Walter Hiers
Acting
Biography
Walter Hiers (1893–1933) was an American silent film actor who died from pneumonia in 1933, aged 39. During his two decade-long acting career, spanning from 1912 to 1932, he starred in 101 films.
Born: July 18, 1893
Place of Birth: Cordele, Georgia, USA
Known For
Hollywood
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtime boyfriend back in Centerville. Despite seeing major movie stars around every corner, and knocking on every casting office door in town, at the end of her first day she is still unemployed. To her horror, when she arrives back at their hotel, she finds that Grandpa has been cast in a movie by William DeMille and quickly becomes a star during the ensuing weeks. Her family, worried that Angela and Grandpa are getting into trouble, come to Hollywood to drag them back home. In short order Aunt, Grandma, brother, boyfriend and even the parrot become superstars, but Angela is still unemployed...
Speedy
A hapless young man living in New York City rallies to save his girlfriend's grandfather's horse-drawn trolley, the last in the city, from being put out of business by a railroad company.
A Holy Terror
Eastern millionaire's son Bard finds his father murdered and flies west to see rancher Drew who may know something about it. En route he crashes his plane into Jerry's bathroom; she falls in love with him which makes her suitor Steve jealous.
For His Son
A father, anxious for his son's financial well being, develops a special soda pop called Dopokoke which is laced with cocaine. Dopokoke is advertised as relief "for that tired feeling." The drink is a success, but the son becomes addicted to it, much to his father's regret. Loosely based on the allegations that the Coca-Cola company and other soft drink manufacturers laced their soda with dope.
Hold Your Breath
When her newspaper reporter brother is taken ill, a young woman takes over his job. Before she knows it, she's involved up to her neck in a plot involving stolen jewelry and a very agile monkey.
70,000 Witnesses
College football player is asked to dope a star teammate by his crooked gambler brother. He refuses, but they player is doped anyway and collapses and dies. A detective has the whole game re-enacted to find important clues.
Dancers in the Dark
A bandleader tries to romance a dancer by sending her boyfriend, a musician, out of town. However, things get complicated when he finds out that a gangster has designs on her too.
A Private Scandal
There is a sensational jewel robbery at the home of one of the leaders of the Boston Back Bay aristocracy, and a Count d'Alencourt is arrested on the basis of a long police record involving jewel thefts and later convicted. The story follows the activities of his accomplices who escape, led by Daniel Treve. Daniel and a gang-member hide out in a small Connecticut town, where Danny marries a local girl, Mary Gate, when her guardians try to railroad her in a reform school when she refuses to marry their son. She is the innocent means by which Danny gets the stolen jewels to New York. Danny tells her he only went through with the marriage to save her, and gives her money to live on until she can obtain a position. He them leaves New York determined to quit the rackets and make himself worthy of her. She then provides the way in which he can.
Husband Hunters
Marie Devere and Helen Gray are two sophisticated, gold-digging chorus girls on the look-out to marry a rich man, who measure the men they meet by their Bradshaw ratings. They befriend Lettie Crain, a country girl who comes near being deceived by Bartley Mortimer, a rich playboy. She is saved by another girl, Cynthia Kane, whose life Mortimer has ruined, and Lettie finds happiness with Bob Garrett, a poor but honest working man.
What's Your Husband Doing?
Insecure Beatrice Ridley lets her jealousy of her husband get the better of her when he begins receiving letters each morning from the Honeysuckle Inn, a roadhouse frequented by sportsmen. Consulting young attorneys, Widgast and Pidgeon, she finds their wives also suspicious about the goings on at the Honeysuckle Inn. Madcap complications ensue when all the characters meet there before everything is straightened out for all three couples.
Filmography
as Old Grad
as Ollie
as Honest John
as Ukelele Player
as Traveling Salesman (uncredited)
as Soda Fountain Cook (uncredited)
as Manager
as Sam
as Horace Rush
as Sparks
as William Bradford
as Bond
as Sylvester Jones
as Walter
as Romeo
as Porter
as Chick Warren
as Dan Madison
as Sam Hawkins
as Freddie
as Walter Hiers
as Jimmy Kirk
as John Percival Billings
as Rusty Snow
as James Gilley
as Jack Hoyt
as Bud Walton
as Soapy Taylor
as Samuel Butteers
as Bertie Ballast
as Montee Buck
as Hotel Clerk
as Pud Welland
as Willoughby Finch
as Thomas Beene
as Tommy Robbins
as Tim Ennis
as Harry Brooks
as Berkeley Fresno
as George Jessup
as Frank Fuller
as Dick Chetwyn
as Billy Inwood
as Charley Pidgeon
as Ambrose Peale
as Bob White
as Salesman
as Percy Farwell
as John Turner
as Horace Peddingham
as Jack Mills
as Fatty Pringle
as Charlie Hamilton
as Hiram Short
as Tommy Latimer
as 'Buzz' Clendenning
as Tubby
as Larry Hanlon
as 'Tub' Martin
as Jimmy
as Bobo Brown
as Tubby
as Fatty Holmes
as Freddie Bollen
as Hugo Waldemar
as 'Skinny' Smith
as George Cooper
as Norman Flitcroft
as Waiter
as At Soda Fountain (uncredited)