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