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