Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

45

Gender

Male

Birthday

1881-03-09

Day of Death

1933-12-22 (52 years old)

Place of Birth

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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.

Known For

Hard Boiled Yeggs

Hard Boiled Yeggs

Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Acting

Perils of the Wild

1925

Perils of the Wild

as

Black John

The Courage of Marge O'Doone

1920

The Courage of Marge O'Doone

as

Hauck

Fightin' Mad

1921

Fightin' Mad

as

Obadiah Brennan (as William J. Dyer)

Come Through

1917

Come Through

as

McGinnis (as Bill Dyer)

Cyclone Bliss

1921

Cyclone Bliss

as

Slim

The Screaming Shadow

1920

The Screaming Shadow

as

Jake Williams

Code of Honor

1930

Code of Honor

as

Sheriff Asa Smyth (as Wm. Dyer)

The Red Glove

1919

The Red Glove

as

Singer Jim Mckee

1924

Singer Jim Mckee

as

Hamlin Glass

Wild Bill Hickok

1923

Wild Bill Hickok

as

Col. Horatio Higginbotham

Spurs and Saddles

1927

Spurs and Saddles

as

Bud Bailey (as Bill Dyer)

The Fighting Three

1927

The Fighting Three

as

Timothy

The Silent Call

1921

The Silent Call

as

Ash Brent

Gun-Shy

1922

Gun-Shy

as

The Four-Bit Man

1919

The Four-Bit Man

as

Don't Shoot

1922

Don't Shoot

as

Boss McGinnis

Gun Justice

1933

Gun Justice

as

Red Hogan

Gun Gospel

1927

Gun Gospel

as

Sheriff

All Night

1918

All Night

as

Bradford

Black Orchids

1917

Black Orchids

as

Proprietor of L'Hibour Blanc

Crushed

1924

Crushed

as

Hard Boiled Yeggs

1926

Hard Boiled Yeggs

as

Dave

'49–'17

1917

'49–'17

as

J. Gordon Castle

Frankenstein

1931

Frankenstein

as

Gravedigger (uncredited)

The Cowboy King

1922

The Cowboy King

as

Hadley

The Pony Express

1925

The Pony Express

as

Bartender

Overland Bound

1929

Overland Bound

as

Boss Wheeler

Triumph

1917

Triumph

as

David Montieth (as William J. Dyer)

Texas Buddies

1932

Texas Buddies

as

Sheriff

The Trail of the Octopus

1919

The Trail of the Octopus

as

Sandy MacNab

Anything Once

1917

Anything Once

as

Jethro Quall

Broken Fetters

1916

Broken Fetters

as

The Great Problem

1916

The Great Problem

as

The Reward of the Faithless

1917

The Reward of the Faithless

as

Peter Vlasoff

The Little White Savage

1919

The Little White Savage

as

Larkey

Who Will Marry Me?

1919

Who Will Marry Me?

as

Karl Kremer

Looking for Trouble

1926

Looking for Trouble

as

Sheriff Tom Plump

Man's Desire

1919

Man's Desire

as

Slim Dorgan

The Man in the Saddle

1926

The Man in the Saddle

as

Sheriff

The Desert of the Lost

1927

The Desert of the Lost

as

Steve Wolfe

Honor of the Mounted

1932

Honor of the Mounted

as

U.S. Marshal Hatton

Sagebrush Trail

1933

Sagebrush Trail

as

Blind Pete

Whom the Gods Would Destroy

1919

Whom the Gods Would Destroy

as

The Measure of a Man

1924

The Measure of a Man

as

Billy the Beast

The Mayor of Filbert

1919

The Mayor of Filbert

as

Mike McCarthy

Production

Crew

Directing