William Desmond
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.
As actor 150
Phantom of the Opera
1943
Whitewashed Walls
1919
No Defense
1929
The Naughty Nineties
1945
Tall in the Saddle
1944
The Egg and I
1947
No Children
1929
Frontier Days
1934
Naughty Marietta
1935
The Criminal
1916
Hello, 'Frisco
1924
The Pretender
1918
Phantom Lady
1944
Flash Gordon
1936
Duped
1925
Twin Beds
1920
Crack-Up
1934
Trail Street
1947
The Climax
1944
Peer Gynt
1915
Timber Terrors
1935
The Mummy's Ghost
1944
First Aid
1931
Outwitted
1925
Code of the West
1947
Straight Through
1925
Savage Fury
1956
Winners of the West
1940
Frisco Kid
1935
The Policeman and the Baby
1921
Women Men Love
1921
Headin' for the Rio Grande
1936
Song of the Gringo
1936
The Extra Girl
1923
The Meddler
1925
Laughing at Life
1933
Her Code of Honor
1919
Beasts of Paradise
1923
The Call of the Savage
1935
Treachery Rides the Range
1936
The Devil's Trademark
1928
I Can't Escape
1934
Custer's Last Stand
1936
Song of the Saddle
1936
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
The Red Rider
1934
The Riddle Rider
1924
Perils of Pauline
1933
Night Life in Hollywood
1922
The Vanishing Shadow
1934
The Vanishing Legion
1931
Married in Name Only
1917
The Return of the Riddle Rider
1927
Thunder Mountain
1947
Mr. Broadway
1933
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
Where Did You Get That Girl?
1941
Desert Command
1946
The Phantom of the West
1930
Paddy O'Hara
1917
The Cowboy and the Bandit
1935
Cyclone of the Saddle
1935
Perils of the Yukon
1922
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery
1935
The Three Musketeers
1933
Heroes of the West
1932
The Phantom Fortune
1923
The Vigilantes Are Coming
1936
Junior G-Men
1940
A Sage Brush Hamlet
1919
The Sunset Trail
1924
The Ace of Spades
1925
Ridin' Pretty
1925
Overland Mail
1942
The Phantom of the Air
1933
The Rawhide Terror
1934
The Rustler's Roundup
1933
Powdersmoke Range
1935
The Boys from Syracuse
1940
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936
The Parish Priest
1921
Tim Tyler's Luck
1937
Shadows of the North
1923
Captain of His Soul
1918
Down Rio Grande Way
1942
The Strings of Steel
1926
The Mints of Hell
1919
Society for Sale
1918
The Sign of the Cross
1904
Rustlers of Red Dog
1935
The Ghost Rider
1935
Oklahoma Jim
1931
Red Clay
1925
Kilmeny
1915
When Lightning Strikes
1934
The Broken Coin
1936
The Lone Star Trail
1943
Strange Confession
1945
Strawberry Roan
1933
Bullets and Brown Eyes
1916
The Vanishing Rider
1928
Born to Battle
1935
The Last Frontier
1932
Clancy of the Mounted
1933
The Last of the Ingrams
1917
Battling with Buffalo Bill
1931
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
1941
The Blue Bandanna
1919
Fightin' Mad
1921
Hi, Beautiful
1944
The Burning Trail
1925
McGuire of the Mounted
1923
Courage of the North
1935
Border Guns
1934
Pirate Treasure
1934
Paws of the Bear
1917
Gordon of Ghost City
1933
The Lightning Warrior
1931
Hell-Bent for Frisco
1931
The Iced Bullet
1917
Jungle Mystery
1932
Fargo Express
1933
Flying Colors
1917
An Honest Man
1918
The Dawn Maker
1916
Bare-Fisted Gallagher
1919
Cheyenne Roundup
1943
The Silver Bullet
1942
Time Locks and Diamonds
1917
The Return of the Durango Kid
1945
The Prince and Betty
1919
The Majesty of the Law
1915
The Breathless Moment
1924
A Scarlet Week-End
1932
The Child Thou Gavest Me
1921
The Measure of a Man
1924
The Mystery Rider
1928
The Way of the West
1934
The Roaring West
1935
Barriers of the Law
1925
Around the World in 18 Days
1923
Big Timber
1924
The Marriage Bubble
1918
Peggy
1916
Life's a Funny Proposition
1919
Social Error
1935
The Sudden Gentleman
1917
Wild Waters
1935
Master of His Home
1917
A Gamble in Souls
1916