William Desmond
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1878-01-23
Day of Death
1949-11-03 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Horseheads, New York, USA
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
Acting
(1956)
Savage Fury
as Allen
(1947)
The Egg and I
as Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)
(1947)
Code of the West
as Settler (uncredited)
(1947)
Thunder Mountain
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1946)
Desert Command
as Capt. Boncour
(1945)
The Naughty Nineties
as Showboat Customer (uncredited)
(1945)
The Return of the Durango Kid
as Street Ambusher (uncredited)
(1945)
Strange Confession
as Peanut Vendor (uncredited)
(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)
(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
(1942)
Down Rio Grande Way
as Townsman
(1942)
Overland Mail
as Williams - Banker
(1942)
The Silver Bullet
as Townsman
(1941)
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
as Bartender
(1941)
Where Did You Get That Girl?
as Tourist
(1940)
The Boys from Syracuse
as Citizen
(1940)
Junior G-Men
as Irish Cop (uncredited)
(1940)
Winners of the West
as Bill Brine
(1937)
Tim Tyler's Luck
as Dock Official
(1936)
Custer's Last Stand
as Wagon Master
(1936)
Hollywood Boulevard
as Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
(1936)
Treachery Rides the Range
as Bill
(1936)
Song of the Saddle
as Tim
(1936)
The Vigilantes Are Coming
as Anderson, Vigilante Member
(1936)
Song of the Gringo
as Bailiff
(1936)
Headin' for the Rio Grande
as Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)
(1936)
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
as Captain of the 'Viking'
(1936)
(1935)
Naughty Marietta
as Gendarme Chief (uncredited)
(1935)
Frisco Kid
as Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)
(1935)
Powdersmoke Range
as Happy - Bartender
(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)
Born to Battle
as John Brownell
(1935)
Social Error
as Policeman
(1935)
The Cowboy and the Bandit
as Sheriff Pete
(1935)
The Call of the Savage
as Allen
(1935)
The Roaring West
as Jim Parker
(1935)
Cyclone of the Saddle
as Wagon Master
(1935)
Courage of the North
as Gene Travis
(1935)
The Ghost Rider
as Guard
(1935)
Timber Terrors
as Royce Horter
(1935)
Wild Waters
as Sheriff Manning
(1934)
The Red Rider
as Sheriff Campbell
(1934)
The Vanishing Shadow
as MacDonald
(1934)
Frontier Days
as Sheriff Barnes
(1934)
The Rawhide Terror
as Tom Blake
(1934)
Pirate Treasure
as Capt. Jim Carson
(1934)
I Can't Escape
as Parole Officer Donovan
(1934)
The Way of the West
as 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)
(1934)
When Lightning Strikes
as Marshal Jack Stevens
(1934)
Border Guns
as Dr. Jim Wilson
(1934)
Crack-Up
as Police Chief
(1933)
The Three Musketeers
as Capt. Boncour
(1933)
Perils of Pauline
as Prof. Thompson
(1933)
Mr. Broadway
as 1st Suitor (archive footage)
(1933)
Laughing at Life
as Military Cabinet Officer
(1933)
The Phantom of the Air
as Thomas Edmonds
(1933)
Gordon of Ghost City
as John Mulford
(1933)
Fargo Express
as Sheriff Joe Thompson
(1933)
Strawberry Roan
as Colonel Brownlee
(1933)
Clancy of the Mounted
as Dave Moran
(1933)
The Rustler's Roundup
as San Dimas Sheriff Holden
(1932)
The Last Frontier
as General Custer
(1932)
Heroes of the West
as John Blaine
(1932)
(1931)
The Vanishing Legion
as Milesburg Sheriff
(1931)
The Lightning Warrior
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1931)
Battling with Buffalo Bill
as John Mills
(1931)
Oklahoma Jim
as Lacy
(1930)
The Phantom of the West
as Martin Blair
(1929)
No Defense
as John Harper
(1929)
No Children
as Self
(1928)
The Mystery Rider
as Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider
(1928)
The Vanishing Rider
as Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider
(1926)
The Strings of Steel
as Ned Brown
(1925)
Barriers of the Law
as Rex Brandon
(1925)
The Burning Trail
as Smiling Bill Flannigan
(1925)
Ridin' Pretty
as Sky Parker
(1925)
The Ace of Spades
as Dan Harvey
(1925)
Red Clay
as Chief John Nisheto
(1925)
The Meddler
as Richard Gilmore
(1925)
Outwitted
as Jack Blaisdel
(1925)
Straight Through
as Good Deed O'Day
(1924)
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
(1923)
The Extra Girl
as Himself
(1923)
The Extra Girl
as Himself - Actor
(1923)
Shadows of the North
as Ben 'Wolf' Darby
(1923)
McGuire of the Mounted
as Bob McGuire
(1922)
Perils of the Yukon
as Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr.
(1922)
Night Life in Hollywood
as Self
(1921)
Fightin' Mad
as Bud McGraw
(1921)
The Child Thou Gavest Me
as Tom Marshall
(1921)
Women Men Love
as David Hunter
(1921)
The Policeman and the Baby
as The Policeman
(1919)
Her Code of Honor
as Eugene La Salle
(1919)
The Prince and Betty
as John Maude
(1919)
Bare-Fisted Gallagher
as 'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher
(1919)
A Sage Brush Hamlet
as Larry Lang
(1919)
The Mints of Hell
as Dan Burke
(1918)
Society for Sale
as Honorable Billy
(1918)
Captain of His Soul
as Horace
(1918)
The Marriage Bubble
as The Actor
(1917)
The Iced Bullet
as The Author / Horace Lee
(1917)
Master of His Home
as Carson Stewart
(1917)
Flying Colors
as Brent Brewster
(1917)
The Last of the Ingrams
as Jules Ingram
(1917)
(1917)
Paws of the Bear
as Ray Bourke
(1916)
Peggy
as Rev. Donald Bruce
(1916)
(1916)
Bullets and Brown Eyes
as Prince Carl
(1916)
The Dawn Maker
as Bruce Smithson
(1915)
Peer Gynt
as The Parson
(1915)
The Majesty of the Law
as Jackson Morgan Kent
(1915)
Kilmeny
as Bob Meredith