingly running a sweatshop and Mama Haller keeping the suitors ...

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A Successful Failure
A Successful Failure

Ellery Cushing is full of catchy sayings and old-fashioned wisdom. But all that his family cares abo...

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Wife and Auto Trouble
Wife and Auto Trouble

A mild-mannered man's problems with his domineering wife and mother-in-law lead to complications wit...

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Cain and Mabel
Cain and Mabel

A chorus girl and a heavyweight boxer are paired romantically as a publicity stunt....

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Fatty and the Broadway Stars
Fatty and the Broadway Stars

Fatty and the Broadway Stars is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arb...

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Happy Days
Happy Days

In Fox's contribution to the all-star revue cycle of early talkies, showboat singer Margie, hearing ...

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Love on a Bet
Love on a Bet

An aspiring theater producer convinces his wealthy uncle to finance a play on the condition that he ...

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Thanks for the Memory
Thanks for the Memory

Steve Merrick is an out of work writer who stays home and plays house husband while his wife goes to...

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Up the River
Up the River

Daily life at men and women's prison units where baseball and the marching band are serious business...

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All of Me
All of Me

A professor tires of the direction his life is going and wants to move west, but his girlfriend does...

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Cheaters
Cheaters

A criminal gang is after a rich man's money. A female member of the gang gets the bright idea of get...

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The Bride Comes Home
The Bride Comes Home

A penniless socialite is hired by two young men as a front in their plan to start a magazine. Soon, ...

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Six Cylinder Love
Six Cylinder Love

Troubles begin for the Sterlings when they buy an expensive car and friends start pressing them for ...

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She's My Weakness
She's My Weakness

Tommy Mills and Marie Thurber, sweethearts, plan to marry when Tommy sells some land he has inherite...

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Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden

Eddie Burke is a wise-guy pugilist whose talent is unevenly matched by his ego. Despite his characte...

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Television Spy
Television Spy

A scientist invents a television device called the Iconoscope. Foreign agents hear about it and try ...

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Say It in French
Say It in French

An American golf pro falls in love with a woman while visiting France; before long they are married ...

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The Washington Masquerade
The Washington Masquerade

An honest, talented and well respected attorney defeats a corrupt incumbent U.S. Senator. After a ve...

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Josette
Josette

Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the ...

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High Society Blues
High Society Blues

After selling his business in Iowa, Eli Granger and his family move to an exclusive Scarsdale area i...

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Miracle on Main Street
Miracle on Main Street

On Christmas Eve in the Spanish quarter of L.A. police try to arrest a couple running a shady floor ...

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Annabelle's Affairs
Annabelle's Affairs

After only 11 hours of marriage, Annabelle and her husband separate-not knowing what each other trul...

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The Brat
The Brat

A society novelist brings a brash young chorus girl home in order to study her for inspiration for h...

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Broadway to Hollywood
Broadway to Hollywood

In this through-the-years saga about a show business family, the fame of husband and wife vaudeville...

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Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

Carrie Snyder is a prostitute, who is forced out of the fictional southern town of Crebillon, after ...

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Give Us This Night
Give Us This Night

After being introduced to the world of opera, a fisherman (Jan Kiepura) falls for a woman (Swarthout...

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Disputed Passage
Disputed Passage

A doctor's medical studies are threatened by his infatuation with a Chinese girl. The girl returns t...

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Persons in Hiding
Persons in Hiding

During a stick-up, a woman is excited by the criminal and joins him on his crime spree....

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Hot Saturday
Hot Saturday

A pretty but virtuous small-town bank clerk is the victim of a vicious rumor from an unsuccessful su...

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The Hard-Boiled Canary
The Hard-Boiled Canary

A young girl fresh out of reform school who is singing in a burlesque show is offered a scholarship ...

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The Crosby Case
The Crosby Case

Former lovers get together to clear themselves when the police suspect them of murder....

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Annapolis Farewell
Annapolis Farewell

Commodore Fitzhugh, an old retired naval officer, lives at the Annapolis Naval Academy and, unhappy ...

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I'm from Missouri
I'm from Missouri

Sweeney Bliss, champion mule raiser in Missouri, takes his prize mule Samson to London, where the Br...

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