William Desmond
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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.
Known for
Credits
Naughty Marietta (1935)
as Gendarme Chief (uncredited)
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
as Stagehand (uncredited)
No Defense (1929)
as John Harper
Hello, 'Frisco (1924)
as William Desmond
Tall in the Saddle (1944)
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Criminal (1916)
as Donald White
First Aid (1931)
as Chief of Police
The Vanishing Rider (1928)
as Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider
The Naughty Nineties (1945)
as Showboat Customer (uncredited)
Duped (1925)
as John Morgan
Whitewashed Walls (1919)
as Larry Donovan
Frontier Days (1934)
as Sheriff Barnes
The Egg and I (1947)
as Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)
The Pretender (1918)
as Bob Baldwin
Treachery Rides the Range (1936)
as Bill
Twin Beds (1920)
as Harry Hawkins
Straight Through (1925)
as Good Deed O'Day
The Meddler (1925)
as Richard Gilmore
I Can't Escape (1934)
as Parole Officer Donovan
Her Code of Honor (1919)
as Eugene La Salle
Song of the Gringo (1936)
as Bailiff
Flash Gordon (1936)
as Hawkman Lookout Captain
No Children (1929)
as Self
The Sign of the Cross (1904)
Actor
The Devil's Trademark (1928)
as Morgan Gray
Hell-Bent for Frisco (1931)
as The Editor
The Extra Girl (1923)
as Himself
The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
as Museum Tourist (uncredited)
Night Life in Hollywood (1922)
as Self
Timber Terrors (1935)
as Royce Horter
Peer Gynt (1915)
as The Parson
The Return of the Durango Kid (1945)
as Street Ambusher (uncredited)
Laughing at Life (1933)
as Military Cabinet Officer
The Rawhide Terror (1934)
as Tom Blake
Time Locks and Diamonds (1917)
as Silver Jim Farrel
Beasts of Paradise (1923)
as Phil Grant
Powdersmoke Range (1935)
as Happy - Bartender
Trail Street (1947)
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Mints of Hell (1919)
as Dan Burke
Crack-Up (1934)
as Police Chief
Shadows of the North (1923)
as Ben 'Wolf' Darby
The Mystery Rider (1928)
as Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider
The Climax (1944)
as Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
Outwitted (1925)
as Jack Blaisdel
Headin' for the Rio Grande (1936)
as Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)
McGuire of the Mounted (1923)
as Bob McGuire
Code of the West (1947)
as Settler (uncredited)
Captain of His Soul (1918)
as Horace
An Honest Man (1918)
as Benny Boggs
Phantom Lady (1944)
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard (1936)
as Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
Where Did You Get That Girl? (1941)
as Tourist
The Phantom of the West (1930)
as Martin Blair
Courage of the North (1935)
as Gene Travis
The Call of the Savage (1935)
as Allen
The Sunset Trail (1924)
as Happy Hobo
The Last of the Ingrams (1917)
as Jules Ingram
The Riddle Rider (1924)
as Randolph Parker / The Riddle Rider
Song of the Saddle (1936)
as Tim
The Cowboy and the Bandit (1935)
as Sheriff Pete
The Parish Priest (1921)
as Reverend John Whalen
Women Men Love (1921)
as David Hunter
Married in Name Only (1917)
Actor
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
as Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (1941)
as Bartender
The Rustler's Roundup (1933)
as San Dimas Sheriff Holden
The Phantom of the Air (1933)
as Thomas Edmonds
A Scarlet Week-End (1932)
Actor
Winners of the West (1940)
as Bill Brine
The Boys from Syracuse (1940)
as Citizen
The Vigilantes Are Coming (1936)
as Anderson, Vigilante Member
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936)
