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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1878-01-23 (147 years old)

Place of Birth

Horseheads, New York, USA

William Desmond

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

Acting

1956

Savage Fury as Allen (archive footage)

1947

Code of the West as Settler (uncredited)
The Egg and I as Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)
Thunder Mountain as Townsman (uncredited)

1946

Desert Command as Capt. Boncour

1945

The Return of the Durango Kid as Street Ambusher (uncredited)
The Naughty Nineties as Showboat Customer (uncredited)
Strange Confession as Peanut Vendor (uncredited)

1944

The Mummy's Ghost as Museum Tourist (uncredited)
Phantom Lady as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Climax as Backstage Technician (Uncredited)

1943

Phantom of the Opera as Stagehand (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars as Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)
The Lone Star Trail as Bartender Mike

1942

The Silver Bullet as Townsman
Overland Mail as Williams - Banker

1941

1940

Winners of the West as Bill Brine
Junior G-Men as Irish Cop (uncredited)

1937

Tim Tyler's Luck as Dock Official

1936

The Vigilantes Are Coming as Anderson, Vigilante Member
Custer's Last Stand as Wagon Master
Headin' for the Rio Grande as Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)
Hollywood Boulevard as Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell as Captain of the 'Viking'

1935

Wild Waters as Sheriff Manning
Frisco Kid as Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)
Born to Battle as John Brownell
Courage of the North as Gene Travis
Cyclone of the Saddle as Wagon Master
Social Error as Policeman
Timber Terrors as Royce Horter
Rustlers of Red Dog as Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]
Powdersmoke Range as Happy - Bartender
Naughty Marietta as Gendarme Chief (uncredited)
The Roaring West as Jim Parker

1934

When Lightning Strikes as Marshal Jack Stevens
Crack-Up as Police Chief
I Can't Escape as Parole Officer Donovan
Pirate Treasure as Capt. Jim Carson
Frontier Days as Sheriff Barnes
The Rawhide Terror as Tom Blake
Border Guns as Dr. Jim Wilson
The Red Rider as Sheriff Campbell
The Way of the West as 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)

1933

The Rustler's Roundup as San Dimas Sheriff Holden
Mr. Broadway as 1st Suitor (archive footage)
The Three Musketeers as Capt. Boncour
Laughing at Life as Military Cabinet Officer
Strawberry Roan as Colonel Brownlee
Fargo Express as Sheriff Joe Thompson
Gordon of Ghost City as John Mulford
The Phantom of the Air as Thomas Edmonds
Perils of Pauline as Prof. Thompson
Clancy of the Mounted as Dave Moran

1932

The Last Frontier as General Custer
Heroes of the West as John Blaine

1931

The Lightning Warrior as Townsman (uncredited)
The Vanishing Legion as Milesburg Sheriff
Oklahoma Jim as Lacy

1930

The Phantom of the West as Martin Blair

1929

No Children as Self
No Defense as John Harper

1928

The Vanishing Rider as Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider
The Mystery Rider as Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider

1926

1925

Straight Through as Good Deed O'Day
The Burning Trail as Smiling Bill Flannigan
The Meddler as Richard Gilmore
Outwitted as Jack Blaisdel
Ridin' Pretty as Sky Parker
Barriers of the Law as Rex Brandon
The Ace of Spades as Dan Harvey
Red Clay as Chief John Nisheto

1924

Hello, 'Frisco as William Desmond
The Sunset Trail as Happy Hobo
The Breathless Moment as Billy Carson
The Measure of a Man as John Fairmeadow

1923

The Extra Girl as Himself
Shadows of the North as Ben 'Wolf' Darby
The Extra Girl as Himself - Actor
McGuire of the Mounted as Bob McGuire

1922

Perils of the Yukon as Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr.

1921

Fightin' Mad as Bud McGraw
The Child Thou Gavest Me as Tom Marshall
Women Men Love as David Hunter

1919

The Prince and Betty as John Maude
Her Code of Honor as Eugene La Salle
A Sage Brush Hamlet as Larry Lang
Bare-Fisted Gallagher as 'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher

1918

Society for Sale as Honorable Billy
The Marriage Bubble as The Actor

1917

Master of His Home as Carson Stewart
Paws of the Bear as Ray Bourke
The Last of the Ingrams as Jules Ingram
The Iced Bullet as The Author / Horace Lee
Flying Colors as Brent Brewster

1916

Peggy as Rev. Donald Bruce
The Dawn Maker as Bruce Smithson
Bullets and Brown Eyes as Prince Carl

1915

Peer Gynt as The Parson
Kilmeny as Bob Meredith
The Majesty of the Law as Jackson Morgan Kent