William Desmond
January 23, 1878 (146 years old) in Horseheads, New York, USA
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
Credits
- 1956 · Savage Fury as Allen (archive footage)
- 1947 · Thunder Mountain as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1947 · The Egg and I as Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)
- 1947 · Code of the West as Settler (uncredited)
- 1946 · Desert Command as Capt. Boncour
- 1945 · Strange Confession as Peanut Vendor (uncredited)
- 1945 · The Naughty Nineties as Showboat Customer (uncredited)
- 1945 · The Return of the Durango Kid as Street Ambusher (uncredited)
- 1944 · The Climax as Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
- 1944 · The Mummy's Ghost as Museum Tourist (uncredited)
- 1944 · Phantom Lady as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- 1943 · Thank Your Lucky Stars as Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)
- 1943 · Phantom of the Opera as Stagehand (uncredited)
- 1943 · The Lone Star Trail as Bartender Mike
- 1943 · Cheyenne Roundup as Pete
- 1942 · Overland Mail as Williams - Banker
- 1942 · The Silver Bullet as Townsman
- 1942 · Down Rio Grande Way as Townsman
- 1941 · Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie as Bartender
- 1941 · Where Did You Get That Girl? as Tourist
- 1940 · Junior G-Men as Irish Cop (uncredited)
- 1940 · The Boys from Syracuse as Citizen
- 1940 · Winners of the West as Bill Brine
- 1937 · Tim Tyler's Luck as Dock Official
- 1936 · Song of the Gringo as Bailiff
- 1936 · The Vigilantes Are Coming as Anderson, Vigilante Member
- 1936 · Hollywood Boulevard as Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
- 1936 · Treachery Rides the Range as Bill
- 1936 · Song of the Saddle as Tim
- 1936 · The Adventures of Frank Merriwell as Captain of the 'Viking'
- 1936 · The Broken Coin as
- 1936 · Custer's Last Stand as Wagon Master
- 1936 · Headin' for the Rio Grande as Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)
- 1935 · Frisco Kid as Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)
- 1935 · Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery as Foreman Burke
- 1935 · Powdersmoke Range as Happy - Bartender
- 1935 · Courage of the North as Gene Travis
- 1935 · The Roaring West as Jim Parker
- 1935 · Social Error as Policeman
- 1935 · The Call of the Savage as Allen
- 1935 · The Ghost Rider as Guard
- 1935 · Cyclone of the Saddle as Wagon Master
- 1935 · The Cowboy and the Bandit as Sheriff Pete
- 1935 · Born to Battle as John Brownell
- 1935 · Naughty Marietta as Gendarme Chief (uncredited)
- 1935 · Wild Waters as Sheriff Manning
- 1935 · Timber Terrors as Royce Horter
- 1935 · Rustlers of Red Dog as Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]
- 1934 · When Lightning Strikes as Marshal Jack Stevens
- 1934 · Frontier Days as Sheriff Barnes
- 1934 · The Way of the West as 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)
- 1934 · The Red Rider as Sheriff Campbell
- 1934 · I Can't Escape as Parole Officer Donovan
- 1934 · Crack-Up as Police Chief
- 1934 · The Vanishing Shadow as MacDonald
- 1934 · The Rawhide Terror as Tom Blake
- 1934 · Border Guns as Dr. Jim Wilson
- 1934 · Pirate Treasure as Capt. Jim Carson
- 1933 · Fargo Express as Sheriff Joe Thompson
- 1933 · Perils of Pauline as Prof. Thompson
- 1933 · Strawberry Roan as Colonel Brownlee
- 1933 · Mr. Broadway as 1st Suitor (archive footage)
- 1933 · Gordon of Ghost City as John Mulford
- 1933 · Laughing at Life as Military Cabinet Officer
- 1933 · The Phantom of the Air as Thomas Edmonds
- 1933 · The Three Musketeers as Capt. Boncour
- 1933 · The Rustler's Roundup as San Dimas Sheriff Holden
- 1933 · Clancy of the Mounted as Dave Moran
- 1932 · A Scarlet Week-End as
- 1932 · The Last Frontier as General Custer
- 1932 · Heroes of the West as John Blaine
- 1931 · Battling with Buffalo Bill as John Mills
- 1931 · The Lightning Warrior as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1931 · Oklahoma Jim as Lacy
- 1931 · The Vanishing Legion as Milesburg Sheriff
- 1930 · The Phantom of the West as Martin Blair
- 1929 · No Defense as John Harper
- 1929 · No Children as Self
- 1928 · The Mystery Rider as Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider
- 1928 · The Vanishing Rider as Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider
- 1926 · The Strings of Steel as Ned Brown
- 1925 · The Meddler as Richard Gilmore
- 1925 · The Burning Trail as Smiling Bill Flannigan
- 1925 · Straight Through as Good Deed O'Day
- 1925 · Barriers of the Law as Rex Brandon
- 1925 · Ridin' Pretty as Sky Parker
- 1925 · Outwitted as Jack Blaisdel
- 1924 · The Sunset Trail as Happy Hobo
- 1924 · Hello, 'Frisco as William Desmond
- 1924 · The Breathless Moment as Billy Carson
- 1923 · The Extra Girl as Himself
- 1923 · The Extra Girl as Himself - Actor
- 1923 · Shadows of the North as Ben 'Wolf' Darby
- 1923 · McGuire of the Mounted as Bob McGuire
- 1922 · Night Life in Hollywood as Self
- 1922 · Perils of the Yukon as Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr.
- 1921 · Fightin' Mad as Bud McGraw
- 1921 · The Policeman and the Baby as The Policeman
- 1921 · The Child Thou Gavest Me as Tom Marshall
- 1921 · Women Men Love as David Hunter
- 1919 · The Prince and Betty as John Maude
- 1919 · A Sage Brush Hamlet as Larry Lang
- 1919 · Her Code of Honor as Eugene La Salle
- 1918 · Society for Sale as Honorable Billy
- 1918 · The Marriage Bubble as The Actor
- 1918 · Captain of His Soul as Horace
- 1917 · Married in Name Only as
- 1917 · Flying Colors as Brent Brewster
- 1917 · Master of His Home as Carson Stewart
- 1917 · Paws of the Bear as Ray Bourke
- 1917 · The Last of the Ingrams as Jules Ingram
- 1917 · The Iced Bullet as The Author / Horace Lee
- 1916 · A Gamble in Souls as
- 1916 · The Dawn Maker as Bruce Smithson
- 1916 · Peggy as Rev. Donald Bruce
- 1915 · Peer Gynt as The Parson
- 1915 · The Majesty of the Law as Jackson Morgan Kent
- 1915 · Kilmeny as Bob Meredith