William Desmond
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
The Prince and Betty
1919
The Vanishing Rider
1928
Peer Gynt
1915
Captain of His Soul
1918
The Rustler's Roundup
1933
When Lightning Strikes
1934
Phantom of the Opera
1943
The Mummy's Ghost
1944
The Policeman and the Baby
1921
Master of His Home
1917
The Return of the Durango Kid
1945
Mr. Broadway
1933
The Lightning Warrior
1931
Song of the Gringo
1936
Phantom Lady
1944
Wild Waters
1935
The Extra Girl
1923
The Last Frontier
1932
Crack-Up
1934
The Broken Coin
1936
Frisco Kid
1935
The Vanishing Legion
1931
The Vanishing Shadow
1934
Desert Command
1946
The Burning Trail
1925
Straight Through
1925
The Meddler
1925
Born to Battle
1935
I Can't Escape
1934
The Vigilantes Are Coming
1936
Pirate Treasure
1934
The Strings of Steel
1926
Courage of the North
1935
The Three Musketeers
1933
Winners of the West
1940
Her Code of Honor
1919
Frontier Days
1934
The Rawhide Terror
1934
Laughing at Life
1933
Perils of the Yukon
1922
Strawberry Roan
1933
Fargo Express
1933
Paws of the Bear
1917
Border Guns
1934
No Children
1929
Shadows of the North
1923
Battling with Buffalo Bill
1931
The Extra Girl
1923
The Cowboy and the Bandit
1935
Custer's Last Stand
1936
Cyclone of the Saddle
1935
Treachery Rides the Range
1936
Heroes of the West
1932
Gordon of Ghost City
1933
The Call of the Savage
1935
Headin' for the Rio Grande
1936
A Scarlet Week-End
1932
The Ghost Rider
1935
Social Error
1935
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
Code of the West
1947
The Red Rider
1934
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936
Timber Terrors
1935
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
1941
Song of the Saddle
1936
The Boys from Syracuse
1940
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery
1935
Junior G-Men
1940
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
Tim Tyler's Luck
1937
The Phantom of the Air
1933
The Phantom of the West
1930
Fightin' Mad
1921
Society for Sale
1918
The Last of the Ingrams
1917
Down Rio Grande Way
1942
The Silver Bullet
1942
Overland Mail
1942
Rustlers of Red Dog
1935
The Lone Star Trail
1943
Cheyenne Roundup
1943
No Defense
1929
McGuire of the Mounted
1923
The Iced Bullet
1917
The Child Thou Gavest Me
1921
Hello, 'Frisco
1924
Savage Fury
1956
Powdersmoke Range
1935
Where Did You Get That Girl?
1941
Outwitted
1925
Ridin' Pretty
1925
Barriers of the Law
1925
A Sage Brush Hamlet
1919
A Gamble in Souls
1916
The Naughty Nineties
1945
The Mystery Rider
1928
Peggy
1916
The Way of the West
1934
Kilmeny
1915
The Dawn Maker
1916
Naughty Marietta
1935
The Sunset Trail
1924
The Majesty of the Law
1915
The Climax
1944
The Roaring West
1935
Night Life in Hollywood
1922
Strange Confession
1945
Perils of Pauline
1933
The Egg and I
1947
Oklahoma Jim
1931
Thunder Mountain
1947
The Marriage Bubble
1918
The Breathless Moment
1924
Women Men Love
1921
Clancy of the Mounted
1933
Flying Colors
1917
Married in Name Only
1917
The Ace of Spades
1925
The Measure of a Man
1924
Bare-Fisted Gallagher
1919
Bullets and Brown Eyes
1916
Red Clay
1925
Hi, Beautiful
1944
The Mints of Hell
1919
The Sudden Gentleman
1917
Paddy O'Hara
1917
Life's a Funny Proposition
1919
The Phantom Fortune
1923
Around the World in 18 Days
1923
Flash Gordon
1936
Big Timber
1924
Tall in the Saddle
1944
Trail Street
1947
Jungle Mystery
1932
Beasts of Paradise
1923
The Blue Bandanna
1919
Twin Beds
1920
The Criminal
1916
An Honest Man
1918
The Pretender
1918
The Sign of the Cross
1904
The Return of the Riddle Rider
1927
The Riddle Rider
1924
The Devil's Trademark
1928
Whitewashed Walls
1919
Hell-Bent for Frisco
1931
Duped
1925
First Aid
1931