Public Person
William Desmond
Age: 146 years
Gender: Male
Birthday: January 23, 1878
Place of birth: Horseheads, New York, USA
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 ...
Known for: Acting
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Known for
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The Prince and Betty
as John Maude
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The Vanishing Rider
as Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider
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Peer Gynt
as The Parson
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Captain of His Soul
as Horace
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The Rustler's Roundu...
as San Dimas Sheriff Holden
5.0
When Lightning Strik...
as Marshal Jack Stevens
6.0
Phantom of the Opera
as Stagehand (uncredited)
5.0
The Mummy's Ghost
as Museum Tourist (uncredited)
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The Policeman and th...
as The Policeman
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Master of His Home
as Carson Stewart
8.0
The Return of the Du...
as Street Ambusher (uncredited)
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Mr. Broadway
as 1st Suitor (archive footage)
5.0
The Lightning Warrio...
as Townsman (uncredited)
4.0
Song of the Gringo
as Bailiff
7.0
Phantom Lady
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Wild Waters
as Sheriff Manning
5.0
The Extra Girl
as Himself
6.0
The Last Frontier
as General Custer
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Crack-Up
as Police Chief
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The Broken Coin
6.0
Frisco Kid
as Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)
9.0
The Vanishing Legion
as Milesburg Sheriff
6.0
The Vanishing Shadow
as MacDonald
3.0
Desert Command
as Capt. Boncour
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Straight Through
as Good Deed O'Day
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The Burning Trail
as Smiling Bill Flannigan
2.0
The Meddler
as Richard Gilmore
1.0
Born to Battle
as John Brownell
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I Can't Escape
as Parole Officer Donovan
5.0
The Vigilantes Are C...
as Anderson, Vigilante Member
4.0
Pirate Treasure
as Capt. Jim Carson
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The Strings of Steel
as Ned Brown
0.0
Courage of the North
as Gene Travis
5.0
The Three Musketeers
as Capt. Boncour
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Winners of the West
as Bill Brine
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Her Code of Honor
as Eugene La Salle
4.0
Frontier Days
as Sheriff Barnes
4.0
The Rawhide Terror
as Tom Blake
6.0
Laughing at Life
as Military Cabinet Officer
0.0
Perils of the Yukon
as Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr.
5.0
Strawberry Roan
as Colonel Brownlee
0.0
Fargo Express
as Sheriff Joe Thompson
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Paws of the Bear
as Ray Bourke
0.0
Border Guns
as Dr. Jim Wilson
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No Children
as Self
0.0
Shadows of the North
as Ben 'Wolf' Darby
5.0
Battling with Buffal...
as John Mills
5.0
The Extra Girl
as Himself - Actor
6.0
The Cowboy and the B...
as Sheriff Pete
4.0
Custer's Last Stand
as Wagon Master
5.0
Cyclone of the Saddl...
as Wagon Master
1.0
Treachery Rides the ...
as Bill
5.0
Heroes of the West
as John Blaine
4.0
Gordon of Ghost City
as John Mulford
5.0
The Call of the Sava...
as Allen
0.0
Headin' for the Rio ...
as Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)
1.0
A Scarlet Week-End
5.0
The Ghost Rider
as Guard
5.0
Social Error
as Policeman
2.0
Hollywood Boulevard
as Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
5.0
Code of the West
as Settler (uncredited)
4.0
The Red Rider
as Sheriff Campbell
4.0
The Adventures of Fr...
as Captain of the 'Viking'
5.0
Timber Terrors
as Royce Horter
5.0
Bury Me Not on the L...
as Bartender
7.0
Song of the Saddle
as Tim
5.0
The Boys from Syracu...
as Citizen
6.0
Tailspin Tommy in Th...
as Foreman Burke
6.0
Junior G-Men
as Irish Cop (uncredited)
6.0
Thank Your Lucky Sta...
as Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)
0.0
Tim Tyler's Luck
as Dock Official
6.0
The Phantom of the A...
as Thomas Edmonds
0.0
The Phantom of the W...
as Martin Blair
0.0
The Last of the Ingr...
as Jules Ingram
0.0
Fightin' Mad
as Bud McGraw
0.0
Society for Sale
as Honorable Billy
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Down Rio Grande Way
as Townsman
4.0
The Silver Bullet
as Townsman
0.0
Overland Mail
as Williams - Banker
8.0
Rustlers of Red Dog
as Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]
5.0
The Lone Star Trail
as Bartender Mike
4.0
Cheyenne Roundup
as Pete
0.0
No Defense
as John Harper
0.0
McGuire of the Mount...
as Bob McGuire
0.0
The Iced Bullet
as The Author / Horace Lee
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The Child Thou Gaves...
as Tom Marshall
5.0
Hello, 'Frisco
as William Desmond
0.0
Savage Fury
as Allen (archive footage)
0.0
Powdersmoke Range
as Happy - Bartender
5.0
Where Did You Get Th...
as Tourist
0.0
Outwitted
as Jack Blaisdel
0.0
Ridin' Pretty
as Sky Parker
0.0
Barriers of the Law
as Rex Brandon
0.0
A Sage Brush Hamlet
as Larry Lang
0.0
A Gamble in Souls
6.0
The Naughty Nineties
as Showboat Customer (uncredited)
0.0
The Mystery Rider
as Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider
0.0
Peggy
as Rev. Donald Bruce
0.0
The Way of the West
as 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)
0.0
The Dawn Maker
as Bruce Smithson
0.0
Kilmeny
as Bob Meredith
5.0
Naughty Marietta
as Gendarme Chief (uncredited)
0.0
The Sunset Trail
as Happy Hobo
0.0
The Majesty of the L...
as Jackson Morgan Kent
5.0
The Climax
as Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
0.0
The Roaring West
as Jim Parker
0.0
Night Life in Hollyw...
as Self
6.0
Strange Confession
as Peanut Vendor (uncredited)
5.0
Perils of Pauline
as Prof. Thompson
7.0
The Egg and I
as Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)
0.0
Oklahoma Jim
as Lacy
5.0
Thunder Mountain
as Townsman (uncredited)
0.0
The Marriage Bubble
as The Actor
0.0
The Breathless Momen...
as Billy Carson
0.0
Women Men Love
as David Hunter
0.0
Clancy of the Mounte...
as Dave Moran
0.0
Flying Colors
as Brent Brewster
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Married in Name Only
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The Ace of Spades
as Dan Harvey
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The Measure of a Man
as John Fairmeadow