William Dyer
Acting
Biography
William Dyer was an American film actor in the silent era.
Born: March 9, 1881
Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Known For
Hard Boiled Yeggs
A recent college graduate (Billy West) inherits a large sum of money, as well as a dive on the rough side of town. The will states that, in the event of Billy's death, two thugs get the money and the 'Cafe', and the thugs try, through various means, to see that Billy meets his demise. But Billy manages to thwart their efforts, with the help of a pretty young girl.
Frankenstein
Henry Frankenstein pieces together body parts in the hope of bringing a human-like creature to life. The mad scientist’s dreams are shattered by his monstrous creation awakening with rage to a world that hates and fears him.
Texas Buddies
Kincade and Blake cause a mail plane carrying a payroll to make a forced landing in the desert. When they try to get the money, prospectors Ted and Si drive them away. With the pilot shot, Ted takes over as pilot figuring another attempt will be made and this time the Sheriff will be there.
The Desert of the Lost
Chased by Detective Murray and the posse, a wounded Jim Drake heads across the border into Mexico where he recuperates with the Wolfes. When Murray arrives again, Jim heads into the desert. But in the night his guide sneaks off and leaves him without water or his horse.
The Pony Express
The Pony Express is a silent 1925 Western film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by James Cruze and starred his wife Betty Compson along with Ricardo Cortez, Wallace Beery, and George Bancroft.
'49–'17
A judge who had taken part in the gold rush of 1849 hires an acting troupe to recreate the experience in this rather fanciful silent Western. The make-believe turns serious when a real gold mine is discovered nearby and a local girl is kidnapped by a nasty gambler.
Sagebrush Trail
Imprisoned for a murder he did not commit, John Brant escapes and ends up out west where, after giving the local lawmen the slip, he joins up with an outlaw gang. Brant finds out that 'Jones', one of the outlaws he has become friends with, committed the murder that Brant was sent up for, but has no knowledge that anyone was ever put in jail for his crime. Willing to forgive and forget, Brant doesn't realize that 'Jones' has not only fallen for the same pretty shopgirl Brant has, but begins to suspect that Brant is not truly an outlaw.
All Night
A married society couple (Dorian and Warren) persuade an unmarried pair (Valentino and Myers) to take their places at a party while they pretend to be the servants.
The Trail of the Octopus
Carter Holmes, master criminologist, must help the oft-kidnapped Ruth Stanhope to find the 9 daggers that will unlock the secret of the cursed Devil's Trademark!
Black Orchids
Frivolous young Marie de Severac is frightened into following a more virtuous path, when her father relates a story in which an equally frivolous woman is entombed alive. The movie was Rex Ingram’s directorial debut, and he later remade the film as Trifling Women in 1922. Black Orchids is considered to be a lost film.
Filmography
as Blind Pete
as Blind Pete
as Red Hogan
as Sheriff
as U.S. Marshal Hatton
as Gravedigger (uncredited)
as Sheriff Asa Smyth (as Wm. Dyer)
as Boss Wheeler
as Steve Wolfe
as Sheriff
as Bud Bailey (as Bill Dyer)
as Timothy
as Sheriff
as Sheriff Tom Plump
as Dave
as Bartender
as Black John
as Sheriff Mackhart
as Sheriff
as Billy the Beast
as Hamlin Glass
as Champion
as Col. Horatio Higginbotham
as Timberline
as Boss McGinnis
as Hadley
as Obadiah Brennan (as William J. Dyer)
as Ash Brent
as Slim
as Lawyer
as Hauck
as Jake Williams
as Sandy MacNab
as Slim Dorgan
as Mike McCarthy
as Larkey
as Karl Kremer
as Bradford
as Guissert
as Hogan
as J. Gordon Castle
as Jethro Quall
as David Montieth (as William J. Dyer)
as McGinnis (as Bill Dyer)
as Peter Vlasoff
as Proprietor of L'Hibour Blanc