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.

Known For

The Prince and Betty

21 December, 1919

The Vanishing Rider

16 January, 1928

Peer Gynt

15 September, 1915

Captain of His Soul

10 February, 1918

The Rustler's Roundup

16 March, 1933

When Lightning Strikes

18 December, 1934

Phantom of the Opera

12 August, 1943

The Mummy's Ghost

7 July, 1944

The Policeman and the Baby

4 September, 1921

Master of His Home

12 August, 1917

The Return of the Durango Kid

19 April, 1945

Mr. Broadway

12 September, 1933

The Lightning Warrior

1 November, 1931

Song of the Gringo

22 November, 1936

Phantom Lady

28 January, 1944

Wild Waters

3 March, 1935

The Extra Girl

28 October, 1923

The Last Frontier

4 September, 1932

Crack-Up

2 June, 1934

The Broken Coin

10 January, 1936

Frisco Kid

30 November, 1935

The Vanishing Legion

1 June, 1931

The Vanishing Shadow

22 April, 1934

Desert Command

31 May, 1946

The Burning Trail

10 May, 1925

Straight Through

5 April, 1925

The Meddler

28 June, 1925

Born to Battle

1 April, 1935

I Can't Escape

4 July, 1934

The Vigilantes Are Coming

21 August, 1936

Pirate Treasure

29 January, 1934

The Strings of Steel

28 June, 1926

Courage of the North

1 September, 1935

The Three Musketeers

7 April, 1933

Winners of the West

2 July, 1940

Her Code of Honor

6 April, 1919

Frontier Days

14 November, 1934

The Rawhide Terror

19 March, 1934

Laughing at Life

12 July, 1933

Perils of the Yukon

24 July, 1922

Strawberry Roan

26 October, 1933

Fargo Express

20 November, 1933

Paws of the Bear

17 June, 1917

Border Guns

1 February, 1934

No Children

10 March, 1929

Shadows of the North

27 August, 1923

Battling with Buffalo Bill

22 November, 1931

The Extra Girl

28 October, 1923

The Cowboy and the Bandit

2 April, 1935

Custer's Last Stand

2 January, 1936

Cyclone of the Saddle

3 April, 1935

Treachery Rides the Range

2 May, 1936

Heroes of the West

19 June, 1932

Gordon of Ghost City

13 August, 1933

The Call of the Savage

14 April, 1935

Headin' for the Rio Grande

1 January, 1936

A Scarlet Week-End

30 November, 1932

The Ghost Rider

7 April, 1935

Social Error

30 April, 1935

Hollywood Boulevard

20 August, 1936

Code of the West

20 February, 1947

The Red Rider

16 July, 1934

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

13 January, 1936

Timber Terrors

1 January, 1935

Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie

21 March, 1941

Song of the Saddle

28 February, 1936

The Boys from Syracuse

30 July, 1940

Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery

20 October, 1935

Junior G-Men

1 November, 1940

Thank Your Lucky Stars

25 September, 1943

Tim Tyler's Luck

27 December, 1937

The Phantom of the Air

21 May, 1933

The Phantom of the West

10 November, 1930

Fightin' Mad

20 November, 1921

Society for Sale

21 April, 1918

The Last of the Ingrams

25 February, 1917

Down Rio Grande Way

23 April, 1942

The Silver Bullet

5 August, 1942

Overland Mail

22 September, 1942

Rustlers of Red Dog

1 January, 1935

The Lone Star Trail

6 August, 1943

Cheyenne Roundup

12 April, 1943

No Defense

5 April, 1929

McGuire of the Mounted

8 July, 1923

The Iced Bullet

21 January, 1917

The Child Thou Gavest Me

20 August, 1921

Hello, 'Frisco

28 September, 1924

Savage Fury

1 January, 1956

Powdersmoke Range

27 September, 1935

Where Did You Get That Girl?

3 January, 1941

Outwitted

1 January, 1925

Ridin' Pretty

22 February, 1925

Barriers of the Law

26 March, 1925

A Sage Brush Hamlet

3 August, 1919

A Gamble in Souls

9 December, 1916

The Naughty Nineties

20 June, 1945

The Mystery Rider

25 November, 1928

Peggy

2 January, 1916

The Way of the West

14 October, 1934

Kilmeny

22 July, 1915

The Dawn Maker

23 September, 1916

Naughty Marietta

29 March, 1935

The Sunset Trail

2 November, 1924

The Majesty of the Law

26 August, 1915

The Climax

20 October, 1944

The Roaring West

8 July, 1935

Night Life in Hollywood

15 November, 1922

Strange Confession

5 October, 1945

Perils of Pauline

5 November, 1933

The Egg and I

1 May, 1947

Oklahoma Jim

10 October, 1931

Thunder Mountain

1 June, 1947

The Marriage Bubble

31 March, 1918

The Breathless Moment

3 February, 1924

Women Men Love

9 January, 1921

Clancy of the Mounted

27 February, 1933

Flying Colors

23 September, 1917

Married in Name Only

1 October, 1917

The Ace of Spades

19 October, 1925

The Measure of a Man

14 October, 1924

Bare-Fisted Gallagher

22 June, 1919

Bullets and Brown Eyes

12 March, 1916

Red Clay

1 May, 1925