William Desmond
Personal Information
- Occupation: Actor
- Birthday: 23 Jan, 1878
- Death day: 03 Nov, 1949 ( 76 years old )
- Place of birth: Horseheads, New York, USA
- Also known as: William Mannion, The King of the Silent Serials, Bill Desmond
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.
Credits
- 1956 - Savage Fury ( movie ) as Allen
- 1947 - Thunder Mountain ( movie ) as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1947 - The Egg and I ( movie ) as Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)
- 1947 - Code of the West ( movie ) as Settler (uncredited)
- 1947 - Trail Street ( movie ) as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1946 - Desert Command ( movie ) as Capt. Boncour
- 1945 - Strange Confession ( movie ) as Peanut Vendor (uncredited)
- 1945 - The Naughty Nineties ( movie ) as Showboat Customer (uncredited)
- 1945 - The Return of the Durango Kid ( movie ) as Street Ambusher (uncredited)
- 1944 - Hi, Beautiful ( movie ) as Passenger (uncredited)
- 1944 - The Climax ( movie ) as Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
- 1944 - Tall in the Saddle ( movie ) as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1944 - The Mummy's Ghost ( movie ) as Museum Tourist (uncredited)
- 1944 - Phantom Lady ( movie ) as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- 1943 - Thank Your Lucky Stars ( movie ) as Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)
- 1943 - Phantom of the Opera ( movie ) as Stagehand (uncredited)
- 1943 - The Lone Star Trail ( movie ) as Bartender Mike
- 1943 - Cheyenne Roundup ( movie ) as Pete
- 1942 - Overland Mail ( movie ) as Williams - Banker
- 1942 - The Silver Bullet ( movie ) as Townsman
- 1942 - Down Rio Grande Way ( movie ) as Townsman
- 1941 - Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie ( movie ) as Bartender
- 1941 - Where Did You Get That Girl? ( movie ) as Tourist
- 1940 - Junior G-Men ( movie ) as Irish Cop (uncredited)
- 1940 - The Boys from Syracuse ( movie ) as Citizen
- 1940 - Winners of the West ( movie ) as Bill Brine
- 1937 - Tim Tyler's Luck ( movie ) as Dock Official
- 1936 - Headin' for the Rio Grande ( movie ) as Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)
- 1936 - Song of the Gringo ( movie ) as Bailiff
- 1936 - The Vigilantes Are Coming ( movie ) as Anderson, Vigilante Member
- 1936 - Hollywood Boulevard ( movie ) as Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
- 1936 - Treachery Rides the Range ( movie ) as Bill
- 1936 - Flash Gordon ( movie ) as Hawkman Lookout Captain
- 1936 - Song of the Saddle ( movie ) as Tim
- 1936 - The Adventures of Frank Merriwell ( movie ) as Captain of the 'Viking'
- 1936 - The Broken Coin ( movie )
- 1936 - Custer's Last Stand ( movie ) as Wagon Master
- 1935 - Frisco Kid ( movie ) as Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)
- 1935 - Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery ( movie ) as Foreman Burke
- 1935 - Powdersmoke Range ( movie ) as Happy - Bartender
- 1935 - Courage of the North ( movie ) as Gene Travis
- 1935 - The Roaring West ( movie ) as Jim Parker
- 1935 - Social Error ( movie ) as Policeman
- 1935 - The Call of the Savage ( movie ) as Allen
- 1935 - The Ghost Rider ( movie ) as Guard
- 1935 - Cyclone of the Saddle ( movie ) as Wagon Master
- 1935 - The Cowboy and the Bandit ( movie ) as Sheriff Pete
- 1935 - Born to Battle ( movie ) as John Brownell
- 1935 - Naughty Marietta ( movie ) as Gendarme Chief (uncredited)
- 1935 - Wild Waters ( movie ) as Sheriff Manning
- 1935 - Timber Terrors ( movie ) as Royce Horter
- 1935 - Rustlers of Red Dog ( movie ) as Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]
- 1934 - When Lightning Strikes ( movie ) as Marshal Jack Stevens
- 1934 - Frontier Days ( movie ) as Sheriff Barnes
- 1934 - The Way of the West ( movie ) as 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)
- 1934 - The Red Rider ( movie ) as Sheriff Campbell
- 1934 - I Can't Escape ( movie ) as Parole Officer Donovan
- 1934 - Crack-Up ( movie ) as Police Chief
- 1934 - The Vanishing Shadow ( movie ) as MacDonald
- 1934 - The Rawhide Terror ( movie ) as Tom Blake
- 1934 - Border Guns ( movie ) as Dr. Jim Wilson
- 1934 - Pirate Treasure ( movie ) as Capt. Jim Carson
- 1933 - Fargo Express ( movie ) as Sheriff Joe Thompson
