William Desmond
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.

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Roles

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Savage Fury (1956)
Allen (archive footage)
Thunder Mountain (1947)
Townsman (uncredited)
The Egg and I (1947)
Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)
Code of the West (1947)
Settler (uncredited)
Desert Command (1946)
Capt. Boncour
Strange Confession (1945)
Peanut Vendor (uncredited)
The Naughty Nineties (1945)
Showboat Customer (uncredited)
The Return of the Durango Kid (1945)
Street Ambusher (uncredited)
The Climax (1944)
Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
Museum Tourist (uncredited)
Phantom Lady (1944)
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
Stagehand (uncredited)
The Lone Star Trail (1943)
Bartender Mike
Cheyenne Roundup (1943)
Pete
Overland Mail (1942)
Williams - Banker
The Silver Bullet (1942)
Townsman
Down Rio Grande Way (1942)
Townsman
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (1941)
Bartender
Where Did You Get That Girl? (1941)
Tourist
Junior G-Men (1940)
Irish Cop (uncredited)
The Boys from Syracuse (1940)
Citizen
Winners of the West (1940)
Bill Brine
Tim Tyler's Luck (1937)
Dock Official
Song of the Gringo (1936)
Bailiff
The Vigilantes Are Coming (1936)
Anderson, Vigilante Member
Hollywood Boulevard (1936)
Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
Treachery Rides the Range (1936)
Bill
Song of the Saddle (1936)
Tim
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936)
Captain of the 'Viking'
The Broken Coin (1936)
Custer's Last Stand (1936)
Wagon Master
Headin' for the Rio Grande (1936)
Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)
Frisco Kid (1935)
Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery (1935)
Foreman Burke
Powdersmoke Range (1935)
Happy - Bartender
Courage of the North (1935)
Gene Travis
The Roaring West (1935)
Jim Parker
Social Error (1935)
Policeman
The Call of the Savage (1935)
Allen
The Ghost Rider (1935)
Guard
Cyclone of the Saddle (1935)
Wagon Master
The Cowboy and the Bandit (1935)
Sheriff Pete
Born to Battle (1935)
John Brownell
Naughty Marietta (1935)
Gendarme Chief (uncredited)
Wild Waters (1935)
Sheriff Manning
Rustlers of Red Dog (1935)
Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]
Timber Terrors (1935)
Royce Horter
When Lightning Strikes (1934)
Marshal Jack Stevens
Frontier Days (1934)
Sheriff Barnes
The Way of the West (1934)
'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)
The Red Rider (1934)
Sheriff Campbell
I Can't Escape (1934)
Parole Officer Donovan
Crack-Up (1934)
Police Chief
The Vanishing Shadow (1934)
MacDonald
The Rawhide Terror (1934)
Tom Blake
Border Guns (1934)
Dr. Jim Wilson
Pirate Treasure (1934)
Capt. Jim Carson
Fargo Express (1933)
Sheriff Joe Thompson
Perils of Pauline (1933)
Prof. Thompson
Strawberry Roan (1933)
Colonel Brownlee
Gordon of Ghost City (1933)
John Mulford
Laughing at Life (1933)
Military Cabinet Officer
The Phantom of the Air (1933)
Thomas Edmonds
The Three Musketeers (1933)
Capt. Boncour
The Rustler's Roundup (1933)
San Dimas Sheriff Holden
Clancy of the Mounted (1933)
Dave Moran
A Scarlet Week-End (1932)
The Last Frontier (1932)
General Custer
Heroes of the West (1932)
John Blaine
Battling with Buffalo Bill (1931)
John Mills
The Lightning Warrior (1931)
Townsman (uncredited)
Oklahoma Jim (1931)
Lacy
The Vanishing Legion (1931)
Milesburg Sheriff
The Phantom of the West (1930)
Martin Blair
No Defense (1929)
John Harper
No Children (1929)
Self
The Mystery Rider (1928)
Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider
The Vanishing Rider (1928)
Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider
The Strings of Steel (1926)
Ned Brown
The Ace of Spades (1925)
Dan Harvey
The Meddler (1925)
Richard Gilmore
The Burning Trail (1925)
Smiling Bill Flannigan
Straight Through (1925)
Good Deed O'Day
Barriers of the Law (1925)
Rex Brandon
Ridin' Pretty (1925)
Sky Parker
Outwitted (1925)
Jack Blaisdel
The Sunset Trail (1924)
Happy Hobo
The Measure of a Man (1924)
John Fairmeadow
Hello, 'Frisco (1924)
William Desmond
The Breathless Moment (1924)
Billy Carson
The Extra Girl (1923)
Himself
The Extra Girl (1923)
Himself - Actor
Shadows of the North (1923)
Ben 'Wolf' Darby
McGuire of the Mounted (1923)
Bob McGuire
Night Life in Hollywood (1922)
Self
Perils of the Yukon (1922)
Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr.
Fightin' Mad (1921)
Bud McGraw
The Policeman and the Baby (1921)
The Policeman
The Child Thou Gavest Me (1921)
Tom Marshall
Women Men Love (1921)
David Hunter
The Prince and Betty (1919)
John Maude
A Sage Brush Hamlet (1919)
Larry Lang
Her Code of Honor (1919)
Eugene La Salle
Society for Sale (1918)
Honorable Billy
The Marriage Bubble (1918)
The Actor
Captain of His Soul (1918)
Horace
Married in Name Only (1917)
Flying Colors (1917)
Brent Brewster
Master of His Home (1917)
Carson Stewart
Paws of the Bear (1917)
Ray Bourke
The Last of the Ingrams (1917)
Jules Ingram
The Iced Bullet (1917)
The Author / Horace Lee
A Gamble in Souls (1916)
The Dawn Maker (1916)
Bruce Smithson
Peggy (1916)
Rev. Donald Bruce
Peer Gynt (1915)
The Parson
The Majesty of the Law (1915)
Jackson Morgan Kent
Kilmeny (1915)
Bob Meredith

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