Walter Hiers
actor
- Born:
- 1893-07-18, Cordele, Georgia, USA
- Died:
- 1933-02-27, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Professions:
- actor
Biography
Cordele, Georgia, witnessed the first breath of Walter Hiers on 18 July 1893, and from that small town he sprinted straight onto silent-era screens. Between 1916’s coming-of-age hit Seventeen and the same year’s biblical spectacle The Conquest of Canaan, audiences learned how quickly his comic timing could flip a scene. Six years later he squared off against things that go bump in the night in The Ghost Breaker, sealing his reputation as the go-to everyman who could wring laughs from hauntings or heartbreak. Off-camera he swapped lines for vows with Adah Lavinia McWilliams. The curtain rang down in Los Angeles, California, on 27 February 1933, but the reels still spin.
Filmography
In the vault (27)
