William Desmond
- Acting
- January 23, 1878 · Horseheads, New York, USA
- November 3, 1949
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
Filmography
- Magnetic · Thanks
- Savage Fury · Allen
- Thunder Mountain · Townsman (uncredited)
- The Egg and I · Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)
- Code of the West · Settler (uncredited)
- Trail Street · Townsman (uncredited)
- Desert Command · Capt. Boncour
- Strange Confession · Peanut Vendor (uncredited)
- The Naughty Nineties · Showboat Customer (uncredited)
- The Return of the Durango Kid · Street Ambusher (uncredited)
- Hi, Beautiful · Passenger (uncredited)
- The Climax · Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
- Tall in the Saddle · Townsman (uncredited)
- The Mummy's Ghost · Museum Tourist (uncredited)
- Phantom Lady · Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- Thank Your Lucky Stars · Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)
- Phantom of the Opera · Stagehand (uncredited)
- The Lone Star Trail · Bartender Mike
- Cheyenne Roundup · Pete
- Overland Mail · Williams - Banker
- The Silver Bullet · Townsman
- Down Rio Grande Way · Townsman
- Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie · Bartender
- Where Did You Get That Girl? · Tourist
- Junior G-Men · Irish Cop (uncredited)
- The Boys from Syracuse · Citizen
- Winners of the West · Bill Brine
- Tim Tyler's Luck · Dock Official
- Headin' for the Rio Grande · Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)
- Song of the Gringo · Bailiff
- The Vigilantes Are Coming · Anderson, Vigilante Member
- Hollywood Boulevard · Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
- Treachery Rides the Range · Bill
- Flash Gordon · Hawkman Lookout Captain
- Song of the Saddle · Tim
- The Adventures of Frank Merriwell · Captain of the 'Viking'
- The Broken Coin
- Custer's Last Stand · Wagon Master
- Frisco Kid · Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)
- Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery · Foreman Burke
- Powdersmoke Range · Happy - Bartender
- Courage of the North · Gene Travis
- The Roaring West · Jim Parker
- Social Error · Policeman
- The Call of the Savage · Allen
- The Ghost Rider · Guard
- Cyclone of the Saddle · Wagon Master
- The Cowboy and the Bandit · Sheriff Pete
- Born to Battle · John Brownell
- Naughty Marietta · Gendarme Chief (uncredited)
- Wild Waters · Sheriff Manning
- Timber Terrors · Royce Horter
- Rustlers of Red Dog · Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]
- When Lightning Strikes · Marshal Jack Stevens
- Frontier Days · Sheriff Barnes
- The Way of the West · 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)
- The Red Rider · Sheriff Campbell
- I Can't Escape · Parole Officer Donovan
- Crack-Up · Police Chief
- The Vanishing Shadow · MacDonald
- The Rawhide Terror · Tom Blake
- Border Guns · Dr. Jim Wilson
- Pirate Treasure · Capt. Jim Carson
- Fargo Express · Sheriff Joe Thompson
- Perils of Pauline · Prof. Thompson
- Strawberry Roan · Colonel Brownlee
- Mr. Broadway · 1st Suitor (archive footage)
- Gordon of Ghost City · John Mulford
- Laughing at Life · Military Cabinet Officer
- The Phantom of the Air · Thomas Edmonds
- The Three Musketeers · Capt. Boncour
- The Rustler's Roundup · San Dimas Sheriff Holden
- Clancy of the Mounted · Dave Moran
- A Scarlet Week-End
- Jungle Mystery · John Morgan
- The Last Frontier · General Custer
- Heroes of the West · John Blaine
- Battling with Buffalo Bill · John Mills
- The Lightning Warrior · Townsman (uncredited)
- Oklahoma Jim · Lacy