William Desmond
Acting
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Acting Credits
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.
Known For
Phantom of the Opera
Stagehand (uncredited)
The Egg and I
Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)
Tall in the Saddle
Townsman (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)
Phantom Lady
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Mummy's Ghost
Museum Tourist (uncredited)
Flash Gordon
Hawkman Lookout Captain
Naughty Marietta
Gendarme Chief (uncredited)
Filmography
Savage Fury
1956
as Allen
Code of the West
1947
as Settler (uncredited)
The Egg and I
1947
as Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)
Thunder Mountain
1947
as Townsman (uncredited)
Trail Street
1947
as Townsman (uncredited)
Desert Command
1946
as Capt. Boncour
The Return of the Durango Kid
1945
as Street Ambusher (uncredited)
The Naughty Nineties
1945
as Showboat Customer (uncredited)
Strange Confession
1945
as Peanut Vendor (uncredited)
The Mummy's Ghost
1944
as Museum Tourist (uncredited)
Phantom Lady
1944
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Climax
1944
as Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
Hi, Beautiful
1944
as Passenger (uncredited)
Tall in the Saddle
1944
as Townsman (uncredited)
Phantom of the Opera
1943
as Stagehand (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
as Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)
The Lone Star Trail
1943
as Bartender Mike
Cheyenne Roundup
1943
as Pete
Down Rio Grande Way
1942
as Townsman
The Silver Bullet
1942
as Townsman
Overland Mail
1942
as Williams - Banker
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
1941
as Bartender
Where Did You Get That Girl?
1941
as Tourist
Winners of the West
1940
as Bill Brine
The Boys from Syracuse
1940
as Citizen
Junior G-Men
1940
as Irish Cop (uncredited)
Tim Tyler's Luck
1937
as Dock Official
Song of the Gringo
1936
as Bailiff
The Broken Coin
1936
The Vigilantes Are Coming
1936
as Anderson, Vigilante Member
Custer's Last Stand
1936
as Wagon Master
Treachery Rides the Range
1936
as Bill
Headin' for the Rio Grande
1936
as Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
as Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936
as Captain of the 'Viking'
Song of the Saddle
1936
as Tim
Flash Gordon
1936
as Hawkman Lookout Captain
Wild Waters
1935
as Sheriff Manning
Frisco Kid
1935
as Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)
Born to Battle
1935
as John Brownell
Courage of the North
1935
as Gene Travis
The Cowboy and the Bandit
1935
as Sheriff Pete
Cyclone of the Saddle
1935
as Wagon Master
The Call of the Savage
1935
as Allen
The Ghost Rider
1935
as Guard
Social Error
1935
as Policeman
Timber Terrors
1935
as Royce Horter
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery
1935
as Foreman Burke
Rustlers of Red Dog
1935
as Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]
Powdersmoke Range
1935
as Happy - Bartender
Naughty Marietta
1935
as Gendarme Chief (uncredited)
The Roaring West
1935
as Jim Parker
When Lightning Strikes
1934
as Marshal Jack Stevens
Crack-Up
1934
as Police Chief
The Vanishing Shadow
1934
as MacDonald
I Can't Escape
1934
as Parole Officer Donovan
Pirate Treasure
1934
as Capt. Jim Carson
Frontier Days
1934
as Sheriff Barnes
The Rawhide Terror
1934
as Tom Blake
Border Guns
1934
as Dr. Jim Wilson
The Red Rider
1934
as Sheriff Campbell
The Way of the West
1934
as 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)
The Rustler's Roundup
1933
as San Dimas Sheriff Holden
Mr. Broadway
