People
William Desmond
- Name: William Desmond
- Birthday: 1878-01-23
- Also known as: William Mannion,The King of the Silent Serials,Bill Desmond
- Place of birth: Horseheads, New York, USA
- Popularity: 0.3878
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.
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Savage Fury as Allen | 1956-01-01 |
| Thunder Mountain as Townsman (uncredited) | 1947-06-01 |
| The Egg and I as Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited) | 1947-05-01 |
| Code of the West as Settler (uncredited) | 1947-02-20 |
| Trail Street as Townsman (uncredited) | 1947-02-19 |
| Desert Command as Capt. Boncour | 1946-05-31 |
| Strange Confession as Peanut Vendor (uncredited) | 1945-10-05 |
| The Naughty Nineties as Showboat Customer (uncredited) | 1945-06-20 |
| The Return of the Durango Kid as Street Ambusher (uncredited) | 1945-04-19 |
| Hi, Beautiful as Passenger (uncredited) | 1944-12-18 |
| The Climax as Backstage Technician (Uncredited) | 1944-10-20 |
| Tall in the Saddle as Townsman (uncredited) | 1944-09-29 |
| The Mummy's Ghost as Museum Tourist (uncredited) | 1944-06-30 |
| Phantom Lady as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) | 1944-01-28 |
| Thank Your Lucky Stars as Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited) | 1943-09-25 |
| Phantom of the Opera as Stagehand (uncredited) | 1943-08-12 |
| The Lone Star Trail as Bartender Mike | 1943-08-06 |
| Cheyenne Roundup as Pete | 1943-04-12 |
| Overland Mail as Williams - Banker | 1942-09-22 |
| The Silver Bullet as Townsman | 1942-08-05 |
| Down Rio Grande Way as Townsman | 1942-04-23 |
| Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie as Bartender | 1941-03-21 |
| Where Did You Get That Girl? as Tourist | 1941-01-03 |
| Junior G-Men as Irish Cop (uncredited) | 1940-11-01 |
| The Boys from Syracuse as Citizen | 1940-07-30 |
| Winners of the West as Bill Brine | 1940-07-02 |
| Tim Tyler's Luck as Dock Official | 1937-12-27 |
| Headin' for the Rio Grande as Mr. Mack (cattle buyer) | 1936-12-20 |
| Song of the Gringo as Bailiff | 1936-11-22 |
| The Vigilantes Are Coming as Anderson, Vigilante Member | 1936-08-21 |
| Hollywood Boulevard as Pago Pago Patron (uncredited) | 1936-08-20 |
| Treachery Rides the Range as Bill | 1936-05-02 |
| Flash Gordon as Hawkman Lookout Captain | 1936-04-06 |
| Song of the Saddle as Tim | 1936-02-28 |
| The Adventures of Frank Merriwell as Captain of the 'Viking' | 1936-01-13 |
| The Broken Coin | 1936-01-10 |
| Custer's Last Stand as Wagon Master | 1936-01-02 |
| Frisco Kid as Vigilante Hangman (uncredited) | 1935-11-30 |
| Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery as Foreman Burke | 1935-10-20 |
| Powdersmoke Range as Happy - Bartender | 1935-09-27 |
| Courage of the North as Gene Travis | 1935-09-01 |
| The Roaring West as Jim Parker | 1935-07-08 |
| Social Error as Policeman | 1935-04-30 |
| The Call of the Savage as Allen | 1935-04-14 |
| The Ghost Rider as Guard | 1935-04-07 |
| Cyclone of the Saddle as Wagon Master | 1935-04-03 |
| The Cowboy and the Bandit as Sheriff Pete | 1935-04-02 |
| Born to Battle as John Brownell | 1935-04-01 |
| Naughty Marietta as Gendarme Chief (uncredited) | 1935-03-29 |
| Wild Waters as Sheriff Manning | 1935-03-03 |
| Rustlers of Red Dog as Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12] | 1935-01-01 |
| Timber Terrors as Royce Horter | 1935-01-01 |
| When Lightning Strikes as Marshal Jack Stevens | 1934-12-18 |
| Frontier Days as Sheriff Barnes | 1934-11-14 |
| The Way of the West as 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond) | 1934-10-14 |
| The Red Rider as Sheriff Campbell | 1934-07-16 |
| I Can't Escape as Parole Officer Donovan | 1934-07-04 |
| Crack-Up as Police Chief | 1934-06-02 |
| The Vanishing Shadow as MacDonald | 1934-04-22 |
| The Rawhide Terror as Tom Blake | 1934-03-19 |
| Border Guns as Dr. Jim Wilson | 1934-02-01 |
| Pirate Treasure as Capt. Jim Carson | 1934-01-29 |
| Fargo Express as Sheriff Joe Thompson | 1933-11-20 |
| Perils of Pauline as Prof. Thompson | 1933-11-05 |
| Strawberry Roan as Colonel Brownlee | 1933-10-26 |
| Mr. Broadway as 1st Suitor (archive footage) | 1933-09-12 |
| Gordon of Ghost City as John Mulford | 1933-08-13 |
