William Elmer
actor
- Birth name:
- William Elmer Johns
- Born:
- 1869-04-25, Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA
- Died:
- 1945-02-24, Hollywood, California, USA
- Professions:
- actor
Biography
Council Bluffs, Iowa, greeted William Elmer’s first cry on 25 April 1869; Hollywood, California, stilled his last breath on 24 February 1945. Between those dates he strode across flickering nickelodeon screens, brand-carrying ranch hand in The Virginian, hard-bitten outpost drifter in The Squaw Man, and bullring rogue in Carmen—three 1914–1915 one-reel whirlwinds that still carry his echo.
