Portrait of William Dyer

Acting

William Dyer

Career

Active from 1917 to 1932, busiest in 1919 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for '49 – '17
'49 – '17
GoodWatch score58/100

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Early Cinema 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

50
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
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1930s

7 titles · average score 68
Sagebrush Trail
Sagebrush Trail (1933)
GoodWatch score 50

as Blind Pete

Gun Justice
Gun Justice (1933)

as Red Hogan

Fugitive
Fugitive (1933)

as Blind Pete

Texas Buddies
Texas Buddies (1932)

as Sheriff

Honor of the Mounted
Honor of the Mounted (1932)

as U.S. Marshal Hatton

Frankenstein
Frankenstein (1931)
GoodWatch score 85

as Gravedigger (uncredited)

The Code of Honor
The Code of Honor (1930)

as Sheriff Asa Smyth (as Wm. Dyer)

1920s

29 titles
Thunder Riders
Thunder Riders (1928)

as Lon Seeright

The Desert of the Lost
The Desert of the Lost (1927)

as Steve Wolfe

Spurs and Saddles
Spurs and Saddles (1927)

as Bud Bailey (as Bill Dyer)

Gun Gospel
Gun Gospel (1927)

as Sheriff

Hard Boiled Yeggs
Hard Boiled Yeggs (1926)

as Dave

Perils of the Wild
Perils of the Wild (1925)

as Black John

Singer Jim Mckee
Singer Jim Mckee (1924)

as Hamlin Glass

Wild Bill Hickok
Wild Bill Hickok (1923)

as Col. Horatio Higginbotham

The Cowboy King
The Cowboy King (1922)

as Hadley

Don't Shoot
Don't Shoot (1922)

as Boss McGinnis

The Silent Call
The Silent Call (1921)

as Ash Brent

The Screaming Shadow
The Screaming Shadow (1920)

as Jake Williams

1910s

14 titles · average score 58
The Trail of the Octopus
The Trail of the Octopus (1919)

as Sandy MacNab

The Little White Savage
The Little White Savage (1919)

as Larkey

Who Will Marry Me?
Who Will Marry Me? (1919)

as Karl Kremer

Man's Desire
Man's Desire (1919)

as Slim Dorgan

The Mayor of Filbert
The Mayor of Filbert (1919)

as Mike McCarthy

All Night
All Night (1918)

as Bradford

Madame Sphinx
Madame Sphinx (1918)

as Guissert

'49 – '17
'49 – '17 (1917)
GoodWatch score 58

as J. Gordon Castle

Black Orchids
Black Orchids (1917)

as Proprietor of L'Hibour Blanc

Triumph
Triumph (1917)

as David Montieth (as William J. Dyer)

Anything Once
Anything Once (1917)

as Jethro Quall

The Reward of the Faithless
The Reward of the Faithless (1917)

as Peter Vlasoff