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William Dyer

Date of birth: 1881-03-09

Place of birth: Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Bill Dyer, Wm. Dyer, Wm. J. Dyer, William J. Dyer, Billy Dyer, William Dwire

William Dyer

Biography

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

Movie Credits

Perils of the Wild
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Perils of the Wild

1925-08-27

Movie serial Perils of the Wild

The Courage of Marge O'Doone
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The Courage of Marge O'Doone

1920-05-30

Michael O'Doone, his wife Margaret and daughter Marge are settlers living in the Northwest. One wint

Fightin' Mad
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Fightin' Mad

1921-11-20

Returning to his father's cattle ranch after the excitement of serving in combat overseas, Bud McGra

Come Through
0

Come Through

1917-06-01

From a Montana mining camp, a young man progresses to the society heights of New York, making his ma

Cyclone Bliss
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Cyclone Bliss

1921-01-20

Quiet and fairminded Jack Bliss traces his missing father to Hell's Hole, where he meets Helen Turne

The Screaming Shadow
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The Screaming Shadow

1920-01-02

Directed by Ben F. Wilson and Duke Worne.

Code of Honor
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Code of Honor

1930-10-16

Cardsharp Jack Cardigan decides to go straight when he meets Doris Bradfield, but is forced to use h

The Red Glove
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The Red Glove

1919-03-17

On the American frontier in the last decades of the 19th century, Billie is a female cowboy who figh

Singer Jim Mckee
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Singer Jim Mckee

1924-03-03

Jim McKee and his friend Buck rob a stagecoach to get money to support Buck's daughter. Buck is kill

Wild Bill Hickok
0

Wild Bill Hickok

1923-12-18

The former gambler turned upholder of law and order after a run-in with a gang of stage robbers.

Spurs and Saddles
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Spurs and Saddles

1927-07-17

Mildred is traveling West in search of her long-lost father when she catches the roving eye of wicke

The Fighting Three
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The Fighting Three

1927-07-03

The touring show's soubrette, Jeanne D'Arcy, as it turns out, is the long-lost daughter of Westerner

The Silent Call
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The Silent Call

1921-11-07

A wolfdog is wrongly accused of sheep killing. Based on the novel by Hal G. Evarts.

Gun-Shy
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Gun-Shy

1922-09-01

A milquetoast Easterner who on a trip to the Wild West is mistaken for a U.S. marshall.

The Four-Bit Man
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The Four-Bit Man

1919-08-21

The Four-Bit Man is a silent Western short.

Don't Shoot
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Don't Shoot

1922-08-21

Court, a crook, is forced to marry Velma by her enraged fiancé, who mistakes him for her clandestine

Gun Justice
0

Gun Justice

1933-12-11

Wanting the Lance ranch, Burkett kills Lance and brings in an imposter to pose as the heir Ken Lance

Gun Gospel
0

Gun Gospel

1927-11-06

From Death Valley in the Mojave Desert to Mount Whittier, the outlaw gangs are wreaking havoc on the

All Night
2.5

All Night

1918-11-29

A married society couple (Dorian and Warren) persuade an unmarried pair (Valentino and Myers) to tak

Black Orchids
0.5

Black Orchids

1917-01-01

Frivolous young Marie de Severac is frightened into following a more virtuous path, when her father

Crushed
0

Crushed

1924-11-23

Mr. Jones must go to the big city and get married in order to receive an inheritance, but his marria

Hard Boiled Yeggs
4

Hard Boiled Yeggs

1926-03-07

A recent college graduate (Billy West) inherits a large sum of money, as well as a dive on the rough

'49–'17
2.9

'49–'17

1917-10-15

A judge who had taken part in the gold rush of 1849 hires an acting troupe to recreate the experienc

Frankenstein
3.7

Frankenstein

1931-11-21

Henry Frankenstein pieces together body parts in the hope of bringing a human-like creature to life.

