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 (archive footage)
(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)
Strange Confession
as Peanut Vendor (uncredited)
(1945)
The Return of the Durango Kid
as Street Ambusher (uncredited)
(1944)
Phantom Lady
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
(1944)
The Mummy's Ghost
as Museum Tourist (uncredited)
(1944)
The Climax
as Backstage Technician (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)
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)
Hollywood Boulevard
as Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
(1936)
Treachery Rides the Range
as Bill
(1936)
Custer's Last Stand
as Wagon Master
(1936)
Song of the Gringo
as Bailiff
(1936)
Song of the Saddle
as Tim
(1936)
(1936)
The Vigilantes Are Coming
as Anderson, Vigilante Member
(1936)
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
as Captain of the 'Viking'
(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)
The Cowboy and the Bandit
as Sheriff Pete
(1935)
Social Error
as Policeman
(1935)
Powdersmoke Range
as Happy - Bartender
(1935)
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery
as Foreman Burke
(1935)
Timber Terrors
as Royce Horter
(1935)
Cyclone of the Saddle
as Wagon Master
(1935)
Born to Battle
as John Brownell
(1935)
Courage of the North
as Gene Travis
(1935)
The Ghost Rider
as Guard
(1935)
Rustlers of Red Dog
as Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]
(1935)
The Roaring West
as Jim Parker
(1935)
Wild Waters
as Sheriff Manning
(1935)
The Call of the Savage
as Allen
(1934)
The Rawhide Terror
as Tom Blake
(1934)
The Vanishing Shadow
as MacDonald
(1934)
Pirate Treasure
as Capt. Jim Carson
(1934)
The Red Rider
as Sheriff Campbell
(1934)
Frontier Days
as Sheriff Barnes
(1934)
The Way of the West
as 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)
(1934)
Border Guns
as Dr. Jim Wilson
(1934)
When Lightning Strikes
as Marshal Jack Stevens
(1934)
I Can't Escape
as Parole Officer Donovan
(1934)
Crack-Up
as Police Chief
(1933)
The Three Musketeers
as Capt. Boncour
(1933)
Strawberry Roan
as Colonel Brownlee
(1933)
Perils of Pauline
as Prof. Thompson
(1933)
The Rustler's Roundup
as San Dimas Sheriff Holden
(1933)
Laughing at Life
as Military Cabinet Officer
(1933)
Mr. Broadway
as 1st Suitor (archive footage)
(1933)
Gordon of Ghost City
as John Mulford
(1933)
Fargo Express
as Sheriff Joe Thompson
(1933)
Clancy of the Mounted
as Dave Moran
(1933)
The Phantom of the Air
as Thomas Edmonds
(1932)
Heroes of the West
as John Blaine
(1932)
The Last Frontier
as General Custer
(1932)
(1931)
Oklahoma Jim
as Lacy
(1931)
The Lightning Warrior
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1931)
The Vanishing Legion
as Milesburg Sheriff
(1931)
Battling with Buffalo Bill
as John Mills
(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)
Straight Through
as Good Deed O'Day
(1925)
Outwitted
as Jack Blaisdel
(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)
Barriers of the Law
as Rex Brandon
(1925)
The Burning Trail
as Smiling Bill Flannigan
(1924)
Hello, 'Frisco
as William Desmond
(1924)
The Breathless Moment
as Billy Carson
(1924)
The Measure of a Man
as John Fairmeadow
(1924)
The Sunset Trail
as Happy Hobo
(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)
Her Code of Honor
as Eugene La Salle
(1919)
The Prince and Betty
as John Maude
(1919)
A Sage Brush Hamlet
as Larry Lang
(1919)
Bare-Fisted Gallagher
as 'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher
(1918)
The Marriage Bubble
as The Actor
(1918)
Society for Sale
as Honorable Billy
(1918)
Captain of His Soul
as Horace
(1917)
The Iced Bullet
as The Author / Horace Lee
(1917)
Flying Colors
as Brent Brewster
(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)
(1916)
Peggy
as Rev. Donald Bruce
(1916)
Bullets and Brown Eyes
as Prince Carl
(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