William Desmond

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.

Birthday

Jan 23, 1878

Place of birth

Horseheads, New York, USA

Deathday

Nov 3, 1949

Also known as

William Mannion
The King of the Silent Serials
Bill Desmond

Credited in

As cast

The Prince and Betty
As John Maude
The Vanishing Rider
As Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider
Peer Gynt
As The Parson
Captain of His Soul
No picture available
As Horace
The Rustler's Roundup
As San Dimas Sheriff Holden
When Lightning Strikes
As Marshal Jack Stevens
Phantom of the Opera
As Stagehand (uncredited)
The Mummy's Ghost
As Museum Tourist (uncredited)
The Policeman and the Baby
As The Policeman
Master of His Home
As Carson Stewart
The Return of the Durango Kid
As Street Ambusher (uncredited)
Mr. Broadway
As 1st Suitor (archive footage)
The Lightning Warrior
As Townsman (uncredited)
Song of the Gringo
As Bailiff
Phantom Lady
As Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Wild Waters
No picture available
As Sheriff Manning
The Extra Girl
As Himself
The Last Frontier
As General Custer
Crack-Up
No picture available
As Police Chief
The Broken Coin
No picture available
As
Frisco Kid
As Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)
The Vanishing Legion
As Milesburg Sheriff
The Vanishing Shadow
As MacDonald
Desert Command
As Capt. Boncour
The Burning Trail
As Smiling Bill Flannigan
Straight Through
As Good Deed O'Day
The Meddler
As Richard Gilmore
Born to Battle
As John Brownell
I Can't Escape
As Parole Officer Donovan
The Vigilantes Are Coming
As Anderson, Vigilante Member
Pirate Treasure
As Capt. Jim Carson
The Strings of Steel
As Ned Brown
Courage of the North
As Gene Travis
The Three Musketeers
As Capt. Boncour
Winners of the West
As Bill Brine
Her Code of Honor
As Eugene La Salle
Frontier Days
As Sheriff Barnes
The Rawhide Terror
As Tom Blake
Laughing at Life
As Military Cabinet Officer
Perils of the Yukon
As Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr.
Strawberry Roan
As Colonel Brownlee
Fargo Express
As Sheriff Joe Thompson
Paws of the Bear
No picture available
As Ray Bourke
Border Guns
As Dr. Jim Wilson
No Children
As Self
Shadows of the North
As Ben 'Wolf' Darby
Battling with Buffalo Bill
As John Mills
The Extra Girl
As Himself - Actor
The Cowboy and the Bandit
As Sheriff Pete
Custer's Last Stand
As Wagon Master
Cyclone of the Saddle
As Wagon Master
Treachery Rides the Range
As Bill
Heroes of the West
As John Blaine
Gordon of Ghost City
As John Mulford
The Call of the Savage
As Allen
Headin' for the Rio Grande
As Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)
A Scarlet Week-End
As
The Ghost Rider
As Guard
Social Error
As Policeman
Hollywood Boulevard
As Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
Code of the West
As Settler (uncredited)
The Red Rider
As Sheriff Campbell
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
As Captain of the 'Viking'
Timber Terrors
No picture available
As Royce Horter
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
As Bartender
Song of the Saddle
As Tim
The Boys from Syracuse
As Citizen
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery
As Foreman Burke
Junior G-Men
As Irish Cop (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
As Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)
Tim Tyler's Luck
As Dock Official
The Phantom of the Air
As Thomas Edmonds
The Phantom of the West
As Martin Blair
Fightin' Mad
As Bud McGraw
Society for Sale
As Honorable Billy
The Last of the Ingrams
No picture available
As Jules Ingram
Down Rio Grande Way
As Townsman
The Silver Bullet
As Townsman
Overland Mail
As Williams - Banker
Rustlers of Red Dog
As Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]
The Lone Star Trail
As Bartender Mike
Cheyenne Roundup
As Pete
No Defense
As John Harper
McGuire of the Mounted
As Bob McGuire
The Iced Bullet
As The Author / Horace Lee
The Child Thou Gavest Me
As Tom Marshall
Hello, 'Frisco
No picture available
As William Desmond
Savage Fury
As Allen
Powdersmoke Range
As Happy - Bartender
Where Did You Get That Girl?
As Tourist
Outwitted
As Jack Blaisdel
Ridin' Pretty
As Sky Parker
Barriers of the Law
As Rex Brandon
A Sage Brush Hamlet
As Larry Lang
A Gamble in Souls
As
The Naughty Nineties
As Showboat Customer (uncredited)
The Mystery Rider
As Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider
Peggy
As Rev. Donald Bruce
The Way of the West
As 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)
Kilmeny
As Bob Meredith
The Dawn Maker
As Bruce Smithson
Naughty Marietta
As Gendarme Chief (uncredited)
The Sunset Trail
As Happy Hobo
The Majesty of the Law
As Jackson Morgan Kent
The Climax
As Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
The Roaring West
As Jim Parker
Night Life in Hollywood
As Self
Strange Confession
As Peanut Vendor (uncredited)
Perils of Pauline
As Prof. Thompson
The Egg and I
As Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)
Oklahoma Jim
As Lacy
Thunder Mountain
As Townsman (uncredited)
The Marriage Bubble
No picture available
As The Actor
The Breathless Moment
As Billy Carson
Women Men Love
As David Hunter
Clancy of the Mounted
As Dave Moran
Flying Colors
As Brent Brewster
Married in Name Only
As
The Ace of Spades
As Dan Harvey
The Measure of a Man
As John Fairmeadow
Bare-Fisted Gallagher
As 'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher
Bullets and Brown Eyes
No picture available
As Prince Carl
Red Clay
No picture available
As Chief John Nisheto
Hi, Beautiful
As Passenger (uncredited)
The Mints of Hell
As Dan Burke
The Sudden Gentleman
As Garry Garrity
Paddy O'Hara
As Paddy O'Hara
Life's a Funny Proposition
As Jimmie Pendleton
The Phantom Fortune
As Larry Barclay
Around the World in 18 Days
As Phineas Fogg III
Flash Gordon
As Hawkman Lookout Captain
Big Timber
As Walter Sandry
Tall in the Saddle
As Townsman (uncredited)
Trail Street
As Townsman (uncredited)
Jungle Mystery
As John Morgan
Beasts of Paradise
As Phil Grant
The Blue Bandanna
As Jerry Jerome
Twin Beds
As Harry Hawkins
The Criminal
As Donald White
An Honest Man
No picture available
As Benny Boggs