William Desmond

William Desmond1878 - 1949

usually

Actor

Popularity

0.9

Famous

Biography

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

Savage Fury
Savage Fury

1956

Adventure • Science Fiction

as Allen (archive footage)

0
0.1
Thunder Mountain
Thunder Mountain

1947

Action • Romance • Western

as Townsman (uncredited)

5
0.2
The Egg and I
The Egg and I

1947

Comedy • Romance

as Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)

7
0.9
Code of the West
Code of the West

1947

Action • Western

as Settler (uncredited)

5
0.3
Desert Command
Desert Command

1946

Action • Adventure

as Capt. Boncour

3.8
0.2
Strange Confession
Strange Confession

1945

Crime • Drama • Horror • Mystery

as Peanut Vendor (uncredited)

6.8
0.2
The Naughty Nineties
The Naughty Nineties

1945

Comedy

as Showboat Customer (uncredited)

6.8
0.5
The Return of the Durango Kid
The Return of the Durango Kid

1945

Western

as Street Ambusher (uncredited)

8
0.1
The Climax
The Climax

1944

Horror • Music • Thriller

as Backstage Technician (Uncredited)

5.4
0.4
The Mummy's Ghost
The Mummy's Ghost

1944

Horror

as Museum Tourist (uncredited)

5.7
0.5
Phantom Lady
Phantom Lady

1944

Crime • Mystery • Thriller

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

7.1
0.5
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943

Comedy • Music

as Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)

6.1
0.3
Phantom of the Opera
Phantom of the Opera

1943

Drama • Horror

as Stagehand (uncredited)

6.2
1.1
The Lone Star Trail
The Lone Star Trail

1943

Romance • Western

as Bartender Mike

5
0.2
Cheyenne Roundup
Cheyenne Roundup

1943

Western

as Pete

4
0.2
Overland Mail
Overland Mail

1942

Western

as Williams - Banker

0
0.2
The Silver Bullet
The Silver Bullet

1942

Western

as Townsman

4
0.2
Down Rio Grande Way
Down Rio Grande Way

1942

Western

as Townsman

0
0.2
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie

1941

Western

as Bartender

5
0.2
Where Did You Get That Girl?
Where Did You Get That Girl?

1941

Comedy • Music

as Tourist

5
0.1
Junior G-Men
Junior G-Men

1940

Action • Adventure • Crime

as Irish Cop (uncredited)

6.1
0.3
The Boys from Syracuse
The Boys from Syracuse

1940

Comedy • Music

as Citizen

5.8
0.4
Winners of the West
Winners of the West

1940

Action • Western

as Bill Brine

0
0.1
Tim Tyler's Luck
Tim Tyler's Luck

1937

Adventure • Family

as Dock Official

0
0.1
Song of the Gringo
Song of the Gringo

1936

Action • Western

as Bailiff

4.7
0.1
The Vigilantes Are Coming
The Vigilantes Are Coming

1936

Action • Western

as Anderson, Vigilante Member

5.5
0.1
Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Boulevard

1936

Drama

as Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)

2.5
0.4
Treachery Rides the Range
Treachery Rides the Range

1936

Music • Western

as Bill

1
0.2
Song of the Saddle
Song of the Saddle

1936

Comedy • Romance

as Tim

7
0.1
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

1936

Adventure

as Captain of the 'Viking'

4
0.2
The Broken Coin
The Broken Coin

1936

Drama

0
0.1
Custer's Last Stand
Custer's Last Stand

1936

Action • Western

as Wagon Master

4.5
0.2
Headin' for the Rio Grande
Headin' for the Rio Grande

1936

Western

as Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)

0
0.2
Frisco Kid
Frisco Kid

1935

Action • Adventure • Romance

as Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)

6.8
0.6
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery

1935

Action • Adventure • Comedy

as Foreman Burke

6
0.1
Powdersmoke Range
Powdersmoke Range

1935

Western

as Happy - Bartender

0
0.1
Courage of the North
Courage of the North

1935

Action • Adventure

as Gene Travis

0
0.1
The Roaring West
The Roaring West

1935

Western

as Jim Parker

0
0.1
Social Error
Social Error

1935

Action • Crime

as Policeman

5
0.2
The Call of the Savage
The Call of the Savage

1935

Adventure

as Allen

5
0.1
The Ghost Rider
The Ghost Rider

1935

Western

as Guard

5
0.1
Cyclone of the Saddle
Cyclone of the Saddle

1935

Western

as Wagon Master

5.2
0.2
The Cowboy and the Bandit
The Cowboy and the Bandit

1935

Western

as Sheriff Pete

6
0.2
Born to Battle
Born to Battle

1935

Action • Western

as John Brownell

1.5
0.2
Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta

1935

Music • Romance

as Gendarme Chief (uncredited)

