Actor

William Desmond

Birthday: January 23, 1878

Born in: Horseheads, New York, USA

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.

Movie Credits

Savage Fury (1956) as Allen
Age: 77
Thunder Mountain (1947) as Townsman (uncredited)
Age: 69
The Egg and I (1947) as Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)
Age: 69
Code of the West (1947) as Settler (uncredited)
Age: 69
Trail Street (1947) as Townsman (uncredited)
Age: 69
Desert Command (1946) as Capt. Boncour
Age: 68
Strange Confession (1945) as Peanut Vendor (uncredited)
Age: 67
The Naughty Nineties (1945) as Showboat Customer (uncredited)
Age: 67
The Return of the Durango Kid (1945) as Street Ambusher (uncredited)
Age: 67
Hi, Beautiful (1944) as Passenger (uncredited)
Age: 66
The Climax (1944) as Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
Age: 66
Tall in the Saddle (1944) as Townsman (uncredited)
Age: 66
The Mummy's Ghost (1944) as Museum Tourist (uncredited)
Age: 66
Phantom Lady (1944) as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Age: 66
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) as Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)
Age: 65
Phantom of the Opera (1943) as Stagehand (uncredited)
Age: 65
The Lone Star Trail (1943) as Bartender Mike
Age: 65
Cheyenne Roundup (1943) as Pete
Age: 65
Overland Mail (1942) as Williams - Banker
Age: 64
The Silver Bullet (1942) as Townsman
Age: 64
Down Rio Grande Way (1942) as Townsman
Age: 64
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (1941) as Bartender
Age: 63
Where Did You Get That Girl? (1941) as Tourist
Age: 62
Junior G-Men (1940) as Irish Cop (uncredited)
Age: 62
The Boys from Syracuse (1940) as Citizen
Age: 62
Winners of the West (1940) as Bill Brine
Age: 62
Tim Tyler's Luck (1937) as Dock Official
Age: 59
Headin' for the Rio Grande (1936) as Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)
Age: 58
Song of the Gringo (1936) as Bailiff
Age: 58
The Vigilantes Are Coming (1936) as Anderson, Vigilante Member
Age: 58
Hollywood Boulevard (1936) as Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
Age: 58
Treachery Rides the Range (1936) as Bill
Age: 58
Flash Gordon (1936) as Hawkman Lookout Captain
Age: 58
Song of the Saddle (1936) as Tim
Age: 58
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936) as Captain of the 'Viking'
Age: 57
The Broken Coin (1936)
Age: 57
Custer's Last Stand (1936) as Wagon Master
Age: 57
Frisco Kid (1935) as Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)
Age: 57
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery (1935) as Foreman Burke
Age: 57
Powdersmoke Range (1935) as Happy - Bartender
Age: 57
Courage of the North (1935) as Gene Travis
Age: 57
The Roaring West (1935) as Jim Parker
Age: 57
Social Error (1935) as Policeman
Age: 57
The Call of the Savage (1935) as Allen
Age: 57
The Ghost Rider (1935) as Guard
Age: 57
Cyclone of the Saddle (1935) as Wagon Master
Age: 57
The Cowboy and the Bandit (1935) as Sheriff Pete
Age: 57
Born to Battle (1935) as John Brownell
Age: 57
Naughty Marietta (1935) as Gendarme Chief (uncredited)
Age: 57
Wild Waters (1935) as Sheriff Manning
Age: 57
Timber Terrors (1935) as Royce Horter
Age: 56
Rustlers of Red Dog (1935) as Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]
Age: 56
When Lightning Strikes (1934) as Marshal Jack Stevens
Age: 56
Frontier Days (1934) as Sheriff Barnes
Age: 56
The Way of the West (1934) as 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)
Age: 56
The Red Rider (1934) as Sheriff Campbell
Age: 56
I Can't Escape (1934) as Parole Officer Donovan
Age: 56
Crack-Up (1934) as Police Chief
Age: 56
The Vanishing Shadow (1934) as MacDonald
Age: 56
The Rawhide Terror (1934) as Tom Blake
Age: 56
Border Guns (1934) as Dr. Jim Wilson
Age: 56
Pirate Treasure (1934) as Capt. Jim Carson
Age: 56
Fargo Express (1933) as Sheriff Joe Thompson
Age: 55
Perils of Pauline (1933) as Prof. Thompson
Age: 55
