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.
Filmography
all 118
Movies 118
self 5
Townsman (uncredited)
Thunder Mountain (1947)
Movie
Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)
The Egg and I (1947)
Movie
Settler (uncredited)
Code of the West (1947)
Movie
Capt. Boncour
Desert Command (1946)
Movie
Peanut Vendor (uncredited)
Strange Confession (1945)
Movie
4.88
Showboat Customer (uncredited)
The Naughty Nineties (1945)
Movie
Street Ambusher (uncredited)
The Return of the Durango Kid (1945)
Movie
Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
The Climax (1944)
Movie
Museum Tourist (uncredited)
The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
Movie
5.37
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Phantom Lady (1944)
Movie
6
Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Movie
Stagehand (uncredited)
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
Movie
Bartender Mike
The Lone Star Trail (1943)
Movie
Williams - Banker
Overland Mail (1942)
Movie
Townsman
The Silver Bullet (1942)
Movie
Townsman
Down Rio Grande Way (1942)
Movie
Irish Cop (uncredited)
Junior G-Men (1940)
Movie
Bill Brine
Winners of the West (1940)
Movie
Dock Official
Tim Tyler's Luck (1937)
Movie
Anderson, Vigilante Member
The Vigilantes Are Coming (1936)
Movie
Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard (1936)
Movie
Captain of the 'Viking'
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936)
Movie
Wagon Master
Custer's Last Stand (1936)
Movie
Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)
Frisco Kid (1935)
Movie
Foreman Burke
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery (1935)
Movie
Happy - Bartender
Powdersmoke Range (1935)
Movie
Gene Travis
Courage of the North (1935)
Movie
Jim Parker
The Roaring West (1935)
Movie
Policeman
Social Error (1935)
Movie
Wagon Master
Cyclone of the Saddle (1935)
Movie
Sheriff Pete
The Cowboy and the Bandit (1935)
Movie
John Brownell
Born to Battle (1935)
Movie
Gendarme Chief (uncredited)
Naughty Marietta (1935)
Movie
6
Sheriff Manning
Wild Waters (1935)
Movie
Royce Horter
Timber Terrors (1935)
Movie
Ira Dale
Rustlers of Red Dog (1935)
Movie
Marshal Jack Stevens
When Lightning Strikes (1934)
Movie
Sheriff Barnes
Frontier Days (1934)
Movie
'Cash' Horton
The Way of the West (1934)
Movie
Sheriff Campbell
The Red Rider (1934)
Movie
Donovan - Parole Officer
I Can't Escape (1934)
Movie
Police Chief
Crack-Up (1934)
Movie
Newspaper Editor MacDonald
The Vanishing Shadow (1934)
Movie
Tom Blake - Betty's Older Brother
The Rawhide Terror (1934)
Movie
5
Dr. Jim Wilson
Border Guns (1934)
Movie
Capt. Jim Carson
Pirate Treasure (1934)
Movie
Sheriff Joe Thompson
Fargo Express (1933)
Movie
Prof. Thompson [Chs. 9-12]
Perils of Pauline (1933)
Movie
Colonel Brownlee
Strawberry Roan (1933)
Movie
1st Suitor (archive footage)
Mr. Broadway (1933)
Movie
John Mulford
Gordon of Ghost City (1933)
Movie
Military Cabinet Officer
Laughing at Life (1933)
Movie
Thomas Edmonds
The Phantom of the Air (1933)
Movie
Capt. Boncour
The Three Musketeers (1933)
Movie
San Dimas Sheriff Holden
The Rustler's Roundup (1933)
Movie
John Morgan
Jungle Mystery (1932)
Movie
General Custer (Ch. 1)
The Last Frontier (1932)
Movie
John Blaine
Heroes of the West (1932)
Movie
John Mills
Battling with Buffalo Bill (1931)
Movie
Townsman (uncredited)
The Lightning Warrior (1931)
Movie
Milesburg Sheriff
The Vanishing Legion (1931)
Movie
Martin Blair
The Phantom of the West (1930)
Movie
John Harper
No Defense (1929)
Movie
Winthrop Lane
The Mystery Rider (1928)
Movie
Jim Davis
The Vanishing Rider (1928)
Movie
Ned Brown
The Strings of Steel (1926)
Movie
Richard Gilmore
The Meddler (1925)
Movie
Smiling Bill Flannigan
The Burning Trail (1925)
Movie
Good Deed O'Day
Straight Through (1925)
Movie
Rex Brandon
Barriers of the Law (1925)
Movie
Sky Parker
Ridin' Pretty (1925)
Movie
Jack Blaisdel
Outwitted (1925)
Movie
Happy Hobo
The Sunset Trail (1924)
Movie
John Fairmeadow
The Measure of a Man (1924)
Movie
William Desmond
Hello, 'Frisco (1924)
Movie
Billy Carson
The Breathless Moment (1924)
Movie
Himself / Himself - Actor
The Extra Girl (1923)
Movie
Ben 'Wolf' Darby
Shadows of the North (1923)
Movie
Bob McGuire
McGuire of the Mounted (1923)
Movie
Phineas Fogg III
Around the World in 18 Days (1923)
Movie
Jack Merrill Sr.
Perils of the Yukon (1922)
Movie
Bud McGraw
Fightin' Mad (1921)
Movie
The Policeman
The Policeman and the Baby (1921)
Movie
Tom Marshall
The Child Thou Gavest Me (1921)
Movie
John Maude
The Prince and Betty (1919)
Movie
Larry Lang
A Sage Brush Hamlet (1919)
Movie
Eugene La Salle
Her Code of Honor (1919)
Movie
Jimmie Pendleton
Life's a Funny Proposition (1919)
Movie
Honorable Billy
Society for Sale (1918)
Movie
Horace Boyce
Captain of His Soul (1918)
Movie
Carson Stewart
Master of His Home (1917)
Movie
Ray Bourke
Paws of the Bear (1917)
Movie
Jules Ingram
The Last of the Ingrams (1917)
Movie
The Author
The Iced Bullet (1917)
Movie
Arthur Worden, Evangelist
A Gamble in Souls (1916)
Movie
Bruce Smithson
The Dawn Maker (1916)
Movie
Rev. Donald Bruce
Peggy (1916)
Movie
The Parson
Peer Gynt (1915)
Movie
Jackson Morgan Kent
The Majesty of the Law (1915)
Movie
Bob Meredith
Kilmeny (1915)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1878-01-23
Deathday1949-11-03 (71 years old)
Birth PlaceHorseheads, New York, USA
CitizenshipsRepublic of Ireland, United States of America
Also Known AsWilliam Mannion, The King of the Silent Serials, Bill Desmond
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