William Desmond
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1878-01-23 (71 years old)
Deathday
1949-11-03
Place of Birth
Horseheads, New York, USA
Also known As
William Mannion
The King of the Silent Serials
Bill Desmond
William Desmond
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.
Acting
1919
as John Maude
1928
as Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider
1915
as The Parson
1918
as Horace
1933
as San Dimas Sheriff Holden
1934
as Marshal Jack Stevens
1943
as Stagehand (uncredited)
1944
as Museum Tourist (uncredited)
1921
as The Policeman
1917
as Carson Stewart
1945
as Street Ambusher (uncredited)
1933
as 1st Suitor (archive footage)
1931
as Townsman (uncredited)
1936
as Bailiff
1944
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1935
as Sheriff Manning
1923
as Himself
1932
as General Custer
1934
as Police Chief
1936
1935
as Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)
1931
as Milesburg Sheriff
1934
as MacDonald
1946
as Capt. Boncour
1925
as Good Deed O'Day
1925
as Smiling Bill Flannigan
1925
as Richard Gilmore
1935
as John Brownell
1934
as Parole Officer Donovan
1936
as Anderson, Vigilante Member
1934
as Capt. Jim Carson
1926
as Ned Brown
1935
as Gene Travis
1933
as Capt. Boncour
1940
as Bill Brine
1919
as Eugene La Salle
1934
as Sheriff Barnes
1934
as Tom Blake
1933
as Military Cabinet Officer
1922
as Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr.
1933
as Colonel Brownlee
1933
as Sheriff Joe Thompson
1917
as Ray Bourke
1934
as Dr. Jim Wilson
1929
as Self
1923
as Ben 'Wolf' Darby
1931
as John Mills
1923
as Himself - Actor
1935
as Sheriff Pete
1936
as Wagon Master
1935
as Wagon Master
1936
as Bill
1932
as John Blaine
1933
as John Mulford
1935
as Allen
1936
as Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)
1935
as Guard
1935
as Policeman
1936
as Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
1947
as Settler (uncredited)
1934
as Sheriff Campbell
1936
as Captain of the 'Viking'
1935
as Royce Horter
1941
as Bartender
1936
as Tim
1940
as Citizen
1935
as Foreman Burke
1940
as Irish Cop (uncredited)
1943
as Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)
1937
as Dock Official
1933
as Thomas Edmonds
1930
as Martin Blair
1918
as Honorable Billy
1917
as Jules Ingram
1921
as Bud McGraw
1942
as Townsman
1942
as Townsman
1942
as Williams - Banker
1935
as Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]
1943
as Bartender Mike
1943
as Pete
1929
as John Harper
1923
as Bob McGuire
1917
as The Author / Horace Lee
1921
as Tom Marshall
1924
as William Desmond
1956
as Allen
1935
as Happy - Bartender
1941
as Tourist
1925
as Jack Blaisdel
1925
as Sky Parker
1925
as Rex Brandon
1919
as Larry Lang
1945
as Showboat Customer (uncredited)
1928
as Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider
1916
as Rev. Donald Bruce
1934
as 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)
1915
as Bob Meredith
1916
as Bruce Smithson
1935
as Gendarme Chief (uncredited)
1924
as Happy Hobo
1915
as Jackson Morgan Kent
1944
as Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
1935
as Jim Parker
1922
as Self
1945
as Peanut Vendor (uncredited)
1933
as Prof. Thompson
1947
as Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)
1931
as Lacy
1947
as Townsman (uncredited)
1918
as The Actor
1924
as Billy Carson
1921
as David Hunter
1933
as Dave Moran
1917
as Brent Brewster
1925
as Dan Harvey
1924
as John Fairmeadow
1919
as 'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher
1916
as Prince Carl
1925
as Chief John Nisheto
1944
as Passenger (uncredited)
1919
as Dan Burke
1917
as Garry Garrity
1917
as Paddy O'Hara
1919
as Jimmie Pendleton
1923
as Larry Barclay
1923
as Phineas Fogg III
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