William Desmond

male

Born on January 23, 1878 (147 years old)

Passed Away on November 03, 1949

From Horseheads, New York, USA

Known for Acting

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.

Cast Credits

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

William Desmond

Biography

Cast Credits

Savage Fury

Code of the West

The Egg and I

Thunder Mountain

Trail Street

Desert Command

The Return of the Durango Kid

The Naughty Nineties

Strange Confession

The Mummy's Ghost

Phantom Lady

The Climax

Hi, Beautiful

Tall in the Saddle

Phantom of the Opera

Thank Your Lucky Stars

The Lone Star Trail

Cheyenne Roundup

Down Rio Grande Way

The Silver Bullet

Overland Mail

Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie

Where Did You Get That Girl?

Winners of the West

The Boys from Syracuse

Junior G-Men

Tim Tyler's Luck

Song of the Gringo

The Broken Coin

The Vigilantes Are Coming

Custer's Last Stand

Treachery Rides the Range

Headin' for the Rio Grande

Hollywood Boulevard

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

Song of the Saddle

Flash Gordon

Wild Waters

Frisco Kid

Born to Battle

Courage of the North

The Cowboy and the Bandit

Cyclone of the Saddle

The Call of the Savage

The Ghost Rider

Social Error

Timber Terrors

Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery

Rustlers of Red Dog

Powdersmoke Range

Naughty Marietta

The Roaring West

When Lightning Strikes

Crack-Up

The Vanishing Shadow

I Can't Escape

Pirate Treasure

Frontier Days

The Rawhide Terror

Border Guns

The Red Rider

The Way of the West

The Rustler's Roundup

Mr. Broadway

The Three Musketeers

Laughing at Life

Strawberry Roan

Fargo Express

Gordon of Ghost City

The Phantom of the Air

Perils of Pauline

Clancy of the Mounted

The Last Frontier

Heroes of the West

A Scarlet Week-End

Jungle Mystery

The Lightning Warrior