- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 23, 1878
- Place of Birth
- Horseheads, New York, USA
- Died
- November 3, 1949
William Desmond
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.
Filmography
movieSavage Fury
1956 · Allen
movieThunder Mountain
1947 · Townsman (uncredited)
movieThe Egg and I
1947 · Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)
movieCode of the West
1947 · Settler (uncredited)
movieTrail Street
1947 · Townsman (uncredited)
movieDesert Command
1946 · Capt. Boncour
movieStrange Confession
1945 · Peanut Vendor (uncredited)
movieThe Naughty Nineties
1945 · Showboat Customer (uncredited)
movieThe Return of the Durango Kid
1945 · Street Ambusher (uncredited)
movieHi, Beautiful
1944 · Passenger (uncredited)
movieThe Climax
1944 · Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
movieTall in the Saddle
1944 · Townsman (uncredited)
movieThe Mummy's Ghost
1944 · Museum Tourist (uncredited)
moviePhantom Lady
1944 · Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
movieThank Your Lucky Stars
1943 · Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)
moviePhantom of the Opera
1943 · Stagehand (uncredited)
movieThe Lone Star Trail
1943 · Bartender Mike
movieCheyenne Roundup
1943 · Pete
movieOverland Mail
1942 · Williams - Banker
movieThe Silver Bullet
1942 · Townsman
movieDown Rio Grande Way
1942 · Townsman
movieBury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
1941 · Bartender
movieWhere Did You Get That Girl?
1941 · Tourist
movieJunior G-Men
1940 · Irish Cop (uncredited)
movieThe Boys from Syracuse
1940 · Citizen
movieWinners of the West
1940 · Bill Brine
movieTim Tyler's Luck
1937 · Dock Official
movieHeadin' for the Rio Grande
1936 · Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)
movieSong of the Gringo
1936 · Bailiff
movieThe Vigilantes Are Coming
1936 · Anderson, Vigilante Member
movieHollywood Boulevard
1936 · Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
movieTreachery Rides the Range
1936 · Bill
movieFlash Gordon
1936 · Hawkman Lookout Captain
movieSong of the Saddle
1936 · Tim
movieThe Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936 · Captain of the 'Viking'
The Broken Coin
movieThe Broken Coin
1936
movieCuster's Last Stand
1936 · Wagon Master
movieFrisco Kid
1935 · Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)
movieTailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery
1935 · Foreman Burke
moviePowdersmoke Range
1935 · Happy - Bartender
movieCourage of the North
1935 · Gene Travis
movieThe Roaring West
1935 · Jim Parker
movieSocial Error
1935 · Policeman
movieThe Call of the Savage
1935 · Allen
movieThe Ghost Rider
1935 · Guard
movieCyclone of the Saddle
1935 · Wagon Master
movieThe Cowboy and the Bandit
1935 · Sheriff Pete
movieBorn to Battle
1935 · John Brownell
movieNaughty Marietta
1935 · Gendarme Chief (uncredited)
Wild Waters
movieWild Waters
1935 · Sheriff Manning
Timber Terrors
movieTimber Terrors
1935 · Royce Horter
movieRustlers of Red Dog
1935 · Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]
movieWhen Lightning Strikes
1934 · Marshal Jack Stevens
movieFrontier Days
1934 · Sheriff Barnes
movieThe Way of the West
1934 · 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)
movieThe Red Rider
1934 · Sheriff Campbell
movieI Can't Escape
1934 · Parole Officer Donovan
Crack-Up
movieCrack-Up
1934 · Police Chief
movieThe Vanishing Shadow
1934 · MacDonald
movieThe Rawhide Terror
1934 · Tom Blake
movieBorder Guns
1934 · Dr. Jim Wilson
moviePirate Treasure
1934 · Capt. Jim Carson
movieFargo Express
1933 · Sheriff Joe Thompson
moviePerils of Pauline
1933 · Prof. Thompson
movieStrawberry Roan
1933 · Colonel Brownlee
movieMr. Broadway
1933 · 1st Suitor (archive footage)
movieGordon of Ghost City
1933 · John Mulford
movieLaughing at Life
1933 · Military Cabinet Officer
movieThe Phantom of the Air
