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Walter Hiers
Walter Hiers (18 July 1893 Cordele, Georgia
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, USA - 27 February 1933 Los Angeles
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 silent film actor who died from pneumonia
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 aged 39. In his twenty year career spanning from 1912 to 1932 he starred in 101 films. He was a particularly prolific actor who could star in over 10 films a year.

Filmography

  • 70,000 Witnesses (1932) (uncredited) .... Old Grad
  • Dancers in the Dark
    Dancers in the Dark
    Dancers in the Dark is a 1932 film about a taxi dancer , a big band leader , and a gangster . The movie was written by Herman J...

     (1932) (uncredited) .... Ollie
  • A Private Scandal (1932)
  • The Wide Open Spaces (1931)
  • Oh! Oh! Cleopatra (1931)
  • Hot Lemonade (1929)
  • Speedy
    Speedy (film)
    Speedy is a 1928 silent film that was one of the films to be nominated for the short-lived Academy Award for Best Director of a Comedy. It starred famous comedian Harold Lloyd in the eponymous leading role, and it was his last silent film to be released in theatres. The film was written by Albert...

     (1928) (uncredited) .... The Cook
  • A Simple Sap (1928) .... He
  • A Woman Against the World (1928) .... Reporter
  • Night Life
    Night Life (film)
    Night Life is a 1989 zombie film starring Scott Grimes, John Astin, and Cheryl Pollak. It centers around a high school nerd named Archie Melville who is harassed from beyond the grave by the zombie corpses of his former high school bullies after they are brought back to life by a freak lightning...

     (1927) .... Manager
  • Blondes by Choice (1927) .... Horace Rush
  • The Girl from Gay Paree (1927) .... Sam
  • A Racing Romeo (1927) .... Sparks
  • Naughty (1927)
  • Beware of Widows (1927) .... William Bradford
  • The Wrong Mr. Wright (1927) .... Bond
  • Husband Hunters (1927) .... Sylvester Jones
  • The First Night (1927) .... Mr. Cleveland
  • Hold That Lion
    Hold That Lion
    Hold That Lion is a 1926 silent comedy film directed by William Beaudine, starring Douglas MacLean, Walter Hiers and Constance Howard.The film was written by Rosalie Mulhall and Joseph F. Poland.-Cast:*Douglas MacLean as Jimmie Hastings...

     (1926) .... Dick Warren
    • ... aka Ladies First (USA)
  • Hitchin' Up (1926)
  • Fresh Faces (1926)
  • A Wireless Lizzie (1926)
  • Weak, But Willing (1926)
  • Hot Doggie (1925)
  • Tender Feet (1925)
  • A Rarin' Romeo (1925)
  • Good Spirits (1925)
  • Excuse Me
    Excuse Me
    Excuse Me is a 1925 film starring Norma Shearer, and Conrad Nagel. It was directed by Alfred J. Goulding. The film was written by best-selling novelist Rupert Hughes on an offday and is based upon his play...

     (1925) .... Porter
  • The Triflers (1924) .... Chick Warren
  • A Fat Chance (1924)
  • Along Came Ruth
    Along Came Ruth
    Along Came Ruth is a 1924 film starring Viola Dana. The film was directed by Edward F. Cline and written by Winifred Dunn, based upon a Holman Francis Day play. Ms...

     (1924) .... Plinty Bangs
  • Christine of the Hungry Heart (1924) .... Dan Madison
  • Short Change (1924)
  • The Virgin (1924) .... Sam Hawkins
  • Hold Your Breath
    Hold Your Breath
    Hold Your Breath is the second album of Melbourne band The Conglomerate. It was recorded in 2005 at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne, but due to personal issues of a band member, it was not released until later in 2008...

     (1924) .... Her Fiancé
  • Fair Week (1924) .... Slim Swasey
  • Flaming Barriers (1924) .... Henry Van Sickle
  • Sixty Cents an Hour (1923) .... Jimmy Kirk, a soda-jerker
  • Mr. Billings Spends His Dime (1923) .... John Percival Billings
  • The Ghost Breaker
    The Ghost Breaker (1922 film)
    The Ghost Breaker is a 1922 American silent film comedy based around haunted houses and ghosts. It was produced Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Alfred E. Green and starred popular Wallace Reid in one of his last screen portrayals. The story, based...

     (1922) .... Rusty Snow
  • Is Matrimony a Failure? (1922) .... Jack Hoyt
  • Her Gilded Cage
    Her Gilded Cage
    Her Gilded Cage is a 1922 silent drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring Gloria Swanson. It is a lost film.-Cast:* Gloria Swanson - Suzanne Ornoff* David Powell - Arnold Pell* Harrison Ford - Lawrence Pell* Anne Cornwall - Jacqueline Ornoff...

     (1922) .... Bud Walton
  • Bought and Paid For
    Bought and Paid For
    Bought and Paid For is a 1922 silent film drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. William C. deMille directed and Agnes Ayres is the starring actress. It is based on a play by George Broadhurst performed on Broadway in 1911 with Julia Dean and revived 1921...

