William Desmond

Actor

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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KNOWN FOR

No Defense

1929

Naughty Marietta

1935

Whitewashed Walls

1919

The Criminal

1916

Twin Beds

1920

Straight Through

1925

FILMOGRAPHY

ACTOR149

Savage Fury
1956
Allen
Code of the West
1947
Settler (uncredited)
The Egg and I
1947
Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)
Thunder Mountain
1947
Townsman (uncredited)
Trail Street
1947
Townsman (uncredited)
Desert Command
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)
Phantom Lady
1944
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Climax
1944
Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
Hi, Beautiful
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
1943
Pete
Down Rio Grande Way
1942
Townsman
The Silver Bullet
1942
Townsman
Overland Mail
1942
Williams - Banker
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
1941
Bartender
Where Did You Get That Girl?
1941
Tourist
Winners of the West
1940
Bill Brine
The Boys from Syracuse
1940
Citizen
Junior G-Men
1940
Irish Cop (uncredited)
Tim Tyler's Luck
1937
Dock Official
Song of the Gringo
1936
Bailiff
The Broken Coin
The Broken Coin
1936
The Vigilantes Are Coming
1936
Anderson, Vigilante Member
Custer's Last Stand
1936
Wagon Master
Treachery Rides the Range
1936
Bill
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
Tim
Flash Gordon
1936
Hawkman Lookout Captain
Wild Waters
Wild Waters
1935
Sheriff Manning
Frisco Kid
1935
Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)
Born to Battle
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
1935
Allen
The Ghost Rider
1935
Guard
Social Error
1935
Policeman
Timber Terrors
Timber Terrors
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
Crack-Up
Crack-Up
1934
Police Chief
The Vanishing Shadow
1934
MacDonald
I Can't Escape
1934
Parole Officer Donovan
Pirate Treasure
1934
Capt. Jim Carson
Frontier Days
1934
Sheriff Barnes
The Rawhide Terror
1934
Tom Blake
Border Guns
1934
Dr. Jim Wilson
The Red Rider
1934
Sheriff Campbell
The Way of the West
1934
'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)
The Rustler's Roundup
1933
San Dimas Sheriff Holden
Mr. Broadway
1933
1st Suitor (archive footage)
The Three Musketeers
1933
Capt. Boncour
Laughing at Life
1933
Military Cabinet Officer
Strawberry Roan
1933
Colonel Brownlee
Fargo Express
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
Jungle Mystery
1932
John Morgan
The Lightning Warrior
1931
Townsman (uncredited)
The Vanishing Legion
1931
Milesburg Sheriff
Battling with Buffalo Bill
1931
John Mills
Oklahoma Jim
1931
Lacy
Hell-Bent for Frisco
1931
The Editor
First Aid
First Aid
1931
Chief of Police
The Phantom of the West
1930
Martin Blair
No Children
1929
Self
No Defense
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
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
The Meddler
1925
Richard Gilmore
Outwitted
1925
Jack Blaisdel
Ridin' Pretty
1925
Sky Parker
Barriers of the Law
1925
Rex Brandon
The Ace of Spades
1925
Dan Harvey
Red Clay
Red Clay
1925
Chief John Nisheto
Duped
1925
John Morgan
Hello, 'Frisco
Hello, 'Frisco
1924
William Desmond
The Sunset Trail
1924
Happy Hobo
The Breathless Moment
1924
Billy Carson
The Measure of a Man
1924
John Fairmeadow
Big Timber
1924
Walter Sandry
The Riddle Rider
The Riddle Rider
1924
Randolph Parker / The Riddle Rider
The Extra Girl
1923
Himself, Himself - Actor
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
1922
Self
The Policeman and the Baby
1921
The Policeman
Fightin' Mad
1921
Bud McGraw
The Child Thou Gavest Me
1921
Tom Marshall
Women Men Love
1921
David Hunter
The Parish Priest
The Parish Priest
1921
Reverend John Whalen
Twin Beds
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
1918
Horace
Society for Sale
1918
Honorable Billy
The Marriage Bubble
1918
The Actor
An Honest Man
An Honest Man
1918
Benny Boggs
The Pretender
1918
Bob Baldwin
Master of His Home
1917
Carson Stewart
Paws of the Bear
Paws of the Bear
1917
Ray Bourke
The Last of the Ingrams
The Last of the Ingrams
1917
Jules Ingram
The Iced Bullet
1917
The Author / Horace Lee
Flying Colors
1917
Brent Brewster
Married in Name Only
1917
The Sudden Gentleman
1917
Garry Garrity
Paddy O'Hara
1917
Paddy O'Hara
A Gamble in Souls
1916
Peggy
1916
Rev. Donald Bruce
The Dawn Maker
1916
Bruce Smithson
Bullets and Brown Eyes
Bullets and Brown Eyes
1916
Prince Carl
The Criminal
1916
Donald White
Peer Gynt
1915
The Parson
Kilmeny
1915
Bob Meredith
The Majesty of the Law
1915
Jackson Morgan Kent
The Sign of the Cross
The Sign of the Cross
1904