Walter Hiers

Walter Hiers (July 18, 1893 in Cordele, Georgia – February 27, 1933 in Los Angeles, California) was an American silent film actor.

Walter Hiers
Stars of the Photoplay, 1924
Born	July 18, 1893 Cordele, Georgia, US
Died	February 27, 1933 (aged 39) Los Angeles, California, US
Occupation	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 could star in over 10 films a year. He died from pneumonia in 1933, aged 39. He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.[1]

Ethel Clayton and Hiers in A City Sparrow (1920)

Filmography

• No Place for a Minister's Son (1912)
• A Queen for a Day (1912)
• The Labyrinth (1915) .... Waiter
• Just Out of College (1915)
• Sammy's Semi-Suicide (1915)
• Seventeen (1916) .... George Cooper
• Common Sense Brackett (1916)
• The Conquest of Canaan (1916) .... Norman Flitcroft
• Doughnuts (1916)
• The Kiddies' Kaptain Kid (1916)
• Dad's Darling Daughters (1916)
• The Sailor's Smiling Spirit (1916)
• Ruining Randall's Reputation (1916)
• Theodore's Terrible Thirst (1916)
• Ambitious Awkward Andy (1916)
• Snow Storms and Sunshine (1916)
• The Lesson (1917) .... 'Tub' Martin
• Life's Whirlpool (1917) .... Fatty Holmes
• Over There (1917) .... Undetermined Role
• The Mysterious Miss Terry (1917) .... Freddie Bollen
• God's Man (1917) .... Hugo Waldemar
• The End of the Tour (1917) .... 'Skinny' Smith
• Brown of Harvard (1918) .... Tubby
• Marriage (1918) .... Tommy Latimer
• The Daredevil (1918) .... 'Buzz' Clendenning
• A Nymph of the Foothills (1918) .... Tubby
• Waifs (1918) .... Elmer Poindexter
• A Man's World (1918) .... Larry Hanlon
• The Accidental Honeymoon (1918) .... Jimmy
• Mrs. Slacker (1918) .... Undetermined Role
• Our Little Wife (1918) .... Bobo Brown
• It Pays to Advertise (1919) .... Ambrose Peale
• Why Smith Left Home (1919) .... Bob White
• Bill Henry (1919) .... Salesman
• The Fear Woman (1919) .... Percy Farwell
• Leave It to Susan (1919) .... Horace Peddingham
• When Doctors Disagree (1919) .... John Turner
• Spotlight Sadie (1919) .... Jack Mills
• The Lamb and the Lion (1919) .... Fatty Pringle
• Experimental Marriage (1919) .... Charlie Hamilton
• Hard Boiled (1919) .... Hiram Short
• Oh, Lady, Lady (1920) .... Willoughby Finch
• Held by the Enemy (1920) .... Thomas Beene
• A City Sparrow (1920) .... Tim Ennis
• So Long Letty (1920) .... Tommy Robbins
• The Fourteenth Man (1920) .... Harry Brooks
• Going Some (1920) .... Berkeley Fresno
• Miss Hobbs (1920) .... George Jessup
• Mrs. Temple's Telegram (1920) .... Frank Fuller
• The Turning Point (1920) .... Billy Inwood
• Young Mrs. Winthrop (1920) .... Dick Chetwyn
• What's Your Husband Doing? (1920) .... Charley Pidgeon
• The Speed Girl (1921) .... Soapy Taylor
• Her Sturdy Oak (1921) .... Samuel Butteers
• A Kiss in Time (1921) .... Bertie Ballast
• Two Weeks with Pay (1921) .... Hotel Clerk
• Sham (1921) .... Montee Buck
• The Snob (1921) .... Pud Welland
• The Ghost Breaker (1922) .... Rusty Snow
• Is Matrimony a Failure? (1922) .... Jack Hoyt
• Her Gilded Cage (1922) .... Bud Walton
• Bought and Paid For (1922) .... James Gilley
• Sixty Cents an Hour (1923) .... Jimmy Kirk, a soda-jerker
• Mr. Billings Spends His Dime (1923) .... John Percival Billings
• The Triflers (1924) .... Chick Warren
• A Fat Chance (1924)
• Along Came Ruth (1924) .... Plinty Bangs
• Christine of the Hungry Heart (1924) .... Dan Madison
• Short Change (1924)
• The Virgin (1924) .... Sam Hawkins
• Hold Your Breath (1924) .... Her Fiancé
• Fair Week (1924) .... Slim Swasey
• Flaming Barriers (1924) .... Henry Van Sickle
• Hot Doggie (1925)
• Tender Feet (1925)
• A Rarin' Romeo (1925)
• Good Spirits (1925)
• Excuse Me (1925) .... Porter
• Hold That Lion (1926) .... Dick Warren
• Hitchin' Up (1926)
• Fresh Faces (1926)
• A Wireless Lizzie (1926)
• Weak, But Willing (1926)
• Night Life (1927) .... Manager
• Blondes by Choice (1927) .... Horace Rush
• The Girl from Gay Paree (1927) .... Sam
• A Racing Romeo (1927) .... Sparks
• Naughty (1927)
• Beware of Widows (1927) .... William Bradford
• The Wrong Mr. Wright (1927) .... Bond
• Husband Hunters (1927) .... Sylvester Jones
• The First Night (1927) .... Mr. Cleveland
• Speedy (1928) (uncredited) .... The Cook
• A Simple Sap (1928) .... He
• A Woman Against the World (1928) .... Reporter
• Hot Lemonade (1929)
• The Wide Open Spaces (1931)
• Oh! Oh! Cleopatra (1931)
• 70,000 Witnesses (1932) (uncredited) .... Old Grad
• Dancers in the Dark (1932) (uncredited) .... Ollie
• A Private Scandal (1932)

References

1. "Walter Hiers (1893 - 1933) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved July 11, 2016.

External links

• Walter Hiers at IMDb
• Walter Hiers at Virtual History