William Desmond
Actor
Born January 23, 1878 in 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
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'
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)
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
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
Hell-Bent for Frisco
The Editor
The Vanishing Legion
Milesburg Sheriff
The Phantom of the West
Martin Blair
No Defense
John Harper
No Children
Self
The Mystery Rider
Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider
The Devil's Trademark
Morgan Gray
The Vanishing Rider
Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider
The Strings of Steel
Ned Brown
The Ace of Spades
Dan Harvey
The Meddler
Richard Gilmore
The Burning Trail
Smiling Bill Flannigan
Duped
John Morgan
Straight Through
Good Deed O'Day
Barriers of the Law
Rex Brandon
Ridin' Pretty
Sky Parker
Outwitted
Jack Blaisdel
The Sunset Trail
Happy Hobo
The Measure of a Man
John Fairmeadow
Big Timber
Walter Sandry
The Breathless Moment
Billy Carson
The Extra Girl
Himself
Beasts of Paradise
Phil Grant
Shadows of the North
Ben 'Wolf' Darby
McGuire of the Mounted
Bob McGuire
The Phantom Fortune
Larry Barclay
Around the World in 18 Days
Phineas Fogg III
Night Life in Hollywood
Self
Perils of the Yukon
Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr.
Fightin' Mad
Bud McGraw
The Policeman and the Baby
The Policeman
The Child Thou Gavest Me
Tom Marshall
Women Men Love
David Hunter
Twin Beds
Harry Hawkins
The Prince and Betty
John Maude
The Blue Bandanna
Jerry Jerome
A Sage Brush Hamlet
Larry Lang
Bare-Fisted Gallagher
'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher
The Mints of Hell
Dan Burke
Whitewashed Walls
Larry Donovan
Her Code of Honor
Eugene La Salle
Life's a Funny Proposition
Jimmie Pendleton
The Pretender
Bob Baldwin
Society for Sale
Honorable Billy
The Marriage Bubble
The Actor
Captain of His Soul
Horace
The Sudden Gentleman
Garry Garrity
Married in Name Only
Flying Colors
Brent Brewster
Master of His Home
Carson Stewart
Paddy O'Hara
Paddy O'Hara
The Iced Bullet
The Author / Horace Lee
A Gamble in Souls
The Criminal
Donald White
The Dawn Maker
Bruce Smithson
Peggy
Rev. Donald Bruce
Peer Gynt
The Parson
The Majesty of the Law
Jackson Morgan Kent
Kilmeny
Bob Meredith