- 1933 - Perils of Pauline ( movie ) as Prof. Thompson
- 1933 - Strawberry Roan ( movie ) as Colonel Brownlee
- 1933 - Mr. Broadway ( movie ) as 1st Suitor (archive footage)
- 1933 - Gordon of Ghost City ( movie ) as John Mulford
- 1933 - Laughing at Life ( movie ) as Military Cabinet Officer
- 1933 - The Phantom of the Air ( movie ) as Thomas Edmonds
- 1933 - The Three Musketeers ( movie ) as Capt. Boncour
- 1933 - The Rustler's Roundup ( movie ) as San Dimas Sheriff Holden
- 1933 - Clancy of the Mounted ( movie ) as Dave Moran
- 1932 - A Scarlet Week-End ( movie )
- 1932 - Jungle Mystery ( movie ) as John Morgan
- 1932 - The Last Frontier ( movie ) as General Custer
- 1932 - Heroes of the West ( movie ) as John Blaine
- 1931 - Battling with Buffalo Bill ( movie ) as John Mills
- 1931 - The Lightning Warrior ( movie ) as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1931 - Oklahoma Jim ( movie ) as Lacy
- 1931 - The Vanishing Legion ( movie ) as Milesburg Sheriff
- 1930 - The Phantom of the West ( movie ) as Martin Blair
- 1929 - No Defense ( movie ) as John Harper
- 1929 - No Children ( movie ) as Self
- 1928 - The Mystery Rider ( movie ) as Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider
- 1928 - The Vanishing Rider ( movie ) as Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider
- 1926 - The Strings of Steel ( movie ) as Ned Brown
- 1925 - The Ace of Spades ( movie ) as Dan Harvey
- 1925 - The Meddler ( movie ) as Richard Gilmore
- 1925 - The Burning Trail ( movie ) as Smiling Bill Flannigan
- 1925 - Red Clay ( movie ) as Chief John Nisheto
- 1925 - Straight Through ( movie ) as Good Deed O'Day
- 1925 - Barriers of the Law ( movie ) as Rex Brandon
- 1925 - Ridin' Pretty ( movie ) as Sky Parker
- 1925 - Outwitted ( movie ) as Jack Blaisdel
- 1924 - The Sunset Trail ( movie ) as Happy Hobo
- 1924 - The Measure of a Man ( movie ) as John Fairmeadow
- 1924 - Hello, 'Frisco ( movie ) as William Desmond
- 1924 - Big Timber ( movie ) as Walter Sandry
- 1924 - The Breathless Moment ( movie ) as Billy Carson
- 1923 - The Extra Girl ( movie ) as Himself
- 1923 - The Extra Girl ( movie ) as Himself - Actor
- 1923 - Beasts of Paradise ( movie ) as Phil Grant
- 1923 - Shadows of the North ( movie ) as Ben 'Wolf' Darby
- 1923 - McGuire of the Mounted ( movie ) as Bob McGuire
- 1923 - The Phantom Fortune ( movie ) as Larry Barclay
- 1923 - Around the World in 18 Days ( movie ) as Phineas Fogg III
- 1922 - Night Life in Hollywood ( movie ) as Self
- 1922 - Perils of the Yukon ( movie ) as Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr.
- 1921 - Fightin' Mad ( movie ) as Bud McGraw
- 1921 - The Policeman and the Baby ( movie ) as The Policeman
- 1921 - The Child Thou Gavest Me ( movie ) as Tom Marshall
- 1921 - Women Men Love ( movie ) as David Hunter
- 1920 - Twin Beds ( movie ) as Harry Hawkins
- 1919 - The Prince and Betty ( movie ) as John Maude
- 1919 - The Blue Bandanna ( movie ) as Jerry Jerome
- 1919 - A Sage Brush Hamlet ( movie ) as Larry Lang
- 1919 - Bare-Fisted Gallagher ( movie ) as 'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher
- 1919 - The Mints of Hell ( movie ) as Dan Burke
- 1919 - Her Code of Honor ( movie ) as Eugene La Salle
- 1919 - Life's a Funny Proposition ( movie ) as Jimmie Pendleton
- 1918 - An Honest Man ( movie ) as Benny Boggs
- 1918 - Society for Sale ( movie ) as Honorable Billy
- 1918 - The Marriage Bubble ( movie ) as The Actor
- 1918 - Captain of His Soul ( movie ) as Horace
- 1917 - The Sudden Gentleman ( movie ) as Garry Garrity
- 1917 - Married in Name Only ( movie )
- 1917 - Flying Colors ( movie ) as Brent Brewster
- 1917 - Master of His Home ( movie ) as Carson Stewart
- 1917 - Paws of the Bear ( movie ) as Ray Bourke
- 1917 - Paddy O'Hara ( movie ) as Paddy O'Hara
- 1917 - The Last of the Ingrams ( movie ) as Jules Ingram
- 1917 - The Iced Bullet ( movie ) as The Author / Horace Lee
- 1916 - A Gamble in Souls ( movie )
- 1916 - The Criminal ( movie ) as Donald White
- 1916 - The Dawn Maker ( movie ) as Bruce Smithson
- 1916 - Bullets and Brown Eyes ( movie ) as Prince Carl
- 1916 - Peggy ( movie ) as Rev. Donald Bruce
- 1915 - Peer Gynt ( movie ) as The Parson
- 1915 - The Majesty of the Law ( movie ) as Jackson Morgan Kent
- 1915 - Kilmeny ( movie ) as Bob Meredith