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