William Elmer (April 25, 1869 – February 24, 1945) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 88 films between 1913 and 1942. He was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa and died in Hollywood, California. Elmer acted in stock theater in addition to his work in films.
Selected filmography
The Left-Handed Man (1913, Short) – Policeman
The Squaw Man (1914) – Cash Hawkins
The Master Mind (1914) – Cash Hawkins
Brewster’s Millions (1914) – 1st Prizefighter
Shotgun Jones (1914, Short) – Hays
The Master Mind (1914) – Creegan
The Man on the Box (1914) – Troop Commander
The Virginian (1914) – Trampas
Ready Money (1914) – Jim Dolan
Rose of the Rancho (1914) – Half Breed
The Circus Man (1914) – Isaac Perry
The Ghost Breaker (1914) – Robledo
The Girl of the Golden West (1915) – Ashby
A Gentleman of Leisure (1915) – Spike Mullins
The Unafraid (1915, Short) – Jack McCarty
The Captive (1915) – Turkish Officer
The Arab (1915) – Meshur
The Clue (1915) – Detective Williams
Kindling (1915) – Rafferty
The Fighting Hope (1915) – Detective Fletcher
Carmen (1915) – Morales
The Golden Chance (1915) – The Rent Collector
The Ragamuffin (1916) – Kelly
The Blacklist (1916) – King
A Gutter Magdalene (1916) – Halpin
The Selfish Woman (1916) – Jim
The Honorable Friend (1916) – Murphy
The Plow Girl (1916) – Kregler
Joan the Woman (1916) – Guy Townes
The Winning of Sally Temple (1917) – Tom Jellitt
Castles for Two (1917) – Callahan
The Prison Without Walls (1917) – Horse Gilligan
The Girl at Home (1917) – Detective Hagen
Freckles (1917) – Black Jack
Her Strange Wedding (1917) – Peters
The Countess Charming (1917) – Detective Boyle
The Sunset Trail (1917) – Price Lovel
His Mother’s Boy (1917) – Banty Jones
Wolves of the Rail (1918) – Pablo Trilles
The Widow’s Might (1918) – Minor Role
The Things We Love (1918) – Kenwood’s Agent
The Family Skeleton (1918) – ‘Spider’ Doyle
Playing the Game (1918) – Hodges
The Bravest Way (1918)
We Can’t Have Everything (1918) – Props
The Firefly of France (1918) – Aide to Von Blenheim
A Burglar for a Night (1918) – William Neal
Coals of Fire (1918) – Ben Roach
He Comes Up Smiling (1918)
The Way of a Man with a Maid (1918) – Bill
The Dub (1919) – Burglar Bill
Maggie Pepper (1919) – Dud Corey
Alias Mike Moran (1919) – Tick Flynn
Married in Haste (1919) – Chauffeur
The Usurper (1919) – Bob Quentin
Cheating Herself (1919) – Dugan
Pinto (1920) – Lousy
Leave It to Me (1920) – Red Kelly
Forbidden Trails (1920) – Davis
Uncharted Channels (1920) – Jim Baker
Prairie Trails (1920) – Rod Blake
The Road Demon (1921)
The Big Town Round-Up (1921) – Jerry Casey
Big Game (1921)
The Foolish Age (1921) – Cauliflower Jim
Two Kinds of Women (1922) – Poker Face
Man with Two Mothers (1922) – Clancy
Iron to Gold (1922) – Bat Piper
The Bootlegger’s Daughter (1922) – Ben Roach
Pawned (1922) – Joe Burke
In Search of a Thrill (1923) – Percy (the valet)
The Whipping Boss (1924) – Spike
The Night Hawk (1924)
Battling Mason (1924) – (uncredited)
Condemned (1929) – Pierre
Cimarron (1931) – (uncredited)
Les Misérables (1935) – Lawyer (uncredited)
Kitty Foyle (1940) – Neway (uncredited)
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) – Attendant at Jim’s Bath House (uncredited)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942) – Juror (uncredited)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) – Servant (uncredited)
External Links
Actor William Elmer – Wikipedia