The Cowboy King
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The Cowboy King

1922-05-01

"Hadley, owner of a nearby ranch, had fenced off a water hole belonging to Miss Dunlap, thus deprivi

The Pony Express
3

The Pony Express

1925-09-03

The Pony Express is a silent 1925 Western film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by P

Overland Bound
0

Overland Bound

1929-11-23

Trying to trick Ma (Lydia Knott) and Mary Winters (Allene Ray) into selling their rundown ranch, whi

Triumph
0

Triumph

1917-09-02

This melodrama about an actress in love with a playwright and the stage manager blackmailing her for

Texas Buddies
3

Texas Buddies

1932-10-18

Kincade and Blake cause a mail plane carrying a payroll to make a forced landing in the desert. When

The Trail of the Octopus
2.5

The Trail of the Octopus

1919-10-19

Carter Holmes, master criminologist, must help the oft-kidnapped Ruth Stanhope to find the 9 daggers

Anything Once
0

Anything Once

1917-10-08

A Playboy inherits a Western ranch on the condition that he shall run it properly for 6 months. A vi

Broken Fetters
0

Broken Fetters

1916-07-03

The Great Problem
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The Great Problem

1916-04-17

A young pickpocket is taken in by an attorney who attempts to 'civilize' her.

The Reward of the Faithless
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The Reward of the Faithless

1917-02-12

A woman who is presumed dead takes revenge on her unfaithful husband.

The Little White Savage
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The Little White Savage

1919-02-24

A reporter is related the tale of a girl from an isolated colony descended from the English survivor

Who Will Marry Me?
0

Who Will Marry Me?

1919-01-27

Rosie Sanguinetti's parents arrange her marriage, against her will, to Antonio Mosconi, "Tony the Ba

Looking for Trouble
0

Looking for Trouble

1926-05-30

Jack Pepper accidentally fires his gun while forcing a newspaper editor to retract his statement reg

Man's Desire
0

Man's Desire

1919-07-20

Tom Denton comes from the East to the Northwest lumber region and becomes co-owner of a lumber camp

The Man in the Saddle
0

The Man in the Saddle

1926-07-11

A party of campers return to Tom Stewart's ranch resort to report they have been held up by bandits.

The Desert of the Lost
3

The Desert of the Lost

1927-12-17

Chased by Detective Murray and the posse, a wounded Jim Drake heads across the border into Mexico wh

Honor of the Mounted
0

Honor of the Mounted

1932-06-20

Tom Halliday of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is implicated and framed on a murder charge. The r

Sagebrush Trail
2.6

Sagebrush Trail

1933-12-15

Imprisoned for a murder he did not commit, John Brant escapes and ends up out west where, after givi

Whom the Gods Would Destroy
0

Whom the Gods Would Destroy

1919-04-15

After a young inventor discovers a powerful new explosive, agents from a German chemical firm induce

The Measure of a Man
0

The Measure of a Man

1924-10-14

Overcoming his addiction to drink, John Fairmeadow leaves the Bowery for a western logging camp posi

The Mayor of Filbert
0

The Mayor of Filbert

1919-05-25

The Trouble Chaser
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The Trouble Chaser

1926-12-16

Hector, who was reared by a maiden aunt, decides to leave his sheltered life and become a reporter.

The Branded Four
0

The Branded Four

1920-08-01

The Crow's Nest
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The Crow's Nest

1922-09-15

Marry in Haste
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Marry in Haste

1924-02-01

A wealthy Wyoming man disowns his son, Wayne Sturgis (William Fairbanks), for marrying art student J

Trigger Fingers
0

Trigger Fingers

1924-11-01

Sergeant Bob Steele (Bob Custer), of the Texas Rangers, is assigned to put an end to the lawlessness

Fugitive
0

Fugitive

1933-12-15

Edited down version of Sagebrush Trail. Imprisoned for a murder he did not commit, John Brant escap

Madame Sphinx
0

Madame Sphinx

1918-06-09

Disgusted when the police department fails to apprehend the murderer of her guardian, Henri Du Bois,

The Shoes That Danced
0

The Shoes That Danced

1918-03-03

Shopgirl Rhoda Regan is in love with the Harmony Lad, the leader of a New York street gang called th

Women First
0

Women First

1924-11-01

Directed by B. Reeves Eason. With William Fairbanks, Eva Novak, Lydia Knott, Bob Rhodes.