Charles Byer on AllMovie

A tall, dark-haired supporting actor who was very busy in the 1920s, Charles Byer was a graduate of Mt. Pleasant Military Academy and Cornell University. After a stint working as a stock company actor and vaudeville performer, Byer entered films in 1921 under his real name, Charles Beyer. Usually cast as a dyed-in-the-wool villain, the 6'2" Byer played in numerous low-budget melodramas but also showed up in such major releases as Don Q., Son of Zorro (1925) and Romance of the Rio Grande (1929). His career did not survive the changeover to sound.