| Laughing at Life as Military Cabinet Officer | 1933-07-12 |
| The Phantom of the Air as Thomas Edmonds | 1933-05-21 |
| The Three Musketeers as Capt. Boncour | 1933-04-07 |
| The Rustler's Roundup as San Dimas Sheriff Holden | 1933-03-16 |
| Clancy of the Mounted as Dave Moran | 1933-02-27 |
| A Scarlet Week-End | 1932-11-30 |
| Jungle Mystery as John Morgan | 1932-09-12 |
| The Last Frontier as General Custer | 1932-09-04 |
| Heroes of the West as John Blaine | 1932-06-19 |
| Battling with Buffalo Bill as John Mills | 1931-11-22 |
| The Lightning Warrior as Townsman (uncredited) | 1931-11-01 |
| Oklahoma Jim as Lacy | 1931-10-10 |
| The Vanishing Legion as Milesburg Sheriff | 1931-06-01 |
| The Phantom of the West as Martin Blair | 1930-11-10 |
| No Defense as John Harper | 1929-04-05 |
| No Children as Self | 1929-03-10 |
| The Mystery Rider as Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider | 1928-11-25 |
| The Devil's Trademark as Morgan Gray | 1928-04-07 |
| The Vanishing Rider as Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider | 1928-01-16 |
| The Return of the Riddle Rider as Randolph Parker / The Riddle Rider | 1927-03-28 |
| The Strings of Steel as Ned Brown | 1926-06-28 |
| The Ace of Spades as Dan Harvey | 1925-10-19 |
| The Meddler as Richard Gilmore | 1925-06-28 |
| The Burning Trail as Smiling Bill Flannigan | 1925-05-10 |
| Red Clay as Chief John Nisheto | 1925-05-01 |
| Straight Through as Good Deed O'Day | 1925-04-05 |
| Barriers of the Law as Rex Brandon | 1925-03-26 |
| Ridin' Pretty as Sky Parker | 1925-02-22 |
| Outwitted as Jack Blaisdel | 1925-01-01 |
| The Riddle Rider as Randolph Parker / The Riddle Rider | 1924-11-23 |
| The Sunset Trail as Happy Hobo | 1924-11-02 |
| The Measure of a Man as John Fairmeadow | 1924-10-14 |
| Hello, 'Frisco as William Desmond | 1924-09-28 |
| Big Timber as Walter Sandry | 1924-09-07 |
| The Breathless Moment as Billy Carson | 1924-02-03 |
| The Extra Girl as Himself | 1923-10-28 |
| The Extra Girl as Himself - Actor | 1923-10-28 |
| Beasts of Paradise as Phil Grant | 1923-10-03 |
| Shadows of the North as Ben 'Wolf' Darby | 1923-08-27 |
| McGuire of the Mounted as Bob McGuire | 1923-07-08 |
| The Phantom Fortune as Larry Barclay | 1923-03-19 |
| Around the World in 18 Days as Phineas Fogg III | 1923-01-01 |
| Night Life in Hollywood as Self | 1922-11-15 |
| Perils of the Yukon as Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr. | 1922-07-24 |
| Fightin' Mad as Bud McGraw | 1921-11-20 |
| The Policeman and the Baby as The Policeman | 1921-09-04 |
| The Child Thou Gavest Me as Tom Marshall | 1921-08-20 |
| Women Men Love as David Hunter | 1921-01-09 |
| Twin Beds as Harry Hawkins | 1920-10-31 |
| The Prince and Betty as John Maude | 1919-12-21 |
| The Blue Bandanna as Jerry Jerome | 1919-11-17 |
| A Sage Brush Hamlet as Larry Lang | 1919-08-03 |
| Bare-Fisted Gallagher as 'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher | 1919-06-22 |
| The Mints of Hell as Dan Burke | 1919-05-05 |
| Whitewashed Walls as Larry Donovan | 1919-04-14 |
| Her Code of Honor as Eugene La Salle | 1919-04-06 |
| Life's a Funny Proposition as Jimmie Pendleton | 1919-01-12 |
| The Pretender as Bob Baldwin | 1918-10-13 |
| An Honest Man as Benny Boggs | 1918-05-05 |
| Society for Sale as Honorable Billy | 1918-04-21 |
| The Marriage Bubble as The Actor | 1918-03-31 |
| Captain of His Soul as Horace | 1918-02-10 |
| The Sudden Gentleman as Garry Garrity | 1917-12-02 |
| Married in Name Only | 1917-10-01 |
| Flying Colors as Brent Brewster | 1917-09-23 |
| Master of His Home as Carson Stewart | 1917-08-12 |
| Paws of the Bear as Ray Bourke | 1917-06-17 |
| Paddy O'Hara as Paddy O'Hara | 1917-04-15 |
| The Last of the Ingrams as Jules Ingram | 1917-02-25 |
| The Iced Bullet as The Author / Horace Lee | 1917-01-21 |
| A Gamble in Souls | 1916-12-09 |
| The Criminal as Donald White | 1916-12-02 |
| The Dawn Maker as Bruce Smithson | 1916-09-23 |
| Bullets and Brown Eyes as Prince Carl | 1916-03-12 |
| Peggy as Rev. Donald Bruce | 1916-01-02 |
| Peer Gynt as The Parson | 1915-09-15 |
| The Majesty of the Law as Jackson Morgan Kent | 1915-08-26 |
| Kilmeny as Bob Meredith | 1915-07-22 |
| The Sign of the Cross | 1904-10-22 |