5.2
0.7
Wild Waters
Wild Waters

1935

Action • Western

as Sheriff Manning

0
0
Timber Terrors
Timber Terrors

1935

as Royce Horter

5
0.1
Rustlers of Red Dog
Rustlers of Red Dog

1935

Action • Western

as Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]

8
0.1
When Lightning Strikes
When Lightning Strikes

1934

Action • Adventure

as Marshal Jack Stevens

5
0.1
Frontier Days
Frontier Days

1934

Action • Adventure • Romance • Western

as Sheriff Barnes

2.5
0.2
The Way of the West
The Way of the West

1934

Western

as 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)

0
0.2
The Red Rider
The Red Rider

1934

Action • Adventure • Comedy • Western

as Sheriff Campbell

4
0.3
I Can't Escape
I Can't Escape

1934

Crime • Drama

as Parole Officer Donovan

0
0.1
Crack-Up
Crack-Up

1934

Adventure • Western

as Police Chief

0
0.1
The Vanishing Shadow
The Vanishing Shadow

1934

Action • Science Fiction

as MacDonald

6.5
0.2
The Rawhide Terror
The Rawhide Terror

1934

Crime • Western

as Tom Blake

4.2
0.7
Border Guns
Border Guns

1934

Western

as Dr. Jim Wilson

0
0.1
Pirate Treasure
Pirate Treasure

1934

Action • Adventure

as Capt. Jim Carson

4
0.2
Fargo Express
Fargo Express

1933

Western

as Sheriff Joe Thompson

0
0.1
Perils of Pauline
Perils of Pauline

1933

Action • Adventure

as Prof. Thompson

5.7
0.1
Strawberry Roan
Strawberry Roan

1933

Western

as Colonel Brownlee

5.5
0.2
Mr. Broadway
Mr. Broadway

1933

Comedy • Documentary

as 1st Suitor (archive footage)

0
0.1
Gordon of Ghost City
Gordon of Ghost City

1933

Western

as John Mulford

4
0.2
Laughing at Life
Laughing at Life

1933

Adventure • Drama

as Military Cabinet Officer

6
0.3
The Phantom of the Air
The Phantom of the Air

1933

Action

as Thomas Edmonds

6
0
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers

1933

Action • Adventure

as Capt. Boncour

5.6
0.2
The Rustler's Roundup
The Rustler's Roundup

1933

Western

as San Dimas Sheriff Holden

0
0.2
Clancy of the Mounted
Clancy of the Mounted

1933

as Dave Moran

0
0.1
A Scarlet Week-End
A Scarlet Week-End

1932

Mystery

1
0.1
The Last Frontier
The Last Frontier

1932

Action • Adventure • Western

as General Custer

6
0.1
Heroes of the West
Heroes of the West

1932

Western

as John Blaine

5.5
0.1
Battling with Buffalo Bill
Battling with Buffalo Bill

1931

Action • Western

as John Mills

5
0.1
The Lightning Warrior
The Lightning Warrior

1931

Action • Adventure • Western

as Townsman (uncredited)

