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