The Vanishing Rider

{{short description|1928 film}}

{{for|1935 film directed by Robert F. Hill|The Vanishing Riders}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Vanishing Rider

| image =

| caption =

| director = Ray Taylor

| producer =

| writer = Carl Krusada
George H. Plympton
William Lord Wright

| starring = William Desmond
Ethlyne Clair
Boris Karloff

| cinematography =

| distributor = Universal Pictures

| released = {{film date|1928|1|16}}

| runtime = 12 episodes

| country = United States

| language = Silent
English intertitles

}}

The Vanishing Rider is a 1928 American silent Western film serial directed by Ray Taylor and featuring William Desmond and Ethlyne Clair. Boris Karloff was also in the cast. The film is now considered to be lost.{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/V/VanishingRider1928.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: The Vanishing Rider |access-date=April 13, 2008|work=Silent Era}}