1933
as 1st Suitor (archive footage)
The Three Musketeers
1933
as Capt. Boncour
Laughing at Life
1933
as Military Cabinet Officer
Strawberry Roan
1933
as Colonel Brownlee
Fargo Express
1933
as Sheriff Joe Thompson
Gordon of Ghost City
1933
as John Mulford
The Phantom of the Air
1933
as Thomas Edmonds
Perils of Pauline
1933
as Prof. Thompson
Clancy of the Mounted
1933
as Dave Moran
The Last Frontier
1932
as General Custer
Heroes of the West
1932
as John Blaine
A Scarlet Week-End
1932
Jungle Mystery
1932
as John Morgan
The Lightning Warrior
1931
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Vanishing Legion
1931
as Milesburg Sheriff
Battling with Buffalo Bill
1931
as John Mills
Oklahoma Jim
1931
as Lacy
Hell-Bent for Frisco
1931
as The Editor
First Aid
1931
as Chief of Police
The Phantom of the West
1930
as Martin Blair
No Children
1929
as Self
No Defense
1929
as John Harper
The Vanishing Rider
1928
as Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider
The Mystery Rider
1928
as Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider
The Devil's Trademark
1928
as Morgan Gray
The Return of the Riddle Rider
1927
as Randolph Parker / The Riddle Rider
The Strings of Steel
1926
as Ned Brown
Straight Through
1925
as Good Deed O'Day
The Burning Trail
1925
as Smiling Bill Flannigan
The Meddler
1925
as Richard Gilmore
Outwitted
1925
as Jack Blaisdel
Ridin' Pretty
1925
as Sky Parker
Barriers of the Law
1925
as Rex Brandon
The Ace of Spades
1925
as Dan Harvey
Red Clay
1925
as Chief John Nisheto
Duped
1925
as John Morgan
Hello, 'Frisco
1924
as William Desmond
The Sunset Trail
1924
as Happy Hobo
The Breathless Moment
1924
as Billy Carson
The Measure of a Man
1924
as John Fairmeadow
Big Timber
1924
as Walter Sandry
The Riddle Rider
1924
as Randolph Parker / The Riddle Rider
The Extra Girl
1923
as Himself
Shadows of the North
1923
as Ben 'Wolf' Darby
The Extra Girl
1923
as Himself - Actor
McGuire of the Mounted
1923
as Bob McGuire
The Phantom Fortune
1923
as Larry Barclay
Around the World in 18 Days
1923
as Phineas Fogg III
Beasts of Paradise
1923
as Phil Grant
Perils of the Yukon
1922
as Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr.
Night Life in Hollywood
1922
as Self
The Policeman and the Baby
1921
as The Policeman
Fightin' Mad
1921
as Bud McGraw
The Child Thou Gavest Me
1921
as Tom Marshall
Women Men Love
1921
as David Hunter
The Parish Priest
1921
as Reverend John Whalen
Twin Beds
1920
as Harry Hawkins
The Prince and Betty
1919
as John Maude
Her Code of Honor
1919
as Eugene La Salle
A Sage Brush Hamlet
1919
as Larry Lang
Bare-Fisted Gallagher
1919
as 'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher
The Mints of Hell
1919
as Dan Burke
Life's a Funny Proposition
1919
as Jimmie Pendleton
The Blue Bandanna
1919
as Jerry Jerome
Whitewashed Walls
1919
as Larry Donovan
Captain of His Soul
1918
as Horace
Society for Sale
1918
as Honorable Billy
The Marriage Bubble
1918
as The Actor
An Honest Man
1918
as Benny Boggs
The Pretender
1918
as Bob Baldwin
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
Flying Colors
1917
as Brent Brewster
Married in Name Only
1917
The Sudden Gentleman
1917
as Garry Garrity
Paddy O'Hara
1917
as Paddy O'Hara
Time Locks and Diamonds
1917
as Silver Jim Farrel
A Gamble in Souls
1916
Peggy
1916
as Rev. Donald Bruce
The Dawn Maker
1916
as Bruce Smithson
Bullets and Brown Eyes
1916
as Prince Carl
The Criminal
1916
as Donald White
Peer Gynt
1915
as The Parson
Kilmeny
1915
as Bob Meredith
The Majesty of the Law
1915
as Jackson Morgan Kent
The Sign of the Cross
1904