William Desmond
Known for: Acting
Born: January 23, 1878
Died: November 3, 1949
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
Captain of His Soul
1918
The Policeman and the Baby
1921
Master of His Home
1917
The Broken Coin
1936
Straight Through
1925
The Burning Trail
1925
The Meddler
1925
The Strings of Steel
1926
Perils of the Yukon
1922
Paws of the Bear
1917
Shadows of the North
1923
Society for Sale
1918
The Last of the Ingrams
1917
Fightin' Mad
1921
McGuire of the Mounted
1923
The Iced Bullet
1917
Ridin' Pretty
1925
A Sage Brush Hamlet
1919
The Mystery Rider
1928
The Sunset Trail
1924
The Marriage Bubble
1918
The Breathless Moment
1924
Women Men Love
1921
Flying Colors
1917
The Ace of Spades
1925
The Measure of a Man
1924
Bare-Fisted Gallagher
1919
Bullets and Brown Eyes
1916
Red Clay
1925
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
Big Timber
1924
Beasts of Paradise
1923
The Blue Bandanna
1919
An Honest Man
1918
The Pretender
1918
The Return of the Riddle Rider
1927
The Riddle Rider
1924
Whitewashed Walls
1919
Duped
1925
The Parish Priest
1921
Her Code of Honor
1919
No Children
1929
The Phantom of the West
1930
Outwitted
1925
A Gamble in Souls
1916
Kilmeny
1915
The Criminal
1916
The Vanishing Legion
1931
The Rawhide Terror
1934
Battling with Buffalo Bill
1931
Barriers of the Law
1925
Peggy
1916
The Dawn Maker
1916
The Majesty of the Law
1915
Clancy of the Mounted
1933
Wild Waters
1935
The Last Frontier
1932
Crack-Up
1934
I Can't Escape
1934
Heroes of the West
1932
The Phantom of the Air
1933
Oklahoma Jim
1931
Twin Beds
1920
The Sign of the Cross
1904
Courage of the North
1935
Fargo Express
1933
Border Guns
1934
Gordon of Ghost City
1933
Timber Terrors
1935
The Child Thou Gavest Me
1921
The Way of the West
1934
Married in Name Only
1917
Hell-Bent for Frisco
1931
First Aid
1931
The Return of the Durango Kid
1945
The Vanishing Shadow
1934
Born to Battle
1935
Pirate Treasure
1934
Strawberry Roan
1933
No Defense
1929
Jungle Mystery
1932
The Devil's Trademark
1928
The Rustler's Roundup
1933
When Lightning Strikes
1934
Song of the Gringo
1936
The Extra Girl
1923
Frontier Days
1934
The Cowboy and the Bandit
1935
Headin' for the Rio Grande
1936
A Scarlet Week-End
1932
Rustlers of Red Dog
1935
Savage Fury
1956
The Roaring West
1935
Perils of Pauline
1933
The Call of the Savage
1935
The Red Rider
1934
Peer Gynt
1915
The Vigilantes Are Coming
1936
Winners of the West
1940
Hello, 'Frisco
1924
Cyclone of the Saddle
1935
Night Life in Hollywood
1922
The Three Musketeers
1933
The Ghost Rider
1935
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
1941
Desert Command
1946
Down Rio Grande Way
1942
The Silver Bullet
1942
The Lone Star Trail
1943
Cheyenne Roundup
1943
The Lightning Warrior
1931
Song of the Saddle
1936
Powdersmoke Range
1935
Hi, Beautiful
1944
The Mummy's Ghost
1944
Social Error
1935
Tim Tyler's Luck
1937
Thunder Mountain
1947
Treachery Rides the Range
1936
Code of the West
1947
Strange Confession
1945
Laughing at Life
1933
The Naughty Nineties
1945
The Boys from Syracuse
1940
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery
1935
Where Did You Get That Girl?
1941
Tall in the Saddle
1944
Frisco Kid
1935
Naughty Marietta
1935
The Climax
1944
Overland Mail
1942
Mr. Broadway
1933
Custer's Last Stand
1936
Junior G-Men
1940
Flash Gordon
1936
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936
Trail Street
1947
Phantom of the Opera
1943
Phantom Lady
1944
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
The Egg and I
1947
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943