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William Desmond

William Desmond

Actor, Producer

Born January 23, 1878 in Horseheads, New York, USA

Died November 3, 1949

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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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Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch Poster

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch Feature Film1976Cavalry Major

Savage Fury Poster

Savage Fury Feature Film1956Allen

Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Memories Documentary1951Self

Are You with It? Poster

Are You with It? Feature Film1948Spectator

Relentless Poster

Relentless Feature Film1948Townsman on Porch

Code of the West Poster

Code of the West Feature Film1947Settler

Michigan Kid Poster

Michigan Kid Feature Film1947Townsman

The Egg and I Poster

The Egg and I Feature Film1947Spectator at County Fair

Trail Street Poster

Trail Street Feature Film1947Townsman

Canyon Passage Poster

Canyon Passage Feature Film1946Townsman

Desert Command Poster

Desert Command Feature Film1946Capt. Boncour

Lawless Breed Poster

Lawless Breed Feature Film1946Bartender

The Scarlet Horseman Poster

The Scarlet Horseman Feature Film1946Barfly

Beyond the Pecos Poster

Beyond the Pecos Feature Film1945Bill - Barfly

Frontier Gal Poster

Frontier Gal Feature Film1945Barfly

See My Lawyer Poster

See My Lawyer Feature Film1945Bystander

Song of the Sarong Poster

Song of the Sarong Feature Film1945Councillor

Strange Confession Poster

Strange Confession Feature Film1945Peanut Vendor

That Night with You Poster

That Night with You Feature Film1945Man in Market

The Naughty Nineties Poster

The Naughty Nineties Feature Film1945Showboat Customer

The Return of the Durango Kid Poster

The Return of the Durango Kid Feature Film1945Street Ambusher

The Royal Mounted Rides Again Poster

The Royal Mounted Rides Again Feature Film1945Miner at meeting

Bowery to Broadway Poster

Bowery to Broadway Feature Film1944Man at Bar

Firebrands of Arizona Poster

Firebrands of Arizona Feature Film1944Townsman

Girl Rush Poster

Girl Rush Feature Film1944Henchman

Hi, Beautiful Poster

Hi, Beautiful Feature Film1944Passenger

Marshal of Gunsmoke Poster

Marshal of Gunsmoke Feature Film1944Townsman

National Barn Dance Poster

National Barn Dance Feature Film1944Farmer at Barn Dance

Oklahoma Raiders Poster

Oklahoma Raiders Feature Film1944Townsman

Phantom Lady Poster

Phantom Lady Feature Film1944Courtroom Spectator

Tall in the Saddle Poster

Tall in the Saddle Feature Film1944Town Citizen

The Climax Poster

The Climax Feature Film1944Backstage Technician

The Mummy's Ghost Poster

The Mummy's Ghost Feature Film1944Museum Tourist

The Old Texas Trail Poster

The Old Texas Trail Feature Film1944Townsman

The Scarlet Claw Poster

The Scarlet Claw Feature Film1944Member of Royal Canadian Occult Society

The Yellow Rose of Texas Poster

The Yellow Rose of Texas Feature Film1944Townsman

Cheyenne Roundup Poster

Cheyenne Roundup Feature Film1943Pete

Frontier Badmen Poster

Frontier Badmen Feature Film1943Townsman

Frontier Fury Poster

Frontier Fury Feature Film1943Townsman

In Old Oklahoma Poster

In Old Oklahoma Feature Film1943Townsman

Johnny Come Lately Poster

Johnny Come Lately Feature Film1943Townsman

Phantom of the Opera Poster

Phantom of the Opera Feature Film1943Stagehand

Prairie Chickens Poster

Prairie Chickens Feature Film1943Cache Lake Townsman

Thank Your Lucky Stars Poster

Thank Your Lucky Stars Feature Film1943Gower Gulch Cowboy in Dennis Morgan Number

The Lone Star Trail Poster

The Lone Star Trail Feature Film1943Bartender Mike

Don Winslow of the Navy Poster

Don Winslow of the Navy Feature Film1942Pat - Smelter Foreman [Ch. 5]

