William Desmond

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Known For

Acting

Born

1878-01-23

Place of Birth

Horseheads, New York, USA
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William Desmond

Biography

Starting out in dramatic parts, Desmond soon switched to westerns and action serials, and became a major western star. When the sound era began Desmond was almost 50 years old, and was soon relegated to supporting roles.

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Acting History

1956
Savage Fury as Allen
1947
Thunder Mountain as Townsman (uncredited)
1947
The Egg and I as Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)
1947
Code of the West as Settler (uncredited)
1947
Trail Street as Townsman (uncredited)
1946
Desert Command as Capt. Boncour
1945
Strange Confession as Peanut Vendor (uncredited)
1945
The Naughty Nineties as Showboat Customer (uncredited)
1945
The Return of the Durango Kid as Street Ambusher (uncredited)
1944
Hi, Beautiful as Passenger (uncredited)
1944
The Climax as Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
1944
Tall in the Saddle as Townsman (uncredited)
1944
The Mummy's Ghost as Museum Tourist (uncredited)
1944
Phantom Lady as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars as Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)
1943
Phantom of the Opera as Stagehand (uncredited)
1943
The Lone Star Trail as Bartender Mike
1943
Cheyenne Roundup as Pete
1942
Overland Mail as Williams - Banker
1942
The Silver Bullet as Townsman
1942
Down Rio Grande Way as Townsman
1941
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie as Bartender
1941
Where Did You Get That Girl? as Tourist
1940
Junior G-Men as Irish Cop (uncredited)
1940
The Boys from Syracuse as Citizen
1940
Winners of the West as Bill Brine
1937
Tim Tyler's Luck as Dock Official
1936
Headin' for the Rio Grande as Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)
1936
Song of the Gringo as Bailiff
1936
The Vigilantes Are Coming as Anderson, Vigilante Member
1936
Hollywood Boulevard as Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
1936
Treachery Rides the Range as Bill
1936
Flash Gordon as Hawkman Lookout Captain
1936
Song of the Saddle as Tim
1936
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell as Captain of the 'Viking'
1936
The Broken Coin
1936
Custer's Last Stand as Wagon Master
1935
Frisco Kid as Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)
1935
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery as Foreman Burke
1935
Powdersmoke Range as Happy - Bartender
1935
Courage of the North as Gene Travis
1935
The Roaring West as Jim Parker
1935
Social Error as Policeman
1935
The Call of the Savage as Allen
1935
The Ghost Rider as Guard
1935
Cyclone of the Saddle as Wagon Master
1935
The Cowboy and the Bandit as Sheriff Pete
1935
Born to Battle as John Brownell
1935
Naughty Marietta as Gendarme Chief (uncredited)
1935
Wild Waters as Sheriff Manning
1935
Timber Terrors as Royce Horter
1935
Rustlers of Red Dog as Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]
1934
When Lightning Strikes as Marshal Jack Stevens
1934
Frontier Days as Sheriff Barnes
1934
The Way of the West as 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)
1934
The Red Rider as Sheriff Campbell
1934
I Can't Escape as Parole Officer Donovan
1934
Crack-Up as Police Chief
1934
The Vanishing Shadow as MacDonald
1934
The Rawhide Terror as Tom Blake
1934
Border Guns as Dr. Jim Wilson
1934
Pirate Treasure as Capt. Jim Carson
1933
Fargo Express as Sheriff Joe Thompson
1933
Perils of Pauline as Prof. Thompson
1933
Strawberry Roan as Colonel Brownlee
1933
Mr. Broadway as 1st Suitor (archive footage)
1933
Gordon of Ghost City as John Mulford
1933
Laughing at Life as Military Cabinet Officer
1933
The Phantom of the Air as Thomas Edmonds
1933
The Three Musketeers as Capt. Boncour
1933
The Rustler's Roundup as San Dimas Sheriff Holden
1933
Clancy of the Mounted as Dave Moran
1932
A Scarlet Week-End
1932
Jungle Mystery as John Morgan
1932
The Last Frontier as General Custer
1932
Heroes of the West as John Blaine
1931
Battling with Buffalo Bill as John Mills
1931
The Lightning Warrior as Townsman (uncredited)
1931
Oklahoma Jim as Lacy
1931
The Vanishing Legion as Milesburg Sheriff
1930
The Phantom of the West as Martin Blair
1929
No Defense as John Harper
1929
No Children as Self
1928
The Mystery Rider as Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider
1928
The Vanishing Rider as Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider
1926
The Strings of Steel as Ned Brown
1925
The Ace of Spades as Dan Harvey
1925
The Meddler as Richard Gilmore
1925
The Burning Trail as Smiling Bill Flannigan
1925
Red Clay as Chief John Nisheto
1925
Straight Through as Good Deed O'Day
1925
Barriers of the Law as Rex Brandon
1925
Ridin' Pretty as Sky Parker
1925
Outwitted as Jack Blaisdel
1924
The Sunset Trail as Happy Hobo
1924
The Measure of a Man as John Fairmeadow
1924
Hello, 'Frisco as William Desmond
1924
Big Timber as Walter Sandry
1924
The Breathless Moment as Billy Carson
1923
The Extra Girl as Himself
1923
The Extra Girl as Himself - Actor
1923
Beasts of Paradise as Phil Grant
1923
Shadows of the North as Ben 'Wolf' Darby
1923
McGuire of the Mounted as Bob McGuire
1923
The Phantom Fortune as Larry Barclay
1923
Around the World in 18 Days as Phineas Fogg III
1922
Night Life in Hollywood as Self
1922
Perils of the Yukon as Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr.
1921
Fightin' Mad as Bud McGraw
1921
The Policeman and the Baby as The Policeman
1921
The Child Thou Gavest Me as Tom Marshall
1921
Women Men Love as David Hunter
1920
Twin Beds as Harry Hawkins
1919
The Prince and Betty as John Maude
1919
The Blue Bandanna as Jerry Jerome
1919
A Sage Brush Hamlet as Larry Lang
1919
Bare-Fisted Gallagher as 'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher
1919
The Mints of Hell as Dan Burke
1919
Her Code of Honor as Eugene La Salle
1919
Life's a Funny Proposition as Jimmie Pendleton
1918
An Honest Man as Benny Boggs
1918
Society for Sale as Honorable Billy
1918
The Marriage Bubble as The Actor
1918
Captain of His Soul as Horace
1917
The Sudden Gentleman as Garry Garrity
1917
Married in Name Only
1917
Flying Colors as Brent Brewster
1917
Master of His Home as Carson Stewart
1917
Paws of the Bear as Ray Bourke
1917
Paddy O'Hara as Paddy O'Hara
1917
The Last of the Ingrams as Jules Ingram
1917
The Iced Bullet as The Author / Horace Lee
1916
A Gamble in Souls
1916
The Criminal as Donald White
1916
The Dawn Maker as Bruce Smithson
1916
Bullets and Brown Eyes as Prince Carl
1916
Peggy as Rev. Donald Bruce
1915
Peer Gynt as The Parson
1915
The Majesty of the Law as Jackson Morgan Kent
1915
Kilmeny as Bob Meredith