Strawberry Roan (1933) as Colonel Brownlee
Age: 55
Mr. Broadway (1933) as 1st Suitor (archive footage)
Age: 55
Gordon of Ghost City (1933) as John Mulford
Age: 55
Laughing at Life (1933) as Military Cabinet Officer
Age: 55
The Phantom of the Air (1933) as Thomas Edmonds
Age: 55
The Three Musketeers (1933) as Capt. Boncour
Age: 55
The Rustler's Roundup (1933) as San Dimas Sheriff Holden
Age: 55
Clancy of the Mounted (1933) as Dave Moran
Age: 55
A Scarlet Week-End (1932)
Age: 54
Jungle Mystery (1932) as John Morgan
Age: 54
The Last Frontier (1932) as General Custer
Age: 54
Heroes of the West (1932) as John Blaine
Age: 54
Battling with Buffalo Bill (1931) as John Mills
Age: 53
The Lightning Warrior (1931) as Townsman (uncredited)
Age: 53
Oklahoma Jim (1931) as Lacy
Age: 53
The Vanishing Legion (1931) as Milesburg Sheriff
Age: 53
The Phantom of the West (1930) as Martin Blair
Age: 52
No Defense (1929) as John Harper
Age: 51
No Children (1929) as Self
Age: 51
The Mystery Rider (1928) as Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider
Age: 50
The Vanishing Rider (1928) as Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider
Age: 49
The Strings of Steel (1926) as Ned Brown
Age: 48
The Ace of Spades (1925) as Dan Harvey
Age: 47
The Meddler (1925) as Richard Gilmore
Age: 47
The Burning Trail (1925) as Smiling Bill Flannigan
Age: 47
Red Clay (1925) as Chief John Nisheto
Age: 47
Straight Through (1925) as Good Deed O'Day
Age: 47
Barriers of the Law (1925) as Rex Brandon
Age: 47
Ridin' Pretty (1925) as Sky Parker
Age: 47
Outwitted (1925) as Jack Blaisdel
Age: 46
The Sunset Trail (1924) as Happy Hobo
Age: 46
The Measure of a Man (1924) as John Fairmeadow
Age: 46
Hello, 'Frisco (1924) as William Desmond
Age: 46
Big Timber (1924) as Walter Sandry
Age: 46
The Breathless Moment (1924) as Billy Carson
Age: 46
The Extra Girl (1923) as Himself
Age: 45
Beasts of Paradise (1923) as Phil Grant
Age: 45
Shadows of the North (1923) as Ben 'Wolf' Darby
Age: 45
McGuire of the Mounted (1923) as Bob McGuire
Age: 45
The Phantom Fortune (1923) as Larry Barclay
Age: 45
Around the World in 18 Days (1923) as Phineas Fogg III
Age: 44
Night Life in Hollywood (1922) as Self
Age: 44
Perils of the Yukon (1922) as Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr.
Age: 44
Fightin' Mad (1921) as Bud McGraw
Age: 43
The Policeman and the Baby (1921) as The Policeman
Age: 43
The Child Thou Gavest Me (1921) as Tom Marshall
Age: 43
Women Men Love (1921) as David Hunter
Age: 42
Twin Beds (1920) as Harry Hawkins
Age: 42
The Prince and Betty (1919) as John Maude
Age: 41
The Blue Bandanna (1919) as Jerry Jerome
Age: 41
A Sage Brush Hamlet (1919) as Larry Lang
Age: 41
Bare-Fisted Gallagher (1919) as 'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher
Age: 41
The Mints of Hell (1919) as Dan Burke
Age: 41
Her Code of Honor (1919) as Eugene La Salle
Age: 41
Life's a Funny Proposition (1919) as Jimmie Pendleton
Age: 40
The Pretender (1918) as Bob Baldwin
Age: 40
An Honest Man (1918) as Benny Boggs
Age: 40
Society for Sale (1918) as Honorable Billy
Age: 40
The Marriage Bubble (1918) as The Actor
Age: 40
Captain of His Soul (1918) as Horace
Age: 40
The Sudden Gentleman (1917) as Garry Garrity
Age: 39
Married in Name Only (1917)
Age: 39
Flying Colors (1917) as Brent Brewster
Age: 39
Master of His Home (1917) as Carson Stewart
Age: 39
Paws of the Bear (1917) as Ray Bourke
Age: 39
Paddy O'Hara (1917) as Paddy O'Hara
Age: 39
The Last of the Ingrams (1917) as Jules Ingram
Age: 39
The Iced Bullet (1917) as The Author / Horace Lee
Age: 38
A Gamble in Souls (1916)
Age: 38
The Criminal (1916) as Donald White
Age: 38
The Dawn Maker (1916) as Bruce Smithson
Age: 38
Bullets and Brown Eyes (1916) as Prince Carl
Age: 38
Peggy (1916) as Rev. Donald Bruce
Age: 37
Peer Gynt (1915) as The Parson
Age: 37
The Majesty of the Law (1915) as Jackson Morgan Kent
Age: 37
Kilmeny (1915) as Bob Meredith
Age: 37
The Sign of the Cross (1904)
Age: 26