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