William Dyer

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
March 9, 1881 (52 years old)
Died
December 22, 1933
Place of Birth
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Popular Genres
Western Drama Action
Career Span
1916 – 1933

William Dyer

3 nominations
46 credits

William Dyer was an American film actor in the silent era.

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Personal Info

Born
Mar 9, 1881
From
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1916 – 1933

Award Recognition

0
Wins
3
Nominations

Complete Filmography

1933

Sagebrush Trail as Blind Pete Award
Gun Justice as Red Hogan

1932

Honor of the Mounted as U.S. Marshal Hatton Award
Texas Buddies as Sheriff Award

1931

Frankenstein as Gravedigger (uncredited) Award

1930

Code of Honor as Sheriff Asa Smyth (as Wm. Dyer)

1929

Overland Bound as Boss Wheeler

1927

The Desert of the Lost as Steve Wolfe Award
Gun Gospel as Sheriff Award
The Fighting Three as Timothy Award
Spurs and Saddles as Bud Bailey (as Bill Dyer)

1926

Looking for Trouble as Sheriff Tom Plump Award
The Man in the Saddle as Sheriff Award
Hard Boiled Yeggs as Dave
The Trouble Chaser

1925

Perils of the Wild as Black John
The Pony Express as Bartender

1924

The Measure of a Man as Billy the Beast Award
Crushed
Singer Jim Mckee as Hamlin Glass

1923

Wild Bill Hickok as Col. Horatio Higginbotham

1922

Don't Shoot as Boss McGinnis
Gun-Shy
The Cowboy King as Hadley

1921

The Silent Call as Ash Brent Award
Fightin' Mad as Obadiah Brennan (as William J. Dyer)
Cyclone Bliss as Slim

1920

The Courage of Marge O'Doone as Hauck Award
The Screaming Shadow as Jake Williams

1919

Whom the Gods Would Destroy Award
The Red Glove Award
The Mayor of Filbert as Mike McCarthy Award
The Trail of the Octopus as Sandy MacNab
Who Will Marry Me? as Karl Kremer
Man's Desire as Slim Dorgan
The Four-Bit Man
The Little White Savage as Larkey

1918

All Night as Bradford

1917

Anything Once as Jethro Quall Award
Black Orchids as Proprietor of L'Hibour Blanc Award
Triumph as David Montieth (as William J. Dyer) Award
The Reward of the Faithless as Peter Vlasoff
'49–'17 as J. Gordon Castle
Come Through as McGinnis (as Bill Dyer)

1916

The Great Problem Award
Broken Fetters Award

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

Frankenstein
Sagebrush Trail

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