Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 23, 1878
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Savage Fury | Allen (archive footage) |
| 1947 | Code of the West | Settler (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Egg and I | Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited) |
| 1947 | Thunder Mountain | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Desert Command | Capt. Boncour |
| 1945 | The Return of the Durango Kid | Street Ambusher (uncredited) |
| 1945 | The Naughty Nineties | Showboat Customer (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Strange Confession | Peanut Vendor (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Mummy's Ghost | Museum Tourist (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Phantom Lady | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Climax | Backstage Technician (Uncredited) |
| 1944 | Hi, Beautiful | Passenger (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Phantom of the Opera | Stagehand (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Thank Your Lucky Stars | Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited) |
| 1943 | The Lone Star Trail | Bartender Mike |
| 1943 | Cheyenne Roundup | Pete |
| 1942 | Down Rio Grande Way | Townsman |
| 1942 | The Silver Bullet | Townsman |
| 1942 | Overland Mail | Williams - Banker |
| 1941 | Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie | Bartender |
| 1941 | Where Did You Get That Girl? | Tourist |
| 1940 | Winners of the West | Bill Brine |
| 1940 | The Boys from Syracuse | Citizen |
| 1940 | Junior G-Men | Irish Cop (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Tim Tyler's Luck | Dock Official |
| 1936 | Song of the Gringo | Bailiff |
| 1936 | The Broken Coin | |
| 1936 | The Vigilantes Are Coming | Anderson, Vigilante Member |
| 1936 | Custer's Last Stand | Wagon Master |
| 1936 | Treachery Rides the Range | Bill |
| 1936 | Headin' for the Rio Grande | Mr. Mack (cattle buyer) |
| 1936 | Hollywood Boulevard | Pago Pago Patron (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Adventures of Frank Merriwell | Captain of the 'Viking' |
| 1936 | Song of the Saddle | Tim |
| 1935 | Wild Waters | Sheriff Manning |
| 1935 | Frisco Kid | Vigilante Hangman (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Born to Battle | John Brownell |
| 1935 | Courage of the North | Gene Travis |
| 1935 | The Cowboy and the Bandit | Sheriff Pete |
| 1935 | Cyclone of the Saddle | Wagon Master |
| 1935 | The Call of the Savage | Allen |
| 1935 | The Ghost Rider | Guard |
| 1935 | Social Error | Policeman |
| 1935 | Timber Terrors | Royce Horter |
| 1935 | Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery | Foreman Burke |
| 1935 | Rustlers of Red Dog | Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12] |
| 1935 | Powdersmoke Range | Happy - Bartender |
| 1935 | Naughty Marietta | Gendarme Chief (uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Roaring West | Jim Parker |
| 1934 | When Lightning Strikes | Marshal Jack Stevens |
| 1934 | Crack-Up | Police Chief |
| 1934 | The Vanishing Shadow | MacDonald |
| 1934 | I Can't Escape | Parole Officer Donovan |
| 1934 | Pirate Treasure | Capt. Jim Carson |
| 1934 | Frontier Days | Sheriff Barnes |
| 1934 | The Rawhide Terror | Tom Blake |
| 1934 | Border Guns | Dr. Jim Wilson |
| 1934 | The Red Rider | Sheriff Campbell |
| 1934 | The Way of the West | 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond) |
| 1933 | The Rustler's Roundup | San Dimas Sheriff Holden |
| 1933 | Mr. Broadway | 1st Suitor (archive footage) |
| 1933 | The Three Musketeers | Capt. Boncour |
| 1933 | Laughing at Life | Military Cabinet Officer |
| 1933 | Strawberry Roan | Colonel Brownlee |
| 1933 | Fargo Express | Sheriff Joe Thompson |
| 1933 | Gordon of Ghost City | John Mulford |
| 1933 | The Phantom of the Air | Thomas Edmonds |
| 1933 | Perils of Pauline | Prof. Thompson |
| 1933 | Clancy of the Mounted | Dave Moran |
| 1932 | The Last Frontier | General Custer |
| 1932 | Heroes of the West | John Blaine |
| 1932 | A Scarlet Week-End | |
| 1931 | The Lightning Warrior | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Vanishing Legion | Milesburg Sheriff |
| 1931 | Battling with Buffalo Bill | John Mills |
| 1931 | Oklahoma Jim | Lacy |
| 1930 | The Phantom of the West | Martin Blair |
| 1929 | No Children | Self |
| 1929 | No Defense | John Harper |
| 1928 | The Vanishing Rider | Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider |
| 1928 | The Mystery Rider | Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider |
| 1926 | The Strings of Steel | Ned Brown |
| 1925 | The Burning Trail | Smiling Bill Flannigan |
| 1925 | Straight Through | Good Deed O'Day |
| 1925 | The Meddler | Richard Gilmore |
| 1925 | Outwitted | Jack Blaisdel |
| 1925 | Ridin' Pretty | Sky Parker |
| 1925 | Barriers of the Law | Rex Brandon |
| 1925 | The Ace of Spades | Dan Harvey |
| 1925 | Red Clay | Chief John Nisheto |
| 1924 | Hello, 'Frisco | William Desmond |
| 1924 | The Sunset Trail | Happy Hobo |
| 1924 | The Breathless Moment | Billy Carson |
| 1924 | The Measure of a Man | John Fairmeadow |
| 1923 | The Extra Girl | Himself |
| 1923 | Shadows of the North | Ben 'Wolf' Darby |
| 1923 | The Extra Girl | Himself - Actor |
| 1923 | McGuire of the Mounted | Bob McGuire |
| 1922 | Perils of the Yukon | Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr. |
| 1922 | Night Life in Hollywood | Self |
| 1921 | The Policeman and the Baby | The Policeman |
| 1921 | Fightin' Mad | Bud McGraw |
| 1921 | The Child Thou Gavest Me | Tom Marshall |
| 1921 | Women Men Love | David Hunter |
| 1919 | The Prince and Betty | John Maude |
| 1919 | Her Code of Honor | Eugene La Salle |
| 1919 | A Sage Brush Hamlet | Larry Lang |
| 1919 | Bare-Fisted Gallagher | 'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher |
| 1919 | The Mints of Hell | Dan Burke |
| 1918 | Captain of His Soul | Horace |
| 1918 | Society for Sale | Honorable Billy |
| 1918 | The Marriage Bubble | The Actor |
| 1917 | Master of His Home | Carson Stewart |
| 1917 | Paws of the Bear | Ray Bourke |
| 1917 | The Last of the Ingrams | Jules Ingram |
| 1917 | The Iced Bullet | The Author / Horace Lee |
| 1917 | Flying Colors | Brent Brewster |
| 1917 | Married in Name Only | |
| 1916 | A Gamble in Souls | |
| 1916 | Peggy | Rev. Donald Bruce |
| 1916 | The Dawn Maker | Bruce Smithson |
| 1916 | Bullets and Brown Eyes | Prince Carl |
| 1915 | Peer Gynt | The Parson |
| 1915 | Kilmeny | Bob Meredith |
| 1915 | The Majesty of the Law | Jackson Morgan Kent |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
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