William Desmond

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: Acting

Born: Horseheads, New York, USA, 1878-01-23

Died: 1949-11-03

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1915	Kilmeny	Bob Meredith	0
2	1915	The Majesty of the Law	Jackson Morgan Kent	0
3	1915	Peer Gynt	The Parson	0
4	1916	Peggy	Rev. Donald Bruce	0
5	1916	The Dawn Maker	Bruce Smithson	0
6	1916	A Gamble in Souls		0
7	1917	The Iced Bullet	The Author / Horace Lee	0
8	1917	The Last of the Ingrams	Jules Ingram	0
9	1917	Paws of the Bear	Ray Bourke	0
10	1917	Master of His Home	Carson Stewart	0
11	1917	Flying Colors	Brent Brewster	0
12	1917	Married in Name Only		0
13	1918	Captain of His Soul	Horace	0
14	1918	The Marriage Bubble	The Actor	0
15	1918	Society for Sale	Honorable Billy	0
16	1919	Her Code of Honor	Eugene La Salle	0
17	1919	Bare-Fisted Gallagher	'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher	0
18	1919	A Sage Brush Hamlet	Larry Lang	0
19	1919	The Prince and Betty	John Maude	75
20	1921	Women Men Love	David Hunter	0
21	1921	The Child Thou Gavest Me	Tom Marshall	0
22	1921	The Policeman and the Baby	The Policeman	0
23	1921	Fightin' Mad	Bud McGraw	0
24	1922	Perils of the Yukon	Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr.	0
25	1922	Night Life in Hollywood	Self	0
26	1923	McGuire of the Mounted	Bob McGuire	0
27	1923	Shadows of the North	Ben 'Wolf' Darby	0
28	1923	The Extra Girl	Himself	59
29	1923	The Extra Girl	Himself - Actor	59
30	1924	The Breathless Moment	Billy Carson	0
31	1924	Hello, 'Frisco	William Desmond	50
32	1924	The Measure of a Man	John Fairmeadow	0
33	1924	The Sunset Trail	Happy Hobo	0
34	1925	Outwitted	Jack Blaisdel	0
35	1925	Ridin' Pretty	Sky Parker	0
36	1925	Barriers of the Law	Rex Brandon	0
37	1925	Straight Through	Good Deed O'Day	0
38	1925	The Burning Trail	Smiling Bill Flannigan	0
39	1925	The Meddler	Richard Gilmore	20
40	1925	The Ace of Spades	Dan Harvey	0
41	1926	The Strings of Steel	Ned Brown	0
42	1928	The Vanishing Rider	Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider	0
43	1928	The Mystery Rider	Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider	0
44	1929	No Children	Self	0
45	1929	No Defense	John Harper	0
46	1930	The Phantom of the West	Martin Blair	0
47	1931	The Vanishing Legion	Milesburg Sheriff	90
48	1931	Oklahoma Jim	Lacy	0
49	1931	The Lightning Warrior	Townsman (uncredited)	50
50	1931	Battling with Buffalo Bill	John Mills	50
51	1932	Heroes of the West	John Blaine	55
52	1932	The Last Frontier	General Custer	60
53	1932	A Scarlet Week-End		10
54	1933	Clancy of the Mounted	Dave Moran	0
55	1933	The Rustler's Roundup	San Dimas Sheriff Holden	0
56	1933	The Three Musketeers	Capt. Boncour	55
57	1933	The Phantom of the Air	Thomas Edmonds	60
58	1933	Laughing at Life	Military Cabinet Officer	60
59	1933	Gordon of Ghost City	John Mulford	40
60	1933	Mr. Broadway	1st Suitor (archive footage)	0
61	1933	Strawberry Roan	Colonel Brownlee	55
62	1933	Perils of Pauline	Prof. Thompson	57
63	1933	Fargo Express	Sheriff Joe Thompson	0
64	1934	Pirate Treasure	Capt. Jim Carson	40
65	1934	Border Guns	Dr. Jim Wilson	0
66	1934	The Rawhide Terror	Tom Blake	42
67	1934	The Vanishing Shadow	MacDonald	65
68	1934	Crack-Up	Police Chief	0
69	1934	I Can't Escape	Parole Officer Donovan	0
70	1934	The Red Rider	Sheriff Campbell	40
71	1934	The Way of the West	'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)	0
72	1934	Frontier Days	Sheriff Barnes	40
73	1934	When Lightning Strikes	Marshal Jack Stevens	50
74	1935	Timber Terrors	Royce Horter	50
75	1935	Rustlers of Red Dog	Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]	80
76	1935	Wild Waters	Sheriff Manning	0
77	1935	Naughty Marietta	Gendarme Chief (uncredited)	51
78	1935	Born to Battle	John Brownell	15
79	1935	The Cowboy and the Bandit	Sheriff Pete	60
80	1935	Cyclone of the Saddle	Wagon Master	52
81	1935	The Ghost Rider	Guard	50
82	1935	The Call of the Savage	Allen	50
83	1935	Social Error	Policeman	50
84	1935	The Roaring West	Jim Parker	0
85	1935	Courage of the North	Gene Travis	0
86	1935	Powdersmoke Range	Happy - Bartender	0
87	1935	Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery	Foreman Burke	60
88	1935	Frisco Kid	Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)	68
89	1936	Headin' for the Rio Grande	Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)	0
90	1936	Custer's Last Stand	Wagon Master	45
91	1936	The Broken Coin		0
92	1936	The Adventures of Frank Merriwell	Captain of the 'Viking'	40
93	1936	Song of the Saddle	Tim	70
94	1936	Treachery Rides the Range	Bill	10
95	1936	Hollywood Boulevard	Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)	25
96	1936	The Vigilantes Are Coming	Anderson, Vigilante Member	55
97	1936	Song of the Gringo	Bailiff	47
98	1937	Tim Tyler's Luck	Dock Official	0
99	1940	Winners of the West	Bill Brine	0
100	1940	The Boys from Syracuse	Citizen	58
101	1940	Junior G-Men	Irish Cop (uncredited)	61
102	1941	Where Did You Get That Girl?	Tourist	50
103	1941	Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie	Bartender	50
104	1942	Down Rio Grande Way	Townsman	0
105	1942	The Silver Bullet	Townsman	40
106	1942	Overland Mail	Williams - Banker	0
107	1943	Cheyenne Roundup	Pete	40
108	1943	The Lone Star Trail	Bartender Mike	50
109	1943	Phantom of the Opera	Stagehand (uncredited)	62
110	1943	Thank Your Lucky Stars	Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)	61
111	1944	Phantom Lady	Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)	70
112	1944	The Mummy's Ghost	Museum Tourist (uncredited)	58
113	1944	The Climax	Backstage Technician (Uncredited)	54
114	1945	The Return of the Durango Kid	Street Ambusher (uncredited)	80
115	1945	The Naughty Nineties	Showboat Customer (uncredited)	68
116	1945	Strange Confession	Peanut Vendor (uncredited)	68
117	1946	Desert Command	Capt. Boncour	38
118	1947	Code of the West	Settler (uncredited)	50
119	1947	The Egg and I	Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)	70
120	1947	Thunder Mountain	Townsman (uncredited)	50
121	1956	Savage Fury	Allen (archive footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
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