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William Desmond

William Desmond

Born: 1878-01-23 • 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 poster
Savage Fury
1956 • Allen
Thunder Mountain poster
Thunder Mountain
1947 • Townsman (uncredited)
The Egg and I poster
The Egg and I
1947 • Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)
Code of the West poster
Code of the West
1947 • Settler (uncredited)
Trail Street poster
Trail Street
1947 • Townsman (uncredited)
Desert Command poster
Desert Command
1946 • Capt. Boncour
Strange Confession poster
Strange Confession
1945 • Peanut Vendor (uncredited)
The Naughty Nineties poster
The Naughty Nineties
1945 • Showboat Customer (uncredited)
The Return of the Durango Kid poster
The Return of the Durango Kid
1945 • Street Ambusher (uncredited)
Hi, Beautiful poster
Hi, Beautiful
1944 • Passenger (uncredited)
The Climax poster
The Climax
1944 • Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
Tall in the Saddle poster
Tall in the Saddle
1944 • Townsman (uncredited)
The Mummy's Ghost poster
The Mummy's Ghost
1944 • Museum Tourist (uncredited)
Phantom Lady poster
Phantom Lady
1944 • Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars poster
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943 • Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)
Phantom of the Opera poster
Phantom of the Opera
1943 • Stagehand (uncredited)
The Lone Star Trail poster
The Lone Star Trail
1943 • Bartender Mike
Cheyenne Roundup poster
Cheyenne Roundup
1943 • Pete
Overland Mail poster
Overland Mail
1942 • Williams - Banker
The Silver Bullet poster
The Silver Bullet
1942 • Townsman
Down Rio Grande Way poster
Down Rio Grande Way
1942 • Townsman
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie poster
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
1941 • Bartender
Where Did You Get That Girl? poster
Where Did You Get That Girl?
1941 • Tourist
Junior G-Men poster
Junior G-Men
1940 • Irish Cop (uncredited)
The Boys from Syracuse poster
The Boys from Syracuse
1940 • Citizen
Winners of the West poster
Winners of the West
1940 • Bill Brine
Tim Tyler's Luck poster
Tim Tyler's Luck
1937 • Dock Official
Headin' for the Rio Grande poster
Headin' for the Rio Grande
1936 • Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)
Song of the Gringo poster
Song of the Gringo
1936 • Bailiff
The Vigilantes Are Coming poster
The Vigilantes Are Coming
1936 • Anderson, Vigilante Member
Hollywood Boulevard poster
Hollywood Boulevard
1936 • Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
Treachery Rides the Range poster
Treachery Rides the Range
1936 • Bill
Flash Gordon poster
Flash Gordon
1936 • Hawkman Lookout Captain
Song of the Saddle poster
Song of the Saddle
1936 • Tim
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell poster
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936 • Captain of the 'Viking'
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The Broken Coin
1936
Custer's Last Stand poster
Custer's Last Stand
1936 • Wagon Master
Frisco Kid poster
Frisco Kid
1935 • Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery poster
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery
1935 • Foreman Burke
Powdersmoke Range poster
Powdersmoke Range
1935 • Happy - Bartender
Courage of the North poster
Courage of the North
1935 • Gene Travis
The Roaring West poster
The Roaring West
1935 • Jim Parker
Social Error poster
Social Error
1935 • Policeman
The Call of the Savage poster
The Call of the Savage
1935 • Allen
The Ghost Rider poster
The Ghost Rider
1935 • Guard
Cyclone of the Saddle poster
