Portrait of William Elmer

Acting

William Elmer

Career

Active from 1913 to 1929, busiest in 1918 with 9 main titles.

Leading roles
4
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Carmen
Carmen
GoodWatch score71/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
William Elmer Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.3, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.1, average 2.2
  • Fantasy
    0.1, average 1.7
  • Situational Comedy
    1.2, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Early Cinema 4
  • Melodrama 4
  • Silent Film 3
  • Silent Film Era 3
  • Forbidden Love 3
  • Historical Romance 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Classic Western 2
  • Moral Dilemmas 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Silent Western 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

64
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1940s

2 titles · average score 71
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
GoodWatch score 84

as Servant (uncredited)

Kitty Foyle
Kitty Foyle (1940)
GoodWatch score 59

as Neway (uncredited)

1930s

1 title · average score 81
Les Misérables
Les Misérables (1935)
GoodWatch score 81

as Lawyer

1920s

12 titles · average score 62
Condemned!
Condemned! (1929)
GoodWatch score 62

as Pierre

The Whipping Boss
The Whipping Boss (1924)

as Spike (as Billy Elmer)

In Search of a Thrill
In Search of a Thrill (1923)

as Percy (the valet)

Iron to Gold
Iron to Gold (1922)

as Bat Piper

Scandalous Tongues
Scandalous Tongues (1922)

as Ben Roach

Big Game
Big Game (1921)

as 'Spike' McGafney

The Foolish Age
The Foolish Age (1921)

as Cauliflower Jim (as Billy Elmer)

Big Town Round-Up
Big Town Round-Up (1921)

as Jerry Casey

Forbidden Trails
Forbidden Trails (1920)

as Davis

Leave It to Me
Leave It to Me (1920)

as Red Kelly

Pinto
Pinto (1920)

as Lousy

Prairie Trails
Prairie Trails (1920)

as Rod Blake

1910s

49 titles · average score 58
Wolves of the Rail
Wolves of the Rail (1918)

as Pablo Trilles (as Billy Elmer)

We Can't Have Everything
We Can't Have Everything (1918)

as Props

The Girl at Home
The Girl at Home (1917)

as Detective Hagen

His Mother's Boy
His Mother's Boy (1917)

as Banty Jones

Carmen
Carmen (1915)
GoodWatch score 71

as Morales

The Girl of the Golden West
The Girl of the Golden West (1915)

as Ashby

The Captive
The Captive (1915)
GoodWatch score 62

as Turkish Officer

Kindling
Kindling (1915)

as Rafferty

The Virginian
The Virginian (1914)
GoodWatch score 56

as Trampas

The Squaw Man
The Squaw Man (1914)
GoodWatch score 46

as Cash Hawkins

The Rose of the Rancho
The Rose of the Rancho (1914)

as Half Breed

The House of Darkness
The House of Darkness (1913)
GoodWatch score 55

as Asylum Guard