William Desmond

William Desmond

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

23/01/1878

Day of Death

03/11/1949
(71) years old

Place of Birth

Horseheads, New York, USA

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.

Filmography

Cast

1956

Savage Fury

as Allen

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)

1947

Trail Street

as Townsman (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

Hi, Beautiful

as Passenger (uncredited)

1944

The Climax

as Backstage Technician (Uncredited)

1944

Tall in the Saddle

as Townsman (uncredited)

1944

The Mummy's Ghost

as Museum Tourist (uncredited)

1944

Phantom Lady

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

1943

Thank Your Lucky Stars

as Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)

1943

Phantom of the Opera

as Stagehand (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

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

Headin' for the Rio Grande

as Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)

1936

Song of the Gringo

as Bailiff

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

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

as Captain of the 'Viking'

1936

Custer's Last Stand

as Wagon Master

1935

Frisco Kid

as Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)

1935

Powdersmoke Range

as Happy - Bartender

1935

Courage of the North

as Gene Travis

1935

The Roaring West

as Jim Parker

1935

Social Error

as Policeman

1935

The Ghost Rider

as Guard

1935

Cyclone of the Saddle

as Wagon Master

1935

The Cowboy and the Bandit

as Sheriff Pete

1935

Born to Battle

as John Brownell

1935

Naughty Marietta

as Gendarme Chief (uncredited)

1935

Wild Waters

as Sheriff Manning

1935

Timber Terrors

as Royce Horter

1935

Rustlers of Red Dog

as Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]

1934

When Lightning Strikes

as Marshal Jack Stevens

1934

Frontier Days

as Sheriff Barnes

1934

The Way of the West

as 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)

1934

The Red Rider

as Sheriff Campbell

1934

I Can't Escape

as Parole Officer Donovan

1934

Crack-Up

as Police Chief

1934

The Vanishing Shadow

as MacDonald

1934

The Rawhide Terror

as Tom Blake

1934

Border Guns

as Dr. Jim Wilson

1934

Pirate Treasure

as Capt. Jim Carson

1933

Fargo Express

as Sheriff Joe Thompson

1933

Perils of Pauline

as Prof. Thompson

1933

Strawberry Roan

as Colonel Brownlee

1933

Mr. Broadway

as 1st Suitor (archive footage)

1933

Gordon of Ghost City

as John Mulford

1933

Laughing at Life

as Military Cabinet Officer

1933

The Phantom of the Air

as Thomas Edmonds

1933

The Three Musketeers

as Capt. Boncour

1933

The Rustler's Roundup

as San Dimas Sheriff Holden

1933

Clancy of the Mounted

as Dave Moran

1932

Jungle Mystery

as John Morgan

1932

The Last Frontier

as General Custer

1932

Heroes of the West

as John Blaine

1931

The Lightning Warrior

as Townsman (uncredited)

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

The Ace of Spades

as Dan Harvey

1925

The Meddler

as Richard Gilmore

1925

The Burning Trail

as Smiling Bill Flannigan

1925

Red Clay

as Chief John Nisheto

1925

Straight Through

as Good Deed O'Day

1925

Barriers of the Law

as Rex Brandon

1925

Ridin' Pretty

as Sky Parker

1925

Outwitted

as Jack Blaisdel

1924

The Sunset Trail

as Happy Hobo

1924

The Measure of a Man

as John Fairmeadow

1924

Hello, 'Frisco

as William Desmond

1924

Big Timber

as Walter Sandry

1924

The Breathless Moment

as Billy Carson

1923

The Extra Girl

as Himself

1923

The Extra Girl

as Himself - Actor

1923

Beasts of Paradise

as Phil Grant

1923

Shadows of the North

as Ben 'Wolf' Darby

1923

McGuire of the Mounted

as Bob McGuire

1923

The Phantom Fortune

as Larry Barclay

1923

Around the World in 18 Days

as Phineas Fogg III

1922

Perils of the Yukon

as Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr.

1921

Fightin' Mad

as Bud McGraw

1921

The Policeman and the Baby

as The Policeman

1921

The Child Thou Gavest Me

as Tom Marshall

1921

Women Men Love

as David Hunter

1919

The Prince and Betty

as John Maude

1919

A Sage Brush Hamlet

as Larry Lang

1919

Bare-Fisted Gallagher

as 'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher

1919

The Mints of Hell

as Dan Burke

1919

Her Code of Honor

as Eugene La Salle

1919

Life's a Funny Proposition

as Jimmie Pendleton

1918

Society for Sale

as Honorable Billy

1918

The Marriage Bubble

as The Actor

1918

Captain of His Soul

as Horace

1917

The Sudden Gentleman

as Garry Garrity

1917

Flying Colors

as Brent Brewster

1917

Master of His Home

as Carson Stewart

1917

Paws of the Bear

as Ray Bourke

1917

Paddy O'Hara

as Paddy O'Hara

1917

The Last of the Ingrams

as Jules Ingram

1917

The Iced Bullet

as The Author / Horace Lee

1916

The Dawn Maker

as Bruce Smithson

1916

Bullets and Brown Eyes

as Prince Carl

1916

Peggy

as Rev. Donald Bruce

1915

Peer Gynt

as The Parson

1915

The Majesty of the Law

as Jackson Morgan Kent

1915

Kilmeny

as Bob Meredith