Cyclone of the Saddle
1935 • Wagon Master
The Cowboy and the Bandit poster
The Cowboy and the Bandit
1935 • Sheriff Pete
Born to Battle poster
Born to Battle
1935 • John Brownell
Naughty Marietta poster
Naughty Marietta
1935 • Gendarme Chief (uncredited)
No Image
Wild Waters
1935 • Sheriff Manning
No Image
Timber Terrors
1935 • Royce Horter
Rustlers of Red Dog poster
Rustlers of Red Dog
1935 • Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]
When Lightning Strikes poster
When Lightning Strikes
1934 • Marshal Jack Stevens
Frontier Days poster
Frontier Days
1934 • Sheriff Barnes
The Way of the West poster
The Way of the West
1934 • 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)
The Red Rider poster
The Red Rider
1934 • Sheriff Campbell
I Can't Escape poster
I Can't Escape
1934 • Parole Officer Donovan
No Image
Crack-Up
1934 • Police Chief
The Vanishing Shadow poster
The Vanishing Shadow
1934 • MacDonald
The Rawhide Terror poster
The Rawhide Terror
1934 • Tom Blake
Border Guns poster
Border Guns
1934 • Dr. Jim Wilson
Pirate Treasure poster
Pirate Treasure
1934 • Capt. Jim Carson
Fargo Express poster
Fargo Express
1933 • Sheriff Joe Thompson
Perils of Pauline poster
Perils of Pauline
1933 • Prof. Thompson
Strawberry Roan poster
Strawberry Roan
1933 • Colonel Brownlee
Mr. Broadway poster
Mr. Broadway
1933 • 1st Suitor (archive footage)
Gordon of Ghost City poster
Gordon of Ghost City
1933 • John Mulford
Laughing at Life poster
Laughing at Life
1933 • Military Cabinet Officer
The Phantom of the Air poster
The Phantom of the Air
1933 • Thomas Edmonds
The Three Musketeers poster
The Three Musketeers
1933 • Capt. Boncour
The Rustler's Roundup poster
The Rustler's Roundup
1933 • San Dimas Sheriff Holden
Clancy of the Mounted poster
Clancy of the Mounted
1933 • Dave Moran
A Scarlet Week-End poster
A Scarlet Week-End
1932
Jungle Mystery poster
Jungle Mystery
1932 • John Morgan
The Last Frontier poster
The Last Frontier
1932 • General Custer
Heroes of the West poster
Heroes of the West
1932 • John Blaine
Battling with Buffalo Bill poster
Battling with Buffalo Bill
1931 • John Mills
The Lightning Warrior poster
The Lightning Warrior
1931 • Townsman (uncredited)
Oklahoma Jim poster
Oklahoma Jim
1931 • Lacy
The Vanishing Legion poster
The Vanishing Legion
1931 • Milesburg Sheriff
The Phantom of the West poster
The Phantom of the West
1930 • Martin Blair
No Defense poster
No Defense
1929 • John Harper
No Children poster
No Children
1929 • Self
The Mystery Rider poster
The Mystery Rider
1928 • Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider
The Devil's Trademark poster
The Devil's Trademark
1928 • Morgan Gray
The Vanishing Rider poster
The Vanishing Rider
1928 • Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider
No Image
The Return of the Riddle Rider
1927 • Randolph Parker / The Riddle Rider
The Strings of Steel poster
The Strings of Steel
1926 • Ned Brown
The Ace of Spades poster
The Ace of Spades
1925 • Dan Harvey
The Meddler poster
The Meddler
1925 • Richard Gilmore
The Burning Trail poster
The Burning Trail
1925 • Smiling Bill Flannigan
No Image
Red Clay
1925 • Chief John Nisheto
Straight Through poster
Straight Through
1925 • Good Deed O'Day
Barriers of the Law poster
Barriers of the Law
1925 • Rex Brandon
Ridin' Pretty poster
Ridin' Pretty
1925 • Sky Parker
Outwitted poster
Outwitted
1925 • Jack Blaisdel
No Image
The Riddle Rider
1924 • Randolph Parker / The Riddle Rider
The Sunset Trail poster
The Sunset Trail
1924 • Happy Hobo
The Measure of a Man poster
The Measure of a Man
1924 • John Fairmeadow
No Image
Hello, 'Frisco
1924 • William Desmond