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William Desmond

William Desmond

ActingJanuary 23, 1878(died age 71)Horseheads, New York, USA

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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.

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Filmography (148)

Code of the West

1947·Settler (uncredited)

1947·Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)

Thunder Mountain

1947·Townsman (uncredited)

Trail Street

1947·Townsman (uncredited)

1946·Capt. Boncour

The Return of the Durango Kid

1945·Street Ambusher (uncredited)

The Naughty Nineties

1945·Showboat Customer (uncredited)

Strange Confession

1945·Peanut Vendor (uncredited)

The Mummy's Ghost

1944·Museum Tourist (uncredited)

1944·Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

1944·Backstage Technician (Uncredited)

1944·Passenger (uncredited)

Tall in the Saddle

1944·Townsman (uncredited)

Phantom of the Opera

1943·Stagehand (uncredited)

Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943·Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)

The Lone Star Trail

1943·Bartender Mike

Cheyenne Roundup

Down Rio Grande Way

The Silver Bullet

1942·Williams - Banker

Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie

1941·Bartender

Where Did You Get That Girl?

Winners of the West

1940·Bill Brine

The Boys from Syracuse

1940·Irish Cop (uncredited)

Tim Tyler's Luck

1937·Dock Official

Song of the Gringo

The Broken Coin

The Vigilantes Are Coming

1936·Anderson, Vigilante Member

Custer's Last Stand

1936·Wagon Master

Treachery Rides the Range

Headin' for the Rio Grande

1936·Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)

Hollywood Boulevard

1936·Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

1936·Captain of the 'Viking'

Song of the Saddle

1936·Hawkman Lookout Captain

1935·Sheriff Manning

1935·Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)

1935·John Brownell

Courage of the North

1935·Gene Travis

The Cowboy and the Bandit

1935·Sheriff Pete

Cyclone of the Saddle

1935·Wagon Master

The Call of the Savage

The Ghost Rider

1935·Policeman

1935·Royce Horter

Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery

1935·Foreman Burke

Rustlers of Red Dog

1935·Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]

Powdersmoke Range

1935·Happy - Bartender

Naughty Marietta

1935·Gendarme Chief (uncredited)

The Roaring West

1935·Jim Parker

When Lightning Strikes

1934·Marshal Jack Stevens

1934·Police Chief

The Vanishing Shadow

1934·MacDonald

1934·Parole Officer Donovan

Pirate Treasure

1934·Capt. Jim Carson

1934·Sheriff Barnes

The Rawhide Terror

1934·Tom Blake

1934·Dr. Jim Wilson

1934·Sheriff Campbell

The Way of the West

1934·'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)

The Rustler's Roundup

1933·San Dimas Sheriff Holden

1933·1st Suitor (archive footage)

The Three Musketeers

1933·Capt. Boncour

Laughing at Life

1933·Military Cabinet Officer

Strawberry Roan

1933·Colonel Brownlee

1933·Sheriff Joe Thompson

Gordon of Ghost City

1933·John Mulford

The Phantom of the Air

1933·Thomas Edmonds

Perils of Pauline

1933·Prof. Thompson

Clancy of the Mounted

1933·Dave Moran

The Last Frontier

1932·General Custer

Heroes of the West

1932·John Blaine

A Scarlet Week-End

1932·John Morgan

The Lightning Warrior

1931·Townsman (uncredited)

The Vanishing Legion

1931·Milesburg Sheriff

Battling with Buffalo Bill

1931·John Mills

Hell-Bent for Frisco

1931·The Editor

1931·Chief of Police

The Phantom of the West

1930·Martin Blair

1929·John Harper

The Vanishing Rider

1928·Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider

The Mystery Rider

1928·Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider

The Devil's Trademark

1928·Morgan Gray

The Return of the Riddle Rider

1927·Randolph Parker / The Riddle Rider

The Strings of Steel

1926·Ned Brown

Straight Through

1925·Good Deed O'Day

The Burning Trail

1925·Smiling Bill Flannigan

1925·Richard Gilmore

1925·Jack Blaisdel

1925·Sky Parker

Barriers of the Law

1925·Rex Brandon

The Ace of Spades

1925·Dan Harvey

1925·Chief John Nisheto

1925·John Morgan

1924·William Desmond

The Sunset Trail

1924·Happy Hobo

The Breathless Moment

1924·Billy Carson

The Measure of a Man

1924·John Fairmeadow

1924·Walter Sandry

The Riddle Rider

1924·Randolph Parker / The Riddle Rider

Shadows of the North

1923·Ben 'Wolf' Darby

McGuire of the Mounted

1923·Bob McGuire

The Phantom Fortune

1923·Larry Barclay

Around the World in 18 Days

1923·Phineas Fogg III

Beasts of Paradise

1923·Phil Grant

Perils of the Yukon

1922·Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr.

Night Life in Hollywood

The Policeman and the Baby

1921·The Policeman

1921·Bud McGraw

The Child Thou Gavest Me

1921·Tom Marshall

1921·David Hunter

1920·Harry Hawkins

The Prince and Betty

1919·John Maude

Her Code of Honor

1919·Eugene La Salle

A Sage Brush Hamlet

1919·Larry Lang

Bare-Fisted Gallagher

1919·'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher

The Mints of Hell

1919·Dan Burke

Life's a Funny Proposition

1919·Jimmie Pendleton

The Blue Bandanna

1919·Jerry Jerome

Whitewashed Walls

1919·Larry Donovan

Captain of His Soul

Society for Sale

1918·Honorable Billy

The Marriage Bubble

1918·The Actor

1918·Benny Boggs

1918·Bob Baldwin

Master of His Home

1917·Carson Stewart

Paws of the Bear

1917·Ray Bourke

The Last of the Ingrams

1917·Jules Ingram

The Iced Bullet

1917·The Author / Horace Lee

1917·Brent Brewster

Married in Name Only

The Sudden Gentleman

1917·Garry Garrity

1917·Paddy O'Hara

A Gamble in Souls

1916·Rev. Donald Bruce

1916·Bruce Smithson

Bullets and Brown Eyes

1916·Prince Carl

1916·Donald White

1915·The Parson

1915·Bob Meredith

The Majesty of the Law

1915·Jackson Morgan Kent

The Sign of the Cross