Walter Hiers


Walter Hiers was an American silent film actor.

Biography

Born in 1893, during his two decade-long acting career spanning from 1912 to 1932, Hiers acted in 101 films. He was a particularly prolific actor who starred in over 10 films a year. On January 12, 1923, he married Adah McWilliams in Syracuse, New York. He died from pneumonia in 1933, aged 39.

Selected filmography

  • Seventeen .... George Cooper
  • The Conquest of Canaan .... Norman Flitcroft
  • The Lesson .... 'Tub' Martin
  • Life's Whirlpool .... Fatty Holmes
  • Over There .... Undetermined Role
  • The Mysterious Miss Terry .... Freddie Bollen
  • God's Man .... Hugo Waldemar
  • The End of the Tour .... 'Skinny' Smith
  • Brown of Harvard .... Tubby
  • A Nymph of the Foothills .... Tubby
  • A Man's World .... Larry Hanlon
  • The Accidental Honeymoon .... Jimmy
  • Our Little Wife .... Bobo Brown
  • It Pays to Advertise .... Ambrose Peale
  • Why Smith Left Home .... Bob White
  • Bill Henry .... Salesman
  • The Fear Woman .... Percy Farwell
  • Leave It to Susan .... Horace Peddingham
  • When Doctors Disagree .... John Turner
  • Spotlight Sadie .... Jack Mills
  • Experimental Marriage .... Charlie Hamilton
  • Hard Boiled .... Hiram Short
  • Oh, Lady, Lady .... Willoughby Finch
  • Held by the Enemy .... Thomas Beene
  • A City Sparrow .... Tim Ennis
  • So Long Letty .... Tommy Robbins
  • The Fourteenth Man .... Harry Brooks
  • Going Some .... Berkeley Fresno
  • Miss Hobbs .... George Jessup
  • Mrs. Temple's Telegram .... Frank Fuller
  • The Turning Point .... Billy Inwood
  • Young Mrs. Winthrop .... Dick Chetwyn
  • What's Your Husband Doing? .... Charley Pidgeon
  • The Speed Girl .... Soapy Taylor
  • Her Sturdy Oak .... Samuel Butteers
  • A Kiss in Time .... Bertie Ballast
  • Two Weeks with Pay .... Hotel Clerk
  • Sham .... Montee Buck
  • The Snob .... Pud Welland
  • The Ghost Breaker .... Rusty Snow
  • Is Matrimony a Failure? .... Jack Hoyt
  • Her Gilded Cage .... Bud Walton
  • Bought and Paid For .... James Gilley
  • Sixty Cents an Hour .... Jimmy Kirk, a soda-jerker
  • Mr. Billings Spends His Dime .... John Percival Billings
  • The Triflers .... Chick Warren
  • Along Came Ruth .... Plinty Bangs
  • Christine of the Hungry Heart .... Dan Madison
  • The Virgin .... Sam Hawkins
  • Hold Your Breath .... Her Fiancé
  • Fair Week .... Slim Swasey
  • Flaming Barriers .... Henry Van Sickle
  • Tender Feet
  • A Rarin' Romeo
  • Good Spirits
  • Excuse Me .... Porter
  • Hold That Lion .... Dick Warren
  • Hitchin' Up
  • Fresh Faces
  • A Wireless Lizzie
  • Weak, But Willing
  • Night Life .... Manager
  • Blondes by Choice .... Horace Rush
  • The Girl from Gay Paree .... Sam
  • A Racing Romeo .... Sparks
  • Naughty
  • Beware of Widows .... William Bradford
  • The Wrong Mr. Wright .... Bond
  • Husband Hunters .... Sylvester Jones
  • The First Night .... Mr. Cleveland
  • Speedy .... The Cook
  • A Simple Sap .... He
  • A Woman Against the World .... Reporter
  • ''A Private Scandal''