1933 · Thomas Edmonds
movieThe Three Musketeers
1933 · Capt. Boncour
movieThe Rustler's Roundup
1933 · San Dimas Sheriff Holden
movieClancy of the Mounted
1933 · Dave Moran
movieA Scarlet Week-End
1932
movieJungle Mystery
1932 · John Morgan
movieThe Last Frontier
1932 · General Custer
movieHeroes of the West
1932 · John Blaine
movieBattling with Buffalo Bill
1931 · John Mills
movieThe Lightning Warrior
1931 · Townsman (uncredited)
movieOklahoma Jim
1931 · Lacy
movieHell-Bent for Frisco
1931 · The Editor
First Aid
movieFirst Aid
1931 · Chief of Police
movieThe Vanishing Legion
1931 · Milesburg Sheriff
movieThe Phantom of the West
1930 · Martin Blair
movieNo Defense
1929 · John Harper
movieNo Children
1929 · Self
movieThe Mystery Rider
1928 · Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider
movieThe Devil's Trademark
1928 · Morgan Gray
movieThe Vanishing Rider
1928 · Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider
The Return of the Riddle Rider
movieThe Return of the Riddle Rider
1927 · Randolph Parker / The Riddle Rider
movieThe Strings of Steel
1926 · Ned Brown
movieThe Ace of Spades
1925 · Dan Harvey
movieThe Meddler
1925 · Richard Gilmore
movieThe Burning Trail
1925 · Smiling Bill Flannigan
Red Clay
movieRed Clay
1925 · Chief John Nisheto
movieDuped
1925 · John Morgan
movieStraight Through
1925 · Good Deed O'Day
movieBarriers of the Law
1925 · Rex Brandon
movieRidin' Pretty
1925 · Sky Parker
movieOutwitted
1925 · Jack Blaisdel
The Riddle Rider
movieThe Riddle Rider
1924 · Randolph Parker / The Riddle Rider
movieThe Sunset Trail
1924 · Happy Hobo
movieThe Measure of a Man
1924 · John Fairmeadow
Hello, 'Frisco
movieHello, 'Frisco
1924 · William Desmond
movieBig Timber
1924 · Walter Sandry
movieThe Breathless Moment
1924 · Billy Carson
movieThe Extra Girl
1923 · Himself, Himself - Actor
movieBeasts of Paradise
1923 · Phil Grant
movieShadows of the North
1923 · Ben 'Wolf' Darby
movieMcGuire of the Mounted
1923 · Bob McGuire
movieThe Phantom Fortune
1923 · Larry Barclay
movieAround the World in 18 Days
1923 · Phineas Fogg III
movieNight Life in Hollywood
1922 · Self
moviePerils of the Yukon
1922 · Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr.
movieFightin' Mad
1921 · Bud McGraw
movieThe Policeman and the Baby
1921 · The Policeman
movieThe Child Thou Gavest Me
1921 · Tom Marshall
The Parish Priest
movieThe Parish Priest
1921 · Reverend John Whalen
movieWomen Men Love
1921 · David Hunter
movieTwin Beds
1920 · Harry Hawkins
movieThe Prince and Betty
1919 · John Maude
movieThe Blue Bandanna
1919 · Jerry Jerome
movieA Sage Brush Hamlet
1919 · Larry Lang
movieBare-Fisted Gallagher
1919 · 'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher
movieThe Mints of Hell
1919 · Dan Burke
movieWhitewashed Walls
1919 · Larry Donovan
movieHer Code of Honor
1919 · Eugene La Salle
movieLife's a Funny Proposition
1919 · Jimmie Pendleton
movieThe Pretender
1918 · Bob Baldwin
An Honest Man
movieAn Honest Man
1918 · Benny Boggs
movieSociety for Sale
1918 · Honorable Billy
movieThe Marriage Bubble
1918 · The Actor
movieCaptain of His Soul
1918 · Horace
movieThe Sudden Gentleman
1917 · Garry Garrity
movieMarried in Name Only
1917
movieFlying Colors
1917 · Brent Brewster
movieMaster of His Home
1917 · Carson Stewart
Paws of the Bear
moviePaws of the Bear
1917 · Ray Bourke
moviePaddy O'Hara
1917 · Paddy O'Hara
The Last of the Ingrams
movieThe Last of the Ingrams
1917 · Jules Ingram
movieThe Iced Bullet
1917 · The Author / Horace Lee
movieA Gamble in Souls
1916
movieThe Criminal
1916 · Donald White
movieThe Dawn Maker
1916 · Bruce Smithson
Bullets and Brown Eyes
movieBullets and Brown Eyes
1916 · Prince Carl
moviePeggy
1916 · Rev. Donald Bruce
moviePeer Gynt
1915 · The Parson
movieThe Majesty of the Law
1915 · Jackson Morgan Kent
movieKilmeny
1915 · Bob Meredith
The Sign of the Cross
movieThe Sign of the Cross
1904