5
0.3
Oklahoma Jim
Oklahoma Jim

1931

as Lacy

0
0.3
The Vanishing Legion
The Vanishing Legion

1931

Action • Crime • Mystery • Western

as Milesburg Sheriff

9
0.2
The Phantom of the West
The Phantom of the West

1930

Action • Mystery • Western

as Martin Blair

0
0.1
No Defense
No Defense

1929

Drama • Romance

as John Harper

0
0.2
No Children
No Children

1929

Comedy

as Self

0
0.1
The Mystery Rider
The Mystery Rider

1928

Western

as Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider

0
0
The Vanishing Rider
The Vanishing Rider

1928

Western

as Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider

0
0
The Strings of Steel
The Strings of Steel

1926

Action • Drama

as Ned Brown

0
0.1
The Ace of Spades
The Ace of Spades

1925

Adventure • Western

as Dan Harvey

0
0
The Meddler
The Meddler

1925

Western

as Richard Gilmore

2
0.1
The Burning Trail
The Burning Trail

1925

Western

as Smiling Bill Flannigan

0
0.1
Red Clay
Red Clay

1925

Drama • War

as Chief John Nisheto

0
0.1
Straight Through
Straight Through

1925

Western

as Good Deed O'Day

0
0.1
Barriers of the Law
Barriers of the Law

1925

Drama

as Rex Brandon

0
0.1
Ridin' Pretty
Ridin' Pretty

1925

Western

as Sky Parker

0
0.1
Outwitted
Outwitted

1925

Crime • Drama

as Jack Blaisdel

0
0.2
The Sunset Trail
The Sunset Trail

1924

Western

as Happy Hobo

0
0
The Measure of a Man
The Measure of a Man

1924

Drama

as John Fairmeadow

0
0.2
Hello, 'Frisco
Hello, 'Frisco

1924

Comedy

as William Desmond

5
0.1
The Breathless Moment
The Breathless Moment

1924

Comedy • Crime

as Billy Carson

0
0
The Extra Girl
The Extra Girl

1923

Comedy • Crime • Romance

as Himself

5.9
0.2
The Extra Girl
The Extra Girl

1923

Comedy • Crime • Romance

as Himself - Actor

5.9
0.2
Shadows of the North
Shadows of the North

1923

Western

as Ben 'Wolf' Darby

0
0.1
McGuire of the Mounted
McGuire of the Mounted

1923

Drama • Western

as Bob McGuire

0
0
Night Life in Hollywood
Night Life in Hollywood

1922

Drama

as Self

0
0.1
Perils of the Yukon
Perils of the Yukon

1922

Action • Adventure

as Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr.

0
0.1
Fightin' Mad
Fightin' Mad

1921

Comedy • Western

as Bud McGraw

0
0.2
The Policeman and the Baby
The Policeman and the Baby

1921

Drama

as The Policeman

0
0
The Child Thou Gavest Me
The Child Thou Gavest Me

1921

Drama

as Tom Marshall

0
0
Women Men Love
Women Men Love

1921

Drama

as David Hunter

0
0.1
The Prince and Betty
The Prince and Betty

1919

Comedy

as John Maude

7.5
0
A Sage Brush Hamlet
A Sage Brush Hamlet

1919

Western

as Larry Lang

0
0
Bare-Fisted Gallagher
Bare-Fisted Gallagher

1919

Western

as 'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher

0
0
Her Code of Honor
Her Code of Honor

1919

Drama

as Eugene La Salle

0
0.1
Society for Sale
Society for Sale

1918

Drama

as Honorable Billy

0
0.1
The Marriage Bubble
The Marriage Bubble

1918

Drama

as The Actor

0
0
Captain of His Soul
Captain of His Soul

1918

Drama

as Horace

0
0.1
Married in Name Only
Married in Name Only

1917

Drama

0
0.1
Flying Colors
Flying Colors

1917

Drama

as Brent Brewster

0
0.2
Master of His Home
Master of His Home

1917

Drama

as Carson Stewart

0
0.1
Paws of the Bear
Paws of the Bear

1917

Drama • War

as Ray Bourke

0
0
The Last of the Ingrams
The Last of the Ingrams

1917

Drama

as Jules Ingram

0
0.1
The Iced Bullet
The Iced Bullet

1917

Comedy • Mystery

as The Author / Horace Lee

0
0.1
A Gamble in Souls
A Gamble in Souls

1916

Drama

0
0.1
The Dawn Maker
The Dawn Maker

1916

Western

as Bruce Smithson

0
0.1
Bullets and Brown Eyes
Bullets and Brown Eyes

1916

Drama

as Prince Carl

0
0.1
Peggy
Peggy

1916

Comedy

as Rev. Donald Bruce

0
0.2
Peer Gynt
Peer Gynt

1915

Fantasy

as The Parson

0
0.3
The Majesty of the Law
The Majesty of the Law

1915

Drama

as Jackson Morgan Kent

0
0.1
Kilmeny
Kilmeny

1915

as Bob Meredith

0
0.1

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