H. W. Kier
Film producer
1891 – 1967
Who was H. W. Kier?
Harley William Kier, was an American film producer who produced many low-budget short films and a few feature films almost exclusively in and around San Antonio, Texas.
Kier partnered with A.A. Phillips in 1926 and founded Kier-Phillips productions. They produced short commercial and industrial films. They created National Pictures Gulf Coast Studios in the 1930s and continued making shorts, most of which have not survived.
Kier did little producing in the 1940s but worked on some of the race films made in Texas by Sack Amusement Company. In 1955 and 1956, Kier produced a series of comedy shorts in Spanish called Chepo y Kayote
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- Born
- Apr 10, 1891
Highland County - Also known as
- Harley William Kier
- Henry Kier
- H.W. Kier
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Feb 4, 1967
San Antonio
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on July 23, 2013
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