William Dyer
William Dyer was an American film actor in the silent era.
Frankenstein
as Gravedigger (uncredited)Tampering with life and death, Henry Frankenstein pieces together salvaged body parts to bring a...
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Sagebrush Trail
as Blind PeteImprisoned for a murder he did not commit, John Brant escapes and ends up out west where, after...
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Honor of the Mounted
as U.S. Marshal HattonTom Halliday of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is implicated and framed on a murder charge....
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Black Orchids
as Proprietor of L'Hibour BlancFrivolous young Marie de Severac is frightened into following a more virtuous path, when her...
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Texas Buddies
as SheriffKincade and Blake cause a mail plane carrying a payroll to make a forced landing in the desert....
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'49–'17
as J. Gordon CastleA judge who had taken part in the gold rush of 1849 hires an acting troupe to recreate the...
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Code of Honor
as Sheriff Asa Smyth (as Wm. Dyer)Cardsharp Jack Cardigan decides to go straight when he meets Doris Bradfield, but is forced to...
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The Silent Call
as Ash BrentA wolfdog is wrongly accused of sheep killing. Based on the novel by Hal G. Evarts.
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The Pony Express
as BartenderThe Pony Express is a silent 1925 Western film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed...
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The Trail of the Octopus
as Sandy MacNabCarter Holmes, master criminologist, must help the oft-kidnapped Ruth Stanhope to find the 9...
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Looking for Trouble
as Sheriff Tom PlumpJack Pepper accidentally fires his gun while forcing a newspaper editor to retract his statement...
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The Man in the Saddle
as SheriffA party of campers return to Tom Stewart's ranch resort to report they have been held up by...
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Whom the Gods Would Destroy
as uncreditedAfter a young inventor discovers a powerful new explosive, agents from a German chemical firm...
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Who Will Marry Me?
as Karl KremerRosie Sanguinetti's parents arrange her marriage, against her will, to Antonio Mosconi, "Tony...
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The Four-Bit Man
as uncreditedThe Four-Bit Man is a silent Western short.
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Come Through
as McGinnis (as Bill Dyer)From a Montana mining camp, a young man progresses to the society heights of New York, making...
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The Desert of the Lost
as Steve WolfeChased by Detective Murray and the posse, a wounded Jim Drake heads across the border into...
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The Great Problem
as uncreditedA young pickpocket is taken in by an attorney who attempts to 'civilize' her.
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The Red Glove
as uncreditedOn the American frontier in the last decades of the 19th century, Billie is a female cowboy who...
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Triumph
as David Montieth (as William J. Dyer)This melodrama about an actress in love with a playwright and the stage manager blackmailing her...
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Anything Once
as Jethro QuallA Playboy inherits a Western ranch on the condition that he shall run it properly for 6 months....
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Singer Jim Mckee
as Hamlin GlassJim McKee and his friend Buck rob a stagecoach to get money to support Buck's daughter. Buck is...
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All Night
as BradfordA married society couple (Dorian and Warren) persuade an unmarried pair (Valentino and Myers) to...
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Overland Bound
as Boss WheelerTrying to trick Ma (Lydia Knott) and Mary Winters (Allene Ray) into selling their rundown ranch,...
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Gun Justice
as Red HoganWanting the Lance ranch, Burkett kills Lance and brings in an imposter to pose as the heir Ken...
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The Fighting Three
as TimothyThe touring show's soubrette, Jeanne D'Arcy, as it turns out, is the long-lost daughter of...
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Spurs and Saddles
as Bud Bailey (as Bill Dyer)Mildred is traveling West in search of her long-lost father when she catches the roving eye of...
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Fightin' Mad
as Obadiah Brennan (as William J. Dyer)Returning to his father's cattle ranch after the excitement of serving in combat overseas, Bud...
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Don't Shoot
as Boss McGinnisCourt, a crook, is forced to marry Velma by her enraged fiancé, who mistakes him for her...
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Gun Gospel
as SheriffFrom Death Valley in the Mojave Desert to Mount Whittier, the outlaw gangs are wreaking havoc on...
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Gun-Shy
as uncreditedA milquetoast Easterner who on a trip to the Wild West is mistaken for a U.S. marshall.
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The Reward of the Faithless
as Peter VlasoffA woman who is presumed dead takes revenge on her unfaithful husband.
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Wild Bill Hickok
as Col. Horatio HigginbothamThe former gambler turned upholder of law and order after a run-in with a gang of stage robbers.
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The Courage of Marge O'Doone
as HauckMichael O'Doone, his wife Margaret and daughter Marge are settlers living in the Northwest. One...
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Cyclone Bliss
as SlimQuiet and fairminded Jack Bliss traces his missing father to Hell's Hole, where he meets Helen...
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The Cowboy King
as Hadley"Hadley, owner of a nearby ranch, had fenced off a water hole belonging to Miss Dunlap, thus...
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The Screaming Shadow
as Jake WilliamsDirected by Ben F. Wilson and Duke Worne.
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Crushed
as uncreditedMr. Jones must go to the big city and get married in order to receive an inheritance, but his...
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The Little White Savage
as LarkeyA reporter is related the tale of a girl from an isolated colony descended from the English...
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Man's Desire
as Slim DorganTom Denton comes from the East to the Northwest lumber region and becomes co-owner of a lumber...
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The Measure of a Man
as Billy the BeastOvercoming his addiction to drink, John Fairmeadow leaves the Bowery for a western logging camp...
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