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