as Captain of the 'Viking'
The Policeman and the Baby (1921)
as The Policeman
The Blue Bandanna (1919)
as Jerry Jerome
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery (1935)
as Foreman Burke
Rustlers of Red Dog (1935)
as Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]
Society for Sale (1918)
as Honorable Billy
Battling with Buffalo Bill (1931)
as John Mills
Frisco Kid (1935)
as Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)
The Lone Star Trail (1943)
as Bartender Mike
Custer's Last Stand (1936)
as Wagon Master
The Roaring West (1935)
as Jim Parker
The Return of the Riddle Rider (1927)
as Randolph Parker / The Riddle Rider
Cyclone of the Saddle (1935)
as Wagon Master
Junior G-Men (1940)
as Irish Cop (uncredited)
Bullets and Brown Eyes (1916)
as Prince Carl
The Last Frontier (1932)
as General Custer
The Measure of a Man (1924)
as John Fairmeadow
Tim Tyler's Luck (1937)
as Dock Official
The Iced Bullet (1917)
as The Author / Horace Lee
The Prince and Betty (1919)
as John Maude
The Red Rider (1934)
as Sheriff Campbell
Gordon of Ghost City (1933)
as John Mulford
Around the World in 18 Days (1923)
as Phineas Fogg III
The Phantom Fortune (1923)
as Larry Barclay
Down Rio Grande Way (1942)
as Townsman
Thunder Mountain (1947)
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers (1933)
as Capt. Boncour
Peggy (1916)
as Rev. Donald Bruce
Heroes of the West (1932)
as John Blaine
A Sage Brush Hamlet (1919)
as Larry Lang
Savage Fury (1956)
as Allen
Fargo Express (1933)
as Sheriff Joe Thompson
The Child Thou Gavest Me (1921)
as Tom Marshall
The Strings of Steel (1926)
as Ned Brown
The Dawn Maker (1916)
as Bruce Smithson
Perils of Pauline (1933)
as Prof. Thompson
Overland Mail (1942)
as Williams - Banker
Paws of the Bear (1917)
as Ray Bourke
The Lightning Warrior (1931)
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Vanishing Shadow (1934)
as MacDonald
Social Error (1935)
as Policeman
Barriers of the Law (1925)
as Rex Brandon
Clancy of the Mounted (1933)
as Dave Moran
Perils of the Yukon (1922)
as Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr.
The Majesty of the Law (1915)
as Jackson Morgan Kent
Strange Confession (1945)
as Peanut Vendor (uncredited)
The Ace of Spades (1925)
as Dan Harvey
Red Clay (1925)
as Chief John Nisheto
Kilmeny (1915)
as Bob Meredith
The Ghost Rider (1935)
as Guard
The Broken Coin (1936)
Actor
Oklahoma Jim (1931)
as Lacy
A Gamble in Souls (1916)
Actor
Life's a Funny Proposition (1919)
as Jimmie Pendleton
Hi, Beautiful (1944)
as Passenger (uncredited)
Desert Command (1946)
as Capt. Boncour
Pirate Treasure (1934)
as Capt. Jim Carson
Jungle Mystery (1932)
as John Morgan
When Lightning Strikes (1934)
as Marshal Jack Stevens
Master of His Home (1917)
as Carson Stewart
The Way of the West (1934)
as 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)
Strawberry Roan (1933)
as Colonel Brownlee
Bare-Fisted Gallagher (1919)
as 'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher
Border Guns (1934)
as Dr. Jim Wilson
Paddy O'Hara (1917)
as Paddy O'Hara
Born to Battle (1935)
as John Brownell
Cheyenne Roundup (1943)
as Pete
Mr. Broadway (1933)
as 1st Suitor (archive footage)
Fightin' Mad (1921)
as Bud McGraw
The Silver Bullet (1942)
as Townsman
The Vanishing Legion (1931)
as Milesburg Sheriff
Ridin' Pretty (1925)
as Sky Parker
The Burning Trail (1925)
as Smiling Bill Flannigan
The Breathless Moment (1924)
as Billy Carson
The Sudden Gentleman (1917)
as Garry Garrity
Big Timber (1924)
as Walter Sandry
The Marriage Bubble (1918)
as The Actor
Flying Colors (1917)
as Brent Brewster
Wild Waters (1935)
as Sheriff Manning