Down Rio Grande Way Poster

Down Rio Grande Way Feature Film1942Townsman

Gang Busters Poster

Gang Busters Feature Film1942Rogan's Death Witness [Ch. 4]

Junior G-Men of the Air Poster

Junior G-Men of the Air Feature Film1942Parts Customer [Ch. 1]

Overland Mail Poster

Overland Mail Feature Film1942Williams - Banker [Chs. 5, 12]

Pittsburgh Poster

Pittsburgh Feature Film1942Theatre Patron

Raiders of the West Poster

Raiders of the West Feature Film1942Townsman

Sin Town Poster

Sin Town Feature Film1942Town Leader

Stagecoach Buckaroo Poster

Stagecoach Buckaroo Feature Film1942Barfly

The Silver Bullet Poster

The Silver Bullet Feature Film1942Townsman

Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie Poster

Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie Feature Film1941Bartender

Nice Girl? Poster

Nice Girl? Feature Film1941Postman

Sky Raiders Poster

Sky Raiders Feature Film1941Murphy - Police Officer [Ch. 9]

Where Did You Get That Girl? Poster

Where Did You Get That Girl? Feature Film1941Tourist

A Little Bit of Heaven Poster

A Little Bit of Heaven Feature Film1940Uncle Francis

Junior G-Men Poster

Junior G-Men Feature Film1940Irish Cop [Ch. 6]

The Boys from Syracuse Poster

The Boys from Syracuse Feature Film1940Citizen

Winners of the West Poster

Winners of the West Feature Film1940Bill Brine - Foreman

Man of Conquest Poster

Man of Conquest Feature Film1939Tennessee Man

Rocket Ship Poster

Rocket Ship Feature Film1938Hawkmen Lookout Captain

Arizona Days Poster

Arizona Days Feature Film1937Stranger

The Mysterious Pilot Poster

The Mysterious Pilot Feature Film1937Lumberjack

Tim Tyler's Luck Poster

Tim Tyler's Luck Feature Film1937Dock Official [Ch. 1]

Wild West Days Poster

Wild West Days Feature Film1937Townsman on Gold Rush

Cavalry Feature Film1936Cavalry Major

Custer's Last Stand Poster

Custer's Last Stand Feature Film1936Wagon Master [Ch. 1]

Custer's Last Stand Poster

Custer's Last Stand Feature Film1936Wagonmaster

Flash Gordon Poster

Flash Gordon Feature Film1936Hawkman Lookout Captain

Headin' for the Rio Grande Poster

Headin' for the Rio Grande Feature Film1936Mr. Mack

Hollywood Boulevard Poster

Hollywood Boulevard Feature Film1936Pago Pago Patron

Song of the Gringo Poster

Song of the Gringo Feature Film1936Bailiff

Song of the Saddle Poster

Song of the Saddle Feature Film1936Stage Driver Tim

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell Poster

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell Feature Film1936Captain of the 'Viking'

The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand Poster

The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand Feature Film1936Bartender Steve [Chs.5,8,10-12,14]

The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand Feature Film1936Bartender Steve

