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