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)
Thunder Mountain
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1947)
Code of the West
as Settler (uncredited)
(1946)
Desert Command
as Capt. Boncour
(1945)
Strange Confession
as Peanut Vendor (uncredited)
(1945)
The Naughty Nineties
as Showboat Customer (uncredited)
(1945)
The Return of the Durango Kid
as Street Ambusher (uncredited)
(1944)
The Mummy's Ghost
as Museum Tourist (uncredited)
(1944)
The Climax
as Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
(1944)
Phantom Lady
as Courtroom Spectator (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)
Where Did You Get That Girl?
as Tourist
(1941)
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
as Bartender
(1940)
Junior G-Men
as Irish Cop (uncredited)
(1940)
The Boys from Syracuse
as Citizen
(1940)
Winners of the West
as Bill Brine
(1937)
Tim Tyler's Luck
as Dock Official
(1936)
Hollywood Boulevard
as Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
(1936)
Song of the Saddle
as Tim
(1936)
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
as Captain of the 'Viking'
(1936)
Song of the Gringo
as Bailiff
(1936)
Treachery Rides the Range
as Bill
(1936)
Custer's Last Stand
as Wagon Master
(1936)
The Vigilantes Are Coming
as Anderson, Vigilante Member
(1936)
(1936)
Headin' for the Rio Grande
as Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)
(1935)
Naughty Marietta
as Gendarme Chief (uncredited)
(1935)
Frisco Kid
as Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)
(1935)
Born to Battle
as John Brownell
(1935)
Rustlers of Red Dog
as Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]
(1935)
Powdersmoke Range
as Happy - Bartender
(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)
The Ghost Rider
as Guard
(1935)
Social Error
as Policeman
(1935)
Cyclone of the Saddle
as Wagon Master
(1935)
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery
as Foreman Burke
(1935)
Timber Terrors
as Royce Horter
(1935)
Courage of the North
as Gene Travis
(1935)
Wild Waters
as Sheriff Manning
(1934)
The Red Rider
as Sheriff Campbell
(1934)
Frontier Days
as Sheriff Barnes
(1934)
The Vanishing Shadow
as MacDonald
(1934)
I Can't Escape
as Parole Officer Donovan
(1934)
The Way of the West
as 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)
(1934)
The Rawhide Terror
as Tom Blake
(1934)
Crack-Up
as Police Chief
(1934)
Pirate Treasure
as Capt. Jim Carson
(1934)
When Lightning Strikes
as Marshal Jack Stevens
(1934)
Border Guns
as Dr. Jim Wilson
(1933)
The Three Musketeers
as Capt. Boncour
(1933)
Laughing at Life
as Military Cabinet Officer
(1933)
The Phantom of the Air
as Thomas Edmonds
(1933)
The Rustler's Roundup
as San Dimas Sheriff Holden
(1933)
Strawberry Roan
as Colonel Brownlee
(1933)
Mr. Broadway
as 1st Suitor (archive footage)
(1933)
Gordon of Ghost City
as John Mulford
(1933)
Perils of Pauline
as Prof. Thompson
(1933)
Fargo Express
as Sheriff Joe Thompson
(1933)
Clancy of the Mounted
as Dave Moran
(1932)
(1932)
The Last Frontier
as General Custer
(1932)
Heroes of the West
as John Blaine
(1931)
The Vanishing Legion
as Milesburg Sheriff
(1931)
Battling with Buffalo Bill
as John Mills
(1931)
The Lightning Warrior
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1931)
Oklahoma Jim
as Lacy
(1930)
The Phantom of the West
as Martin Blair
(1929)
No Children
as Self
(1929)
No Defense
as John Harper
(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)
The Meddler
as Richard Gilmore
(1925)
The Burning Trail
as Smiling Bill Flannigan
(1925)
Straight Through
as Good Deed O'Day
(1925)
Ridin' Pretty
as Sky Parker
(1925)
Barriers of the Law
as Rex Brandon
(1925)
Outwitted
as Jack Blaisdel
(1925)
Red Clay
as Chief John Nisheto
(1925)
The Ace of Spades
as Dan Harvey
(1924)
The Sunset Trail
as Happy Hobo
(1924)
The Measure of a Man
as John Fairmeadow
(1924)
The Breathless Moment
as Billy Carson
(1924)
Hello, 'Frisco
as William Desmond
(1923)
The Extra Girl
as Himself
(1923)
The Extra Girl
as Himself - Actor
(1923)
Shadows of the North
as Ben 'Wolf' Darby
(1923)
Around the World in 18 Days
as Phineas Fogg III
(1923)
McGuire of the Mounted
as Bob McGuire
(1923)
The Phantom Fortune
as Larry Barclay
(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)
The Policeman and the Baby
as The Policeman
(1921)
Women Men Love
as David Hunter
(1919)
A Sage Brush Hamlet
as Larry Lang
(1919)
Life's a Funny Proposition
as Jimmie Pendleton
(1919)
The Prince and Betty
as John Maude
(1919)
Her Code of Honor
as Eugene La Salle
(1919)
Bare-Fisted Gallagher
as 'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher
(1919)
The Mints of Hell
as Dan Burke
(1918)
Captain of His Soul
as Horace
(1918)
Society for Sale
as Honorable Billy
(1918)
The Marriage Bubble
as The Actor
(1917)
The Iced Bullet
as The Author / Horace Lee
(1917)
(1917)
The Last of the Ingrams
as Jules Ingram
(1917)
Paws of the Bear
as Ray Bourke
(1917)
Master of His Home
as Carson Stewart
(1917)
The Sudden Gentleman
as Garry Garrity
(1917)
Flying Colors
as Brent Brewster
(1917)
Paddy O'Hara
as Paddy O'Hara
(1916)
Peggy
as Rev. Donald Bruce
(1916)
(1916)
The Dawn Maker
as Bruce Smithson
(1916)
Bullets and Brown Eyes
as Prince Carl
(1915)
Peer Gynt
as The Parson
(1915)
Kilmeny
as Bob Meredith
(1915)
The Majesty of the Law
as Jackson Morgan Kent