William Desmond

Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: January 23, 1878
Day of Death: November 3, 1949 (72 years old)
Place of Birth: 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.
1956
1947
1946
1945
1944
1943
1942
1941
1940
1937
1936

Actor Bailiff
Song of the Gringo
Actor
The Broken Coin

Actor Anderson, Vigilante Member
The Vigilantes Are Coming

Actor Wagon Master
Custer's Last Stand

Actor Bill
Treachery Rides the Range

Actor Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)
Headin' for the Rio Grande

Actor Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard

Actor Captain of the 'Viking'
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

Actor Tim
Song of the Saddle
1935
Actor Sheriff Manning
Wild Waters

Actor Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)
Frisco Kid

Actor John Brownell
Born to Battle

Actor Gene Travis
Courage of the North

Actor Sheriff Pete
The Cowboy and the Bandit

Actor Wagon Master
Cyclone of the Saddle

Actor Allen
The Call of the Savage

Actor Guard
The Ghost Rider

Actor Policeman
Social Error
Actor Royce Horter
Timber Terrors

Actor Foreman Burke
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery

Actor Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]
Rustlers of Red Dog

Actor Happy - Bartender
Powdersmoke Range

Actor Gendarme Chief (uncredited)
Naughty Marietta

Actor Jim Parker
The Roaring West
1934

Actor Marshal Jack Stevens
When Lightning Strikes
Actor Police Chief
Crack-Up

Actor MacDonald
The Vanishing Shadow

Actor Parole Officer Donovan
I Can't Escape

Actor Capt. Jim Carson
Pirate Treasure

Actor Sheriff Barnes
Frontier Days

Actor Tom Blake
The Rawhide Terror

Actor Dr. Jim Wilson
Border Guns

Actor Sheriff Campbell
The Red Rider

Actor 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)
The Way of the West
1933

Actor San Dimas Sheriff Holden
The Rustler's Roundup

Actor 1st Suitor (archive footage)
Mr. Broadway

Actor Capt. Boncour
The Three Musketeers

Actor Military Cabinet Officer
Laughing at Life

Actor Colonel Brownlee
Strawberry Roan

Actor Sheriff Joe Thompson
Fargo Express

Actor John Mulford
Gordon of Ghost City

Actor Thomas Edmonds
The Phantom of the Air

Actor Prof. Thompson
Perils of Pauline

Actor Dave Moran
Clancy of the Mounted