 In 1930, Meyer received a small part in a Michael Curtiz film "A Soldier's Plaything", and in 1932, Meyer appeared in two Swedish language American films, "Trådlöst och kärleksfullt" and "Halvvägs till Himlen".Later that year, he had a small part in "Murders in the Rue Morgue", based on the Edgar Allan Poe short story which starring Bela Lugosi.Meyer had small parts as waiters in five different movies during 1932; in German émigré director Ernst Lubitsch's film "Broken Lullaby" starring Lionel Barrymore, in George Cukor's "What Price Hollywood?