William Desmond

Known for Acting

William Desmond's portrait

Details

Birthday: January 23, 1878

Deathday: November 03, 1949

Place of birth: Horseheads, New York, USA

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.

Actor

1956

Savage Fury

1947

Code of the West

1947

The Egg and I

1947

Thunder Mountain

1947

Trail Street

1946

Desert Command

1945

The Return of the Durango Kid

1945

The Naughty Nineties

1945

Strange Confession

1944

The Mummy's Ghost

1944

Phantom Lady

1944

The Climax

1944

Hi, Beautiful

1944

Tall in the Saddle

1943

Phantom of the Opera

1943

Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943

The Lone Star Trail

1943

Cheyenne Roundup

1942

Down Rio Grande Way

1942

The Silver Bullet

1942

Overland Mail

1941

Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie

1941

Where Did You Get That Girl?

1940

Winners of the West

1940

The Boys from Syracuse

1940

Junior G-Men

1937

Tim Tyler's Luck

1936

Song of the Gringo

1936

The Broken Coin

1936

The Vigilantes Are Coming

1936

Custer's Last Stand

1936

Treachery Rides the Range

1936

Headin' for the Rio Grande

1936

Hollywood Boulevard

1936

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

1936

Song of the Saddle

1936

Flash Gordon

1935

Wild Waters

1935

Frisco Kid

1935

Born to Battle

1935

Courage of the North

1935

The Cowboy and the Bandit

1935

Cyclone of the Saddle

1935

The Call of the Savage

1935

The Ghost Rider

1935

Social Error

1935

Timber Terrors

1935

Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery

1935

Rustlers of Red Dog

1935

Powdersmoke Range

1935

Naughty Marietta

1935

The Roaring West

1934

When Lightning Strikes

1934

Crack-Up

1934

The Vanishing Shadow

1934

I Can't Escape

1934

Pirate Treasure

1934

Frontier Days

1934

The Rawhide Terror

1934

Border Guns

1934

The Red Rider

1934

The Way of the West

1933

The Rustler's Roundup

1933

Mr. Broadway

1933

The Three Musketeers

1933

Laughing at Life

1933

Strawberry Roan

1933

Fargo Express

1933

Gordon of Ghost City

1933

The Phantom of the Air

1933

Perils of Pauline

1933

Clancy of the Mounted

1932

The Last Frontier

1932

Heroes of the West

1932

A Scarlet Week-End

1932

Jungle Mystery

1931

The Lightning Warrior

1931

The Vanishing Legion

1931

Battling with Buffalo Bill

1931

Oklahoma Jim

1931

Hell-Bent for Frisco

1931

First Aid

1930

The Phantom of the West

1929

No Children

1929

No Defense

1928

The Vanishing Rider

1928

The Mystery Rider

1928

The Devil's Trademark

1927

The Return of the Riddle Rider

1926

The Strings of Steel

1925

Straight Through

1925

The Burning Trail

1925

The Meddler

1925

Outwitted

1925

Ridin' Pretty

1925

Barriers of the Law

1925

The Ace of Spades

1925

Red Clay

1925

Duped

1924

Hello, 'Frisco

1924

The Sunset Trail

1924

The Breathless Moment

1924

The Measure of a Man

1924

Big Timber

1924

The Riddle Rider

1923

The Extra Girl

1923

Shadows of the North

1923

The Extra Girl

1923

McGuire of the Mounted

1923

The Phantom Fortune

1923

Around the World in 18 Days

1923

Beasts of Paradise

1922

Perils of the Yukon

1922

Night Life in Hollywood

1921

The Policeman and the Baby

1921

Fightin' Mad

1921

The Child Thou Gavest Me

1921

Women Men Love

1920

Twin Beds

1919

The Prince and Betty

1919

Her Code of Honor

1919

A Sage Brush Hamlet

1919

Bare-Fisted Gallagher

1919

The Mints of Hell

1919

Life's a Funny Proposition

1919

The Blue Bandanna

1919

Whitewashed Walls

1918

Captain of His Soul

1918

Society for Sale

1918

The Marriage Bubble

1918

An Honest Man

1918

The Pretender

1917

Master of His Home

1917

Paws of the Bear

1917

The Last of the Ingrams

1917

The Iced Bullet

1917

Flying Colors

1917

Married in Name Only

1917

The Sudden Gentleman

1917

Paddy O'Hara

1916

A Gamble in Souls

1916

Peggy

1916

The Dawn Maker

1916

Bullets and Brown Eyes

1916

The Criminal

1915

Peer Gynt

1915

Kilmeny

1915

The Majesty of the Law

1904

The Sign of the Cross