William Desmond

Known for: Acting

Born: 1878-01-23 – 1949-11-03 (aged 71)

From: Horseheads, New York, USA

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 (149)

MOVIE★ 7.0
Savage Fury
1956
as Allen
MOVIE★ 6.0
Thunder Mountain
1947
as Townsman (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Egg and I
1947
as Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.7
Code of the West
1947
as Settler (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Trail Street
1947
as Townsman (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.2
Desert Command
1946
as Capt. Boncour
MOVIE★ 6.9
Strange Confession
1945
as Peanut Vendor (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Naughty Nineties
1945
as Showboat Customer (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 8.7
The Return of the Durango Kid
1945
as Street Ambusher (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 9.8
Hi, Beautiful
1944
as Passenger (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Climax
1944
as Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.6
Tall in the Saddle
1944
as Townsman (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Mummy's Ghost
1944
as Museum Tourist (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Phantom Lady
1944
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.2
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
as Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.2
Phantom of the Opera
1943
as Stagehand (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Lone Star Trail
1943
as Bartender Mike
MOVIE★ 7.0
Cheyenne Roundup
1943
as Pete
MOVIE★ 10.0
Overland Mail
1942
as Williams - Banker
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Silver Bullet
1942
as Townsman
MOVIE★ 10.0
Down Rio Grande Way
1942
as Townsman
MOVIE★ 6.5
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
1941
as Bartender
MOVIE★ 6.0
Where Did You Get That Girl?
1941
as Tourist
MOVIE★ 6.5
Junior G-Men
1940
as Irish Cop (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Boys from Syracuse
1940
as Citizen
MOVIE★ 7.0
Winners of the West
1940
as Bill Brine
MOVIE★ 7.0
Tim Tyler's Luck
1937
as Dock Official
MOVIE★ 8.0
Headin' for the Rio Grande
1936
as Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Song of the Gringo
1936
as Bailiff
MOVIE★ 7.8
The Vigilantes Are Coming
1936
as Anderson, Vigilante Member
MOVIE★ 4.5
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
as Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.0
Treachery Rides the Range
1936
as Bill
MOVIE★ 6.4
Flash Gordon
1936
as Hawkman Lookout Captain
MOVIE★ 7.3
Song of the Saddle
1936
as Tim
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936
as Captain of the 'Viking'
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Broken Coin
1936
MOVIE★ 5.3
Custer's Last Stand
1936
as Wagon Master
MOVIE★ 7.1
Frisco Kid
1935
as Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery
1935
as Foreman Burke
MOVIE★ 10.0
Powdersmoke Range
1935
as Happy - Bartender
MOVIE★ 5.5
Courage of the North
1935
as Gene Travis
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Roaring West
1935
as Jim Parker
MOVIE★ 7.5
Social Error
1935
as Policeman
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Call of the Savage
1935
as Allen
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Ghost Rider
1935
as Guard
MOVIE★ 5.8
Cyclone of the Saddle
1935
as Wagon Master
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Cowboy and the Bandit
1935
as Sheriff Pete
MOVIE★ 5.8
Born to Battle
1935
as John Brownell
MOVIE★ 5.5
Naughty Marietta
1935
as Gendarme Chief (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Wild Waters
1935
as Sheriff Manning
MOVIE★ 6.5
Timber Terrors
1935
as Royce Horter
MOVIE★ 8.5
Rustlers of Red Dog
1935
as Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]
MOVIE★ 7.5
When Lightning Strikes
1934
as Marshal Jack Stevens
MOVIE★ 4.3
Frontier Days
1934
as Sheriff Barnes
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Way of the West
1934
as 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Red Rider
1934
as Sheriff Campbell
MOVIE★ 7.5
I Can't Escape
1934
as Parole Officer Donovan
MOVIE★ 8.0
Crack-Up
1934
as Police Chief
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Vanishing Shadow
1934
as MacDonald
MOVIE★ 4.9
The Rawhide Terror
1934
as Tom Blake
MOVIE★ 9.0
Border Guns
1934
as Dr. Jim Wilson
MOVIE★ 5.5
Pirate Treasure
1934
as Capt. Jim Carson
MOVIE★ 9.0
Fargo Express
1933
as Sheriff Joe Thompson
MOVIE★ 6.5
Perils of Pauline
1933
as Prof. Thompson
MOVIE★ 6.0
Strawberry Roan
1933
as Colonel Brownlee
MOVIE★ 9.0
Mr. Broadway
1933
as 1st Suitor (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Gordon of Ghost City
1933
as John Mulford
MOVIE★ 7.3
Laughing at Life
1933
as Military Cabinet Officer
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Phantom of the Air
1933
as Thomas Edmonds
