Personal Info
Known Credits
120
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1878-01-23 (147 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Horseheads, New York, USA
Also Known For
William MannionThe King of the Silent SerialsBill Desmond
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. ...
Acting
1956 --
Savage Fury
| Allen (archive footage)
1947 --
Thunder Mountain
| Townsman (uncredited)
1947 --
The Egg and I
| Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)
1947 --
Code of the West
| Settler (uncredited)
1946 --
Desert Command
| Capt. Boncour
1945 --
Strange Confession
| Peanut Vendor (uncredited)
1945 --
The Naughty Nineties
| Showboat Customer (uncredited)
1945 --
The Return of the Durango Kid
| Street Ambusher (uncredited)
1944 --
The Climax
| Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
1944 --
The Mummy's Ghost
| Museum Tourist (uncredited)
1944 --
Phantom Lady
| Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1943 --
Thank Your Lucky Stars
| Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)
1943 --
Phantom of the Opera
| Stagehand (uncredited)
1943 --
The Lone Star Trail
| Bartender Mike
1943 --
Cheyenne Roundup
| Pete
1942 --
Overland Mail
| Williams - Banker
1942 --
The Silver Bullet
| Townsman
1942 --
Down Rio Grande Way
| Townsman
1941 --
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
| Bartender
1941 --
Where Did You Get That Girl?
| Tourist
1940 --
Junior G-Men
| Irish Cop (uncredited)
1940 --
The Boys from Syracuse
| Citizen
1940 --
Winners of the West
| Bill Brine
1937 --
Tim Tyler's Luck
| Dock Official
1936 --
Song of the Gringo
| Bailiff
1936 --
The Vigilantes Are Coming
| Anderson, Vigilante Member
1936 --
Hollywood Boulevard
| Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
1936 --
Treachery Rides the Range
| Bill
1936 --
Song of the Saddle
| Tim
1936 --
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
| Captain of the 'Viking'
1936 --
The Broken Coin
|
1936 --
Custer's Last Stand
| Wagon Master
1936 --
Headin' for the Rio Grande
| Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)
1935 --
Frisco Kid
| Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)
1935 --
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery
| Foreman Burke
1935 --
Powdersmoke Range
| Happy - Bartender
1935 --
Courage of the North
| Gene Travis
1935 --
The Roaring West
| Jim Parker
1935 --
Social Error
| Policeman
1935 --
The Call of the Savage
| Allen
1935 --
The Ghost Rider
| Guard
1935 --
Cyclone of the Saddle
| Wagon Master
1935 --
The Cowboy and the Bandit
| Sheriff Pete
1935 --
Born to Battle
| John Brownell
1935 --
Naughty Marietta
| Gendarme Chief (uncredited)
1935 --
Wild Waters
| Sheriff Manning
1935 --
Rustlers of Red Dog
| Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]
1935 --
Timber Terrors
| Royce Horter
1934 --
When Lightning Strikes
| Marshal Jack Stevens
1934 --
Frontier Days
| Sheriff Barnes
1934 --
The Way of the West
| 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)
1934 --
The Red Rider
| Sheriff Campbell
1934 --
I Can't Escape
| Parole Officer Donovan
1934 --
Crack-Up
| Police Chief
1934 --
The Vanishing Shadow
| MacDonald
1934 --
The Rawhide Terror
| Tom Blake
1934 --
Border Guns
| Dr. Jim Wilson
1934 --
Pirate Treasure
| Capt. Jim Carson
1933 --
Fargo Express
| Sheriff Joe Thompson
1933 --
Perils of Pauline
| Prof. Thompson
1933 --
Strawberry Roan
| Colonel Brownlee
1933 --
Mr. Broadway
| 1st Suitor (archive footage)
1933 --
Gordon of Ghost City
| John Mulford
1933 --
Laughing at Life
| Military Cabinet Officer
1933 --
The Phantom of the Air
| Thomas Edmonds
1933 --
The Three Musketeers
| Capt. Boncour
1933 --
The Rustler's Roundup
| San Dimas Sheriff Holden
1933 --
Clancy of the Mounted
| Dave Moran
1932 --
A Scarlet Week-End
|
1932 --
The Last Frontier
| General Custer
1932 --
Heroes of the West
| John Blaine
1931 --
Battling with Buffalo Bill
| John Mills
1931 --
The Lightning Warrior
| Townsman (uncredited)
1931 --
Oklahoma Jim
| Lacy
1931 --
The Vanishing Legion
| Milesburg Sheriff
1930 --
The Phantom of the West
| Martin Blair
1929 --
No Defense
| John Harper
1929 --
No Children
| Self
1928 --
The Mystery Rider
| Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider
1928 --
The Vanishing Rider
| Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider
1926 --
The Strings of Steel
| Ned Brown
1925 --
The Ace of Spades
| Dan Harvey
1925 --
The Meddler
| Richard Gilmore
1925 --
The Burning Trail
| Smiling Bill Flannigan
1925 --
Straight Through
| Good Deed O'Day
1925 --
Barriers of the Law
| Rex Brandon
1925 --
Ridin' Pretty
| Sky Parker
1925 --
Outwitted
| Jack Blaisdel
1924 --
The Sunset Trail
| Happy Hobo
1924 --
The Measure of a Man
| John Fairmeadow
1924 --
Hello, 'Frisco
| William Desmond
1924 --
The Breathless Moment
| Billy Carson
1923 --
The Extra Girl
| Himself - Actor
1923 --
The Extra Girl
| Himself
1923 --
Shadows of the North
| Ben 'Wolf' Darby
1923 --
McGuire of the Mounted
| Bob McGuire
1922 --
Night Life in Hollywood
| Self
1922 --
Perils of the Yukon
| Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr.
1921 --
Fightin' Mad
| Bud McGraw
1921 --
The Policeman and the Baby
| The Policeman
1921 --
The Child Thou Gavest Me
| Tom Marshall
1921 --
Women Men Love
| David Hunter
1919 --
The Prince and Betty
| John Maude
1919 --
A Sage Brush Hamlet
| Larry Lang
1919 --
Her Code of Honor
| Eugene La Salle
1918 --
Society for Sale
| Honorable Billy
1918 --
The Marriage Bubble
| The Actor
1918 --
Captain of His Soul
| Horace
1917 --
Married in Name Only
|
1917 --
Flying Colors
| Brent Brewster
1917 --
Master of His Home
| Carson Stewart
1917 --
Paws of the Bear
| Ray Bourke
1917 --
The Last of the Ingrams
| Jules Ingram
1917 --
The Iced Bullet
| The Author / Horace Lee
1916 --
A Gamble in Souls
|
1916 --
The Dawn Maker
| Bruce Smithson
1916 --
Peggy
| Rev. Donald Bruce
1915 --
Peer Gynt
| The Parson
1915 --
The Majesty of the Law
| Jackson Morgan Kent
1915 --
Kilmeny
| Bob Meredith