The Black Coin Poster

The Black Coin Feature Film1936Cantina Bartender

The Broken Coin Feature Film1936

The Vigilantes Are Coming Poster

The Vigilantes Are Coming Feature Film1936Anderson

Treachery Rides the Range Poster

Treachery Rides the Range Feature Film1936Bill - Stage Driver

Born to Battle Poster

Born to Battle Feature Film1935John Brownell

Courage of the North Poster

Courage of the North Feature Film1935Gene Travis

Cyclone of the Saddle Poster

Cyclone of the Saddle Feature Film1935Wagon Master

Defying the Law Poster

Defying the Law Feature Film1935Jim Kenmore

Devil's Canyon Poster

Devil's Canyon Feature Film1935

Five Bad Men Poster

Five Bad Men Feature Film1935Col. Matoon

Frisco Kid Poster

Frisco Kid Feature Film1935Vigilante Hangman

Naughty Marietta Poster

Naughty Marietta Feature Film1935Gendarme Chief

Nevada Feature Film1935Wilson

Powdersmoke Range Poster

Powdersmoke Range Feature Film1935Happy - Bartender

Rough Riding Ranger Poster

Rough Riding Ranger Feature Film1935Major Wright

Rustlers of Red Dog Poster

Rustlers of Red Dog Feature Film1935Ira Dale

Social Error Poster

Social Error Feature Film1935Policeman

Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery Poster

Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery Feature Film1935Foreman Burke [Chs. 7-9,11-12]

The Call of the Savage Poster

The Call of the Savage Feature Film1935Allen

The Cowboy and the Bandit Poster

The Cowboy and the Bandit Feature Film1935Sheriff Pete

The Ghost Rider Poster

The Ghost Rider Feature Film1935Guard

The Phantom Cowboy Poster

The Phantom Cowboy Feature Film1935Barfly

The Roaring West Poster

The Roaring West Feature Film1935Jim Parker

The Tia Juana Kid Feature Film1935Cantina Owner

Timber Terrors Poster

Timber Terrors Feature Film1935Royce Horter

Wild Waters Poster

Wild Waters Short Film1935Sheriff Manning

Border Guns Poster

Border Guns Feature Film1934Dr. Jim Wilson

Crack-Up Short Film1934Police Chief

Death Fangs Short Film1934

Frontier Days Poster

Frontier Days Feature Film1934Sheriff Barnes

Gunfire Feature Film1934Townsman

I Can't Escape Poster

I Can't Escape Feature Film1934Donovan - Parole Officer

Pirate Treasure Poster

Pirate Treasure Feature Film1934Capt. Jim Carson

Tailspin Tommy Poster

Tailspin Tommy Feature Film1934Sloane - Taggart's Office Henchman, Chs. 4, 7, 10-11

The Rawhide Terror Poster

The Rawhide Terror Feature Film1934Tom Blake - Betty's Older Brother

The Red Rider Poster

The Red Rider Feature Film1934Sheriff Campbell

The Vanishing Shadow Poster

The Vanishing Shadow Feature Film1934Newspaper Editor MacDonald

The Way of the West Poster

The Way of the West Feature Film1934'Cash' Horton

When Lightning Strikes Poster

When Lightning Strikes Feature Film1934Marshal Jack Stevens

Clancy of the Mounted Poster

Clancy of the Mounted Feature Film1933Dave Moran

Fargo Express Poster

Fargo Express Feature Film1933Sheriff Joe Thompson

Gordon of Ghost City Poster

Gordon of Ghost City Feature Film1933John Mulford

Laughing at Life Poster

Laughing at Life Feature Film1933Military Cabinet Officer

Mr. Broadway Poster

Mr. Broadway Feature Film19331st Suitor

Perils of Pauline Poster

Perils of Pauline Feature Film1933Prof. Thompson [Chs. 9-12]

