William Elmer

William Elmer (April 25, 1869 – February 24, 1945) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 80 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) - Creegan 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)