William Desmond
Acting
🎂 1878-01-23
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.
Cast credits(127)
Gendarme Chief (uncredited)
1935
Stagehand (uncredited)
1943
Museum Tourist (uncredited)
1944
Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)
1947
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1944
Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
1944
Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)
1943
Townsman (uncredited)
1947
Irish Cop (uncredited)
1940
Capt. Jim Carson
1934
Military Cabinet Officer
1933
Rex Brandon
1925
John Brownell
1935
Street Ambusher (uncredited)
1945
Settler (uncredited)
1947
Peanut Vendor (uncredited)
1945
Tourist
1941
Capt. Boncour
1933
Williams - Banker
1942
MacDonald
1934
Dock Official
1937
Horace
1918
Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
1936
Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)
1935
John Mulford
1933
Prince Carl
1916
Townsman (uncredited)
1931
Ned Brown
1926
Citizen
1940
Capt. Boncour
1946
Paddy O'Hara
1917
Pete
1943
Sheriff Pete
1935
Jim Parker
1935
Passenger (uncredited)
1944
Showboat Customer (uncredited)
1945
Foreman Burke
1935
The Parson
1915
Anderson, Vigilante Member
1936
Bud McGraw
1921
Allen
1956
1936
Happy - Bartender
1935
Sheriff Barnes
1934
Marshal Jack Stevens
1934
William Desmond
1924
Policeman
1935
Townsman
1942
Sheriff Campbell
1934
Lacy
1931
Sky Parker
1925
Martin Blair
1930
Bartender Mike
1943
Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)
1936
Wagon Master
1936
Sheriff Joe Thompson
1933
Townsman
1942
'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)
1934
Bill Brine
1940
Jack Blaisdel
1925
Guard
1935
Allen
1935
Wagon Master
1935
Happy Hobo
1924
Gene Travis
1935
San Dimas Sheriff Holden
1933
Himself
1923
Himself - Actor
1923
Self
1929
Bailiff
1936
Dan Harvey
1925
Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]
1935
Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider
1928
Tom Blake
1934
Rev. Donald Bruce
1916
Tim
1936
Bill
1936
Jules Ingram
1917
Smiling Bill Flannigan
1925
Royce Horter
1935
Milesburg Sheriff
1931
1917
Good Deed O'Day
1925
Eugene La Salle
1919
Thomas Edmonds
1933
Captain of the 'Viking'
1936
Police Chief
1934
John Blaine
1932
Bob Meredith
1915
Dan Burke
1919
Richard Gilmore
1925
Parole Officer Donovan
1934
1st Suitor (archive footage)
1933
Dr. Jim Wilson
1934
Tom Marshall
1921
Sheriff Manning
1935
Prof. Thompson
1933
Brent Brewster
1917
John Mills
1931
John Maude
1919
Bartender
1941
Larry Lang
1919
Bob McGuire
1923
Carson Stewart
1917
Self
1922
David Hunter
1921
General Custer
1932
Bruce Smithson
1916
Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider
1928
Honorable Billy
1918
Dave Moran
1933
Billy Carson
1924
Jackson Morgan Kent
1915
Colonel Brownlee
1933
John Harper
1929
The Actor
1918
Ben 'Wolf' Darby
1923
The Author / Horace Lee
1917
Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr.
1922
John Fairmeadow
1924
The Policeman
1921
1916
1932
Ray Bourke
1917
Garry Garrity
1917
Chief John Nisheto
1925
'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher
1919