Strawberry Roan Poster

Strawberry Roan Feature Film1933Colonel Brownlee

The Phantom of the Air Poster

The Phantom of the Air Feature Film1933Thomas Edmonds

The Rustler's Roundup Poster

The Rustler's Roundup Feature Film1933San Dimas Sheriff Holden

The Three Musketeers Poster

The Three Musketeers Feature Film1933Capt. Boncour

The Whispering Shadow Poster

The Whispering Shadow Feature Film1933Empire Transport Co. driver

A Scarlet Week-End Poster

A Scarlet Week-End Feature Film1932

Heroes of the West Poster

Heroes of the West Feature Film1932John Blaine

Jungle Mystery Poster

Jungle Mystery Feature Film1932John Morgan

The Black Ghost Poster

The Black Ghost Feature Film1932General Custer

The Last Frontier Poster

The Last Frontier Feature Film1932General Custer

Battling with Buffalo Bill Poster

Battling with Buffalo Bill Feature Film1931John Mills

First Aid Feature Film1931Chief of Police

Hell-Bent for Frisco Poster

Hell-Bent for Frisco Feature Film1931The Editor

Oklahoma Jim Poster

Oklahoma Jim Feature Film1931Lacy

The Lightning Warrior Poster

The Lightning Warrior Feature Film1931Townsman

The Vanishing Legion Poster

The Vanishing Legion Feature Film1931Milesburg Sheriff

The Phantom of the West Poster

The Phantom of the West Feature Film1930Martin Blair

No Children Poster

No Children Short Film1929Self

No Defense Poster

No Defense Feature Film1929John Harper

The Devil's Trademark Poster

The Devil's Trademark Feature Film1928Morgan Gray

The Mystery Rider Poster

The Mystery Rider Feature Film1928Winthrop Lane

The Vanishing Rider Poster

The Vanishing Rider Feature Film1928Jim Davis

The Return of the Riddle Rider Poster

The Return of the Riddle Rider Feature Film1927Randolph Parker

Tongues of Scandal Feature Film1927Gov. John Rhodes

Strings of Steel Poster

Strings of Steel Feature Film1926Ned Brown

The Winking Idol Poster

The Winking Idol Feature Film1926Dave Ledbetter

Ace of Spies Feature Film1925

Barriers of the Law Poster

Barriers of the Law Feature Film1925Rex Brandon

Blood and Steel Feature Film1925Gordon Steele

Duped Feature Film1925John Morgan

Outwitted Poster

Outwitted Feature Film1925Jack Blaisdel

Red Clay Feature Film1925Chief John Nisheto

Ridin' Pretty Poster

Ridin' Pretty Feature Film1925Sky Parker

Screen Snapshots, Series 6, No. 2 Documentary1925Self

Straight Through Poster

Straight Through Feature Film1925Good Deed O'Day

The Ace of Spades Poster

The Ace of Spades Feature Film1925Dan Harvey

The Burning Trail Poster

The Burning Trail Feature Film1925Smiling Bill Flannigan

The Meddler Poster

The Meddler Feature Film1925Richard Gilmore

Big Timber Poster

Big Timber Feature Film1924Walter Sandry

Hello, 'Frisco Short Film1924Self - William Desmond

The Breathless Moment Poster

The Breathless Moment Feature Film1924Billy Carson

The City of Stars Short Film1924Self

The Measure of a Man Poster

The Measure of a Man Feature Film1924John Fairmeadow

The Riddle Rider Poster

The Riddle Rider Feature Film1924Randolph Parker

The Sunset Trail Poster

The Sunset Trail Feature Film1924Happy Hobo

Around the World in Eighteen Days Poster

Around the World in Eighteen Days Feature Film1923Phineas Fogg III

Beasts of Paradise Poster

Beasts of Paradise Feature Film1923Phil Grant

McGuire of the Mounted Poster

McGuire of the Mounted Feature Film1923Bob McGuire

Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 17 Short Film1923Self

Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 25 Documentary1923Self

Shadows of the North Poster

Shadows of the North Feature Film1923Ben 'Wolf' Darby

The Extra Girl Poster

The Extra Girl Feature Film1923William Desmond - Actor

The Phantom Fortune Poster

The Phantom Fortune Feature Film1923Larry Barclay

Night Life in Hollywood Poster

Night Life in Hollywood Feature Film1922Self

Perils of the Yukon Poster

Perils of the Yukon Feature Film1922Jack Merrill Sr.

