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