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Three Musketeers
1933
as Capt. Boncour
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Rustler's Roundup
1933
as San Dimas Sheriff Holden
MOVIE★ 8.0
Clancy of the Mounted
1933
as Dave Moran
MOVIE★ 3.7
A Scarlet Week-End
1932
MOVIE★ 7.0
Jungle Mystery
1932
as John Morgan
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Last Frontier
1932
as General Custer
MOVIE★ 6.3
Heroes of the West
1932
as John Blaine
MOVIE★ 5.8
Battling with Buffalo Bill
1931
as John Mills
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Lightning Warrior
1931
as Townsman (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Oklahoma Jim
1931
as Lacy
MOVIE★ 9.0
Hell-Bent for Frisco
1931
as The Editor
MOVIE★ 8.0
First Aid
1931
as Chief of Police
MOVIE★ 8.5
The Vanishing Legion
1931
as Milesburg Sheriff
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Phantom of the West
1930
as Martin Blair
MOVIE★ 10.0
No Defense
1929
as John Harper
MOVIE
No Children
1929
as Self
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Mystery Rider
1928
as Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Devil's Trademark
1928
as Morgan Gray
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Vanishing Rider
1928
as Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Return of the Riddle Rider
1927
as Randolph Parker / The Riddle Rider
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Strings of Steel
1926
as Ned Brown
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Ace of Spades
1925
as Dan Harvey
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Meddler
1925
as Richard Gilmore
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Burning Trail
1925
as Smiling Bill Flannigan
MOVIE★ 7.0
Red Clay
1925
as Chief John Nisheto
MOVIE★ 8.0
Duped
1925
as John Morgan
MOVIE★ 9.0
Straight Through
1925
as Good Deed O'Day
MOVIE★ 9.0
Barriers of the Law
1925
as Rex Brandon
MOVIE★ 7.0
Ridin' Pretty
1925
as Sky Parker
MOVIE★ 8.0
Outwitted
1925
as Jack Blaisdel
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Riddle Rider
1924
as Randolph Parker / The Riddle Rider
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Sunset Trail
1924
as Happy Hobo
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Measure of a Man
1924
as John Fairmeadow
MOVIE★ 7.5
Hello, 'Frisco
1924
as William Desmond
MOVIE★ 7.0
Big Timber
1924
as Walter Sandry
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Breathless Moment
1924
as Billy Carson
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Extra Girl
1923
as Himself
MOVIE★ 8.0
Beasts of Paradise
1923
as Phil Grant
MOVIE★ 10.0
Shadows of the North
1923
as Ben 'Wolf' Darby
MOVIE★ 7.0
McGuire of the Mounted
1923
as Bob McGuire
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Phantom Fortune
1923
as Larry Barclay
MOVIE★ 8.0
Around the World in 18 Days
1923
as Phineas Fogg III
MOVIE★ 7.0
Night Life in Hollywood
1922
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Perils of the Yukon
1922
as Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr.
MOVIE★ 10.0
Fightin' Mad
1921
as Bud McGraw
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Policeman and the Baby
1921
as The Policeman
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Child Thou Gavest Me
1921
as Tom Marshall
MOVIE
The Parish Priest
1921
as Reverend John Whalen
MOVIE
Women Men Love
1921
as David Hunter
MOVIE★ 7.0
Twin Beds
1920
as Harry Hawkins
MOVIE★ 8.3
The Prince and Betty
1919
as John Maude
MOVIE
The Blue Bandanna
1919
as Jerry Jerome
MOVIE★ 10.0
A Sage Brush Hamlet
1919
as Larry Lang
MOVIE
Bare-Fisted Gallagher
1919
as 'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Mints of Hell
1919
as Dan Burke
MOVIE★ 9.0
Whitewashed Walls
1919
as Larry Donovan
MOVIE★ 8.0
Her Code of Honor
1919
as Eugene La Salle
MOVIE★ 8.0
Life's a Funny Proposition
1919
as Jimmie Pendleton
MOVIE
The Pretender
1918
as Bob Baldwin
MOVIE
An Honest Man
1918
as Benny Boggs
MOVIE
Society for Sale
1918
as Honorable Billy
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Marriage Bubble
1918
as The Actor
MOVIE★ 10.0
Captain of His Soul
1918
as Horace
MOVIE
The Sudden Gentleman
1917
as Garry Garrity
MOVIE
Married in Name Only
1917
MOVIE
Flying Colors
1917
as Brent Brewster
MOVIE★ 10.0
Master of His Home
1917
as Carson Stewart
MOVIE
Paws of the Bear
1917
as Ray Bourke
MOVIE
Paddy O'Hara
1917
as Paddy O'Hara
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Last of the Ingrams
1917
as Jules Ingram
MOVIE
The Iced Bullet
1917
as The Author / Horace Lee
MOVIE★ 10.0
A Gamble in Souls
1916
MOVIE
The Criminal
1916
as Donald White
MOVIE
The Dawn Maker
1916
as Bruce Smithson
MOVIE
Bullets and Brown Eyes
1916
as Prince Carl
MOVIE
Peggy
1916
as Rev. Donald Bruce
MOVIE
Peer Gynt
1915
as The Parson
MOVIE
The Majesty of the Law
1915
as Jackson Morgan Kent
MOVIE
Kilmeny
1915
as Bob Meredith
MOVIE
The Sign of the Cross
1904