Dangerous Toys Feature Film1921Jack Gray

Fightin' Mad Poster

Fightin' Mad Feature Film1921Bud McGraw

The Child Thou Gavest Me Poster

The Child Thou Gavest Me Feature Film1921Tom Marshall

The Policeman and the Baby Poster

The Policeman and the Baby Short Film1921The policeman

Women Men Love Poster

Women Men Love Feature Film1921David Hunter

A Broadway Cowboy Poster

A Broadway Cowboy Feature Film1920Burke Randolph

Suppose Nobody Cared Short Film1920Abou Ben Adhem

The Parish Priest Feature Film1920Reverend John Whalen

Twin Beds Poster

Twin Beds Feature Film1920Harry Hawkins

A Sagebrush Hamlet Poster

A Sagebrush Hamlet Feature Film1919Larry Lang

Bare-Fisted Gallagher Poster

Bare-Fisted Gallagher Feature Film1919'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher

Dangerous Waters Feature Film1919Jimmie Moulton

Her Code of Honor Poster

Her Code of Honor Feature Film1919Eugene La Salle

Life's a Funny Proposition Poster

Life's a Funny Proposition Feature Film1919Jimmie Pendleton

The Blue Bandanna Poster

The Blue Bandanna Feature Film1919Jerry Jerome

The Mints of Hell Poster

The Mints of Hell Feature Film1919Dan Burke

The Prince and Betty Poster

The Prince and Betty Feature Film1919John Maude

The Prodigal Liar Poster

The Prodigal Liar Feature Film1919Percival Montgomery Edwards

Whitewashed Walls Poster

Whitewashed Walls Feature Film1919Larry Donovan

An Honest Man Feature Film1918Benny Boggs

Beyond the Shadows Feature Film1918Jean Du Bois

Captain of His Soul Poster

Captain of His Soul Feature Film1918Horace Boyce

Closin' In Feature Film1918Jack Bradon

Deuce Duncan Poster

Deuce Duncan Feature Film1918Deuce Duncan

Hell's End Feature Film1918Jack Donovan

Old Hartwell's Cub Feature Film1918Bill Hartwell

Society for Sale Poster

Society for Sale Feature Film1918Honorable Billy

The Marriage Bubble Poster

The Marriage Bubble Short Film1918The Actor

The Pretender Poster

The Pretender Feature Film1918Bob Baldwin

The Sea Panther Feature Film1918Paul Le Marsan

Wild Life Feature Film1918Chick Ward

Blood Will Tell Poster

Blood Will Tell Feature Film1917Samson Oakley III

Fighting Back Poster

Fighting Back Feature Film1917The Weakling

Flying Colors Poster

Flying Colors Feature Film1917Brent Brewster

Married in Name Only Poster

Married in Name Only Feature Film1917

Master of His Home Poster

Master of His Home Feature Film1917Carson Stewart

Paddy O'Hara Poster

Paddy O'Hara Feature Film1917Paddy O'Hara

Paws of the Bear Poster

Paws of the Bear Feature Film1917Ray Bourke

The Iced Bullet Poster

The Iced Bullet Feature Film1917The Author

The Last of the Ingrams Poster

The Last of the Ingrams Feature Film1917Jules Ingram

The Sudden Gentleman Poster

The Sudden Gentleman Feature Film1917Garry Garrity

Time Locks and Diamonds Poster

Time Locks and Diamonds Feature Film1917Silver Jim Farrel

A Gamble in Souls Poster

A Gamble in Souls Feature Film1916Arthur Worden, Evangelist

Bullets and Brown Eyes Feature Film1916Prince Carl

Lieutenant Danny, U.S.A. Poster

Lieutenant Danny, U.S.A. Feature Film1916Lt. Danny Ward

Not My Sister Poster

Not My Sister Feature Film1916Michael Arnold

Peggy Feature Film1916Rev. Donald Bruce

The Captive God Poster

The Captive God Feature Film1916

The Criminal Poster

The Criminal Feature Film1916Donald White

The Dawn Maker Poster

The Dawn Maker Feature Film1916Bruce Smithson

The Payment Poster

The Payment Feature Film1916Dick

The Sorrows of Love Feature Film1916Guido Perli

The Waifs Poster

The Waifs Feature Film1916Arthur Rayburn

Kilmeny Feature Film1915Bob Meredith

Peer Gynt Poster

Peer Gynt Feature Film1915The Parson

The Majesty of the Law Poster

The Majesty of the Law Feature Film1915Jackson Morgan Kent

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Fightin' Mad Poster

Fightin' Mad Feature Film1921

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