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)
Trail Street
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1947)
Thunder Mountain
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1947)
The Egg and I
as Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)
(1947)
Code of the West
as Settler (uncredited)
(1946)
Desert Command
as Capt. Boncour
(1945)
Strange Confession
as Peanut Vendor (uncredited)
(1945)
The Return of the Durango Kid
as Street Ambusher (uncredited)
(1945)
The Naughty Nineties
as Showboat Customer (uncredited)
(1944)
The Mummy's Ghost
as Museum Tourist (uncredited)
(1944)
Tall in the Saddle
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1944)
The Climax
as Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
(1944)
Hi, Beautiful
as Passenger (uncredited)
(1944)
Phantom Lady
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
(1943)
Phantom of the Opera
as Stagehand (uncredited)
(1943)
The Lone Star Trail
as Bartender Mike
(1943)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)
(1943)
Cheyenne Roundup
as Pete
(1942)
Overland Mail
as Williams - Banker
(1942)
The Silver Bullet
as Townsman
(1942)
Down Rio Grande Way
as Townsman
(1941)
Where Did You Get That Girl?
as Tourist
(1941)
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
as Bartender
(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)
(1936)
Custer's Last Stand
as Wagon Master
(1936)
The Vigilantes Are Coming
as Anderson, Vigilante Member
(1936)
Hollywood Boulevard
as Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
(1936)
Flash Gordon
as Hawkman Lookout Captain
(1936)
Song of the Saddle
as Tim
(1936)
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
as Captain of the 'Viking'
(1936)
Headin' for the Rio Grande
as Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)
(1936)
Song of the Gringo
as Bailiff
(1936)
Treachery Rides the Range
as Bill
(1935)
Wild Waters
as Sheriff Manning
(1935)
The Cowboy and the Bandit
as Sheriff Pete
(1935)
Cyclone of the Saddle
as Wagon Master
(1935)
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery
as Foreman Burke
(1935)
Frisco Kid
as Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)
(1935)
The Roaring West
as Jim Parker
(1935)
The Ghost Rider
as Guard
(1935)
Timber Terrors
as Royce Horter
(1935)
Powdersmoke Range
as Happy - Bartender
(1935)
Born to Battle
as John Brownell
(1935)
Naughty Marietta
as Gendarme Chief (uncredited)
(1935)
Courage of the North
as Gene Travis
(1935)
The Call of the Savage
as Allen
(1935)
Rustlers of Red Dog
as Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]
(1935)
Social Error
as Policeman
(1934)
When Lightning Strikes
as Marshal Jack Stevens
(1934)
Border Guns
as Dr. Jim Wilson
(1934)
The Red Rider
as Sheriff Campbell
(1934)
Pirate Treasure
as Capt. Jim Carson
(1934)
The Rawhide Terror
as Tom Blake
(1934)
The Vanishing Shadow
as MacDonald
(1934)
The Way of the West
as 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)
(1934)
Frontier Days
as Sheriff Barnes
(1934)
Crack-Up
as Police Chief
(1934)
I Can't Escape
as Parole Officer Donovan
(1933)
The Phantom of the Air
as Thomas Edmonds
(1933)
Strawberry Roan
as Colonel Brownlee
(1933)
Mr. Broadway
as 1st Suitor (archive footage)
(1933)
Fargo Express
as Sheriff Joe Thompson
(1933)
The Three Musketeers
as Capt. Boncour
(1933)
Perils of Pauline
as Prof. Thompson
(1933)
The Rustler's Roundup
as San Dimas Sheriff Holden
(1933)
Clancy of the Mounted
as Dave Moran
(1933)
Laughing at Life
as Military Cabinet Officer
(1933)
Gordon of Ghost City
as John Mulford
(1932)
Heroes of the West
as John Blaine
(1932)
(1932)
The Last Frontier
as General Custer
(1931)
The Lightning Warrior
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1931)
Battling with Buffalo Bill
as John Mills
(1931)
Oklahoma Jim
as Lacy
(1931)
The Vanishing Legion
as Milesburg Sheriff
(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)
Red Clay
as Chief John Nisheto
(1925)
Ridin' Pretty
as Sky Parker
(1925)
The Burning Trail
as Smiling Bill Flannigan
(1925)
The Ace of Spades
as Dan Harvey
(1925)
Barriers of the Law
as Rex Brandon
(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 Breathless Moment
as Billy Carson
(1924)
The Sunset Trail
as Happy Hobo
(1924)
The Measure of a Man
as John Fairmeadow
(1924)
Big Timber
as Walter Sandry
(1923)
Around the World in 18 Days
as Phineas Fogg III
(1923)
The Phantom Fortune
as Larry Barclay
(1923)
The Extra Girl
as Himself
(1923)
The Extra Girl
as Himself - Actor
(1923)
McGuire of the Mounted
as Bob McGuire
(1923)
Shadows of the North
as Ben 'Wolf' Darby
(1922)
Perils of the Yukon
as Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr.
(1922)
Night Life in Hollywood
as Self
(1921)
The Child Thou Gavest Me
as Tom Marshall
(1921)
Fightin' Mad
as Bud McGraw
(1921)
Women Men Love
as David Hunter
(1921)
The Policeman and the Baby
as The Policeman
(1919)
Bare-Fisted Gallagher
as 'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher
(1919)
Life's a Funny Proposition
as Jimmie Pendleton
(1919)
A Sage Brush Hamlet
as Larry Lang
(1919)
The Mints of Hell
as Dan Burke
(1919)
Her Code of Honor
as Eugene La Salle
(1919)
The Prince and Betty
as John Maude
(1918)
Captain of His Soul
as Horace
(1918)
The Marriage Bubble
as The Actor
(1918)
Society for Sale
as Honorable Billy
(1917)
Flying Colors
as Brent Brewster
(1917)
Paddy O'Hara
as Paddy O'Hara
(1917)
Paws of the Bear
as Ray Bourke
(1917)
The Iced Bullet
as The Author / Horace Lee
(1917)
Master of His Home
as Carson Stewart
(1917)
(1917)
The Last of the Ingrams
as Jules Ingram
(1917)
The Sudden Gentleman
as Garry Garrity
(1916)
Bullets and Brown Eyes
as Prince Carl
(1916)
Peggy
as Rev. Donald Bruce
(1916)
The Dawn Maker
as Bruce Smithson
(1916)
(1915)
Kilmeny
as Bob Meredith
(1915)
The Majesty of the Law
as Jackson Morgan Kent
(1915)
Peer Gynt
as The Parson