Portrait of Walter Hiers

Acting

Walter Hiers

Career

Active from 1912 to 1929, busiest in 1919 with 10 main titles.

Leading roles
27
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for For His Son
For His Son
GoodWatch score58/100

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 5
  • Silent Film Era 5
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Early Cinema 3
  • Early 20th Century 2
  • Melancholy 2
  • Romantic Drama 2
  • Roaring Twenties 2
  • Romantic Comedy 2
  • Classic Hollywood 2
  • Female Protagonist 2
  • Independent Woman 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

78
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1930s

5 titles · average score 58
Dancers in the Dark
Dancers in the Dark (1932)
GoodWatch score 58

as Ollie

70,000 Witnesses
70,000 Witnesses (1932)

as Old Grad

A Holy Terror
A Holy Terror (1931)
GoodWatch score 58

as Traveling Salesman (uncredited)

The Wide Open Spaces
The Wide Open Spaces (1931)

as Ukelele Player

A Private Scandal
A Private Scandal (1931)

as Honest John

1920s

46 titles · average score 89
A Wireless Lizzie
A Wireless Lizzie (1929)

as Walter

Naughty
Naughty (1927)

as The Best Friend

Hitchin' Up
Hitchin' Up (1926)

as Walter

A Rarin’ Romeo
A Rarin’ Romeo (1925)

as Romeo

Hold Your Breath
Hold Your Breath (1924)

as Freddie

Sixty Cents an Hour
Sixty Cents an Hour (1923)

as Jimmy Kirk

The Ghost Breaker
The Ghost Breaker (1922)

as Rusty Snow

Her Gilded Cage
Her Gilded Cage (1922)

as Bud Walton

Her Sturdy Oak
Her Sturdy Oak (1921)

as Samuel Butteers

What's Your Husband Doing?
What's Your Husband Doing? (1920)

as Charley Pidgeon

The Fourteenth Man
The Fourteenth Man (1920)

as Harry Brooks

Oh, Lady, Lady
Oh, Lady, Lady (1920)

as Willoughby Finch

1910s

27 titles · average score 58
Spotlight Sadie
Spotlight Sadie (1919)

as Jack Mills

The Fear Woman
The Fear Woman (1919)

as Percy Farwell

Experimental Marriage
Experimental Marriage (1919)

as Charlie Hamilton

When Doctors Disagree
When Doctors Disagree (1919)

as John Turner

Why Smith Left Home
Why Smith Left Home (1919)

as Bob White

Hard Boiled
Hard Boiled (1919)

as Hiram Short

It Pays to Advertise
It Pays to Advertise (1919)

as Ambrose Peale

The Lamb and the Lion
The Lamb and the Lion (1919)

as Fatty Pringle

A Nymph of the Foothills
A Nymph of the Foothills (1918)

as Tubby

The End of the Tour
The End of the Tour (1917)

as 'Skinny' Smith

Seventeen
Seventeen (1916)

as George Cooper

For His Son
For His Son (1912)
GoodWatch score 58

as At Soda Fountain (uncredited)