     (1922) .... James Gilley
  • The Speed Girl (1921) .... Soapy Taylor
  • Her Sturdy Oak (1921) .... Samuel Butteers
  • A Kiss in Time (1921) .... Bertie Ballast
  • Two Weeks with Pay (1921) .... Hotel Clerk
  • Sham (1921) .... Montee Buck
  • The Snob (1921) .... Pud Welland
  • Oh, Lady, Lady (1920) .... Willoughby Finch
  • Held by the Enemy (1920) .... Thomas Beene
  • A City Sparrow (1920) .... Tim Ennis
  • So Long Letty
    So Long Letty
    So Long Letty is a silent American comedy film directed by Al Christie, and starring Grace Darmond, T. Roy Barnes, and Colleen Moore. So Long Letty was an adaptation of a popular stage comedy/musical of the same name.-Story:...

     (1920) .... Tommy Robbins
  • The Fourteenth Man (1920) .... Harry Brooks
    • ... aka The 14th Man
    • ... aka The Man from Blankley's
  • Going Some (1920) .... Berkeley Fresno
  • Miss Hobbs (1920) .... George Jessup
  • Mrs. Temple's Telegram (1920) .... Frank Fuller
  • The Turning Point (1920) .... Billy Inwood
  • Young Mrs. Winthrop (1920) .... Dick Chetwyn
  • What's Your Husband Doing? (1920) .... Charley Pidgeon
  • It Pays to Advertise (1919) .... Ambrose Peale
  • Why Smith Left Home (1919) .... Bob White
  • Bill Henry
    Bill Henry
    William Rodman Henry is a retired American professional baseball player. A left-handed pitcher, he appeared in Major League Baseball between and for the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Houston Astros...

     (1919) .... Salesman
  • The Fear Woman (1919) .... Percy Farwell
  • Leave It to Susan (1919) .... Horace Peddingham
  • When Doctors Disagree (1919) .... John Turner
  • Spotlight Sadie (1919) .... Jack Mills
    • ... aka The Saintly Show Girl
  • The Lamb and the Lion (1919) .... Fatty Pringle
  • Experimental Marriage (1919) .... Charlie Hamilton
    • ... aka Saturday to Monday
  • Hard Boiled (1919) .... Hiram Short
  • Brown of Harvard
    Brown of Harvard
    Brown of Harvard is the title of three silent films all based on the 1906 Broadway play of the same name by Rida Johnson Young. The 1926 version is notable for featuring John Wayne's screen debut.*Brown of Harvard...

     (1918) .... Tubby
  • Marriage (1918) .... Tommy Latimer
  • The Daredevil (1918) .... 'Buzz' Clendenning
  • A Nymph of the Foothills (1918) .... Tubby
    • ... aka A Nymph of the Woods (USA)
  • Waifs (1918) .... Elmer Poindexter
  • A Man's World (1918) .... Larry Hanlon
  • The Lesson (1918) .... 'Tub' Martin
  • The Accidental Honeymoon (1918) .... Jimmy
  • Mrs. Slacker (1918) .... Undetermined Role
  • Our Little Wife (1918) .... Bobo Brown
  • Life's Whirlpool
    Life's Whirlpool
    Life's Whirlpool a 1917 silent film written and directed by Lionel Barrymore with his sister Ethel Barrymore as the star. This is the brother and sister's only collaboration on a silent film as director and star...

     (1917) .... Fatty Holmes
  • Over There
    Over There
    "Over There" is a 1917 song popular with United States soldiers in both world wars.It was written by George M. Cohan during World War I. Notable early recordings include versions by Nora Bayes, Enrico Caruso, Billy Murray, and Charles King....

     (1917) .... Undetermined Role
  • The Mysterious Miss Terry
    The Mysterious Miss Terry
    The Mysterious Miss Terry is a 1917 silent film mystery drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. The film stars Billie Burke, who at the time was a famous stage actress, married to Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.. This particular story was adapted special to the...

     (1917) .... Freddie Bollen
  • God's Man (1917) .... Hugo Waldemar
  • The End of the Tour (1917) .... 'Skinny' Smith
  • Seventeen (1916) .... George Cooper
  • Common Sense Brackett (1916)
  • The Conquest of Canaan
    The Conquest of Canaan
    The Conquest of Canaan is a silent film drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It starred Thomas Meighan and Doris Kenyon and was directed by Roy William Neill...

     (1916) .... Norman Flitcroft
  • Doughnuts (1916)
  • The Kiddies' Kaptain Kid (1916)
  • Dad's Darling Daughters (1916)
  • The Sailor's Smiling Spirit (1916)
    • ... aka The Smiling Sailor's Spirit (USA)
  • Ruining Randall's Reputation (1916)
  • Theodore's Terrible Thirst (1916)
  • Ambitious Awkward Andy (1916)
  • Snow Storms and Sunshine (1916)
  • The Labyrinth (1915) .... Waiter
  • Just Out of College (1915)
  • Sammy's Semi-Suicide (1915)
  • No Place for a Minister's Son (1912)
  • A Queen for a Day (1912)

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