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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 23, 1878
Died
November 3, 1949
Place of Birth
Horseheads, New York, USA
Also Known As
- William Mannion
- The King of the Silent Serials
- Bill Desmond
William Desmond
0.1 Popularity
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
0.0
Allen (archive footage)
Savage Fury
1956
5.0
Townsman (uncredited)
Thunder Mountain
1947
7.0
Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)
The Egg and I
1947
5.0
Settler (uncredited)
Code of the West
1947
3.8
Capt. Boncour
Desert Command
1946
6.8
Peanut Vendor (uncredited)
Strange Confession
1945
6.8
Showboat Customer (uncredited)
The Naughty Nineties
1945
8.0
Street Ambusher (uncredited)
The Return of the Durango Kid
1945
9.5
Passenger (uncredited)
Hi, Beautiful
1944
5.4
Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
The Climax
1944
Credits
Savage Fury
as Allen (archive footage)
1956
0.0
Thunder Mountain
as Townsman (uncredited)
1947
5.0
The Egg and I
as Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)
1947
7.0
Code of the West
as Settler (uncredited)
1947
5.0
Desert Command
as Capt. Boncour
1946
3.8
Strange Confession
as Peanut Vendor (uncredited)
1945
6.8
The Naughty Nineties
as Showboat Customer (uncredited)
1945
6.8
The Return of the Durango Kid
as Street Ambusher (uncredited)
1945
8.0
Hi, Beautiful
as Passenger (uncredited)
1944
9.5
The Climax
as Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
1944
5.4
The Mummy's Ghost
as Museum Tourist (uncredited)
1944
5.7
Phantom Lady
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1944
7.1
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)
1943
6.1
Phantom of the Opera
as Stagehand (uncredited)
1943
6.2
The Lone Star Trail
as Bartender Mike
1943
5.0
Cheyenne Roundup
as Pete
1943
4.0
Overland Mail
as Williams - Banker
1942
0.0
The Silver Bullet
as Townsman
1942
4.0
Down Rio Grande Way
as Townsman
1942
0.0
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
as Bartender
1941
5.0
Where Did You Get That Girl?
as Tourist
1941
5.0
Junior G-Men
as Irish Cop (uncredited)
1940
6.1
The Boys from Syracuse
as Citizen
1940
5.8
Winners of the West
as Bill Brine
1940
0.0
Tim Tyler's Luck
as Dock Official
1937
0.0
Song of the Gringo
as Bailiff
1936
4.7
The Vigilantes Are Coming
as Anderson, Vigilante Member
1936
5.5
Hollywood Boulevard
as Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
1936
2.5
Treachery Rides the Range
as Bill
1936
1.0
Song of the Saddle
as Tim
1936
7.0
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
as Captain of the 'Viking'
1936
4.0
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The Broken Coin
1936
0.0
Custer's Last Stand
as Wagon Master
1936
4.5
Headin' for the Rio Grande
as Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)
1936
0.0
Frisco Kid
as Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)
1935
6.8
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery
as Foreman Burke
1935
6.0
Powdersmoke Range
as Happy - Bartender
1935
0.0
Courage of the North
as Gene Travis
1935
0.0
The Roaring West
as Jim Parker
1935
0.0
Social Error
as Policeman
1935
5.0
The Call of the Savage
as Allen
1935
5.0
The Ghost Rider
as Guard
1935
5.0
Cyclone of the Saddle
as Wagon Master
1935
5.2
The Cowboy and the Bandit
as Sheriff Pete
1935
6.0
Born to Battle
as John Brownell
1935
1.5
Naughty Marietta
as Gendarme Chief (uncredited)
1935
5.2
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Wild Waters
as Sheriff Manning
1935
0.0
Rustlers of Red Dog
as Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]
1935
8.0
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Timber Terrors
as Royce Horter
1935
5.0
When Lightning Strikes
as Marshal Jack Stevens
1934
5.0
Frontier Days
as Sheriff Barnes
1934
2.5
The Way of the West
as 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)
1934
0.0
The Red Rider
as Sheriff Campbell
1934
4.0
I Can't Escape
as Parole Officer Donovan
1934
0.0
🎬
Crack-Up
as Police Chief
1934
0.0
The Vanishing Shadow
as MacDonald
1934
6.5
The Rawhide Terror
as Tom Blake
1934
4.2
Border Guns
as Dr. Jim Wilson
1934
0.0
Pirate Treasure
as Capt. Jim Carson
1934
4.0
Fargo Express
as Sheriff Joe Thompson
1933
0.0
Perils of Pauline
as Prof. Thompson
1933
5.7
Strawberry Roan
as Colonel Brownlee
1933
5.5
Mr. Broadway
as 1st Suitor (archive footage)
1933
0.0
Gordon of Ghost City
as John Mulford
1933
4.0
Laughing at Life
as Military Cabinet Officer
1933
6.0
The Phantom of the Air
as Thomas Edmonds
1933
6.0
The Three Musketeers
as Capt. Boncour
1933
5.6
The Rustler's Roundup
as San Dimas Sheriff Holden
1933
0.0
Clancy of the Mounted
as Dave Moran
1933
0.0
A Scarlet Week-End
1932
1.0
The Last Frontier
as General Custer
1932
6.0
Heroes of the West
as John Blaine
1932
5.5
Battling with Buffalo Bill
as John Mills
1931
5.0
The Lightning Warrior
as Townsman (uncredited)
1931
5.0
Oklahoma Jim
as Lacy
1931
0.0
The Vanishing Legion
as Milesburg Sheriff
1931
9.0
The Phantom of the West
as Martin Blair
1930
0.0
No Defense
as John Harper
1929
0.0
No Children
as Self
1929
0.0
The Mystery Rider
as Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider
1928
0.0
The Vanishing Rider
as Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider
1928
0.0
The Strings of Steel
as Ned Brown
1926
0.0
The Ace of Spades
as Dan Harvey
1925
0.0
The Meddler
as Richard Gilmore
1925
2.0
The Burning Trail
as Smiling Bill Flannigan
1925
0.0
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Red Clay
as Chief John Nisheto
1925
0.0
Straight Through
as Good Deed O'Day
1925
0.0
Barriers of the Law
as Rex Brandon
1925
0.0
Ridin' Pretty
as Sky Parker
1925
0.0
Outwitted
as Jack Blaisdel
1925
0.0
The Sunset Trail
as Happy Hobo
1924
0.0
The Measure of a Man
as John Fairmeadow
1924
0.0
🎬
Hello, 'Frisco
as William Desmond
1924
5.0
The Breathless Moment
as Billy Carson
1924
0.0
The Extra Girl
as Himself
1923
5.9
The Extra Girl
as Himself - Actor
1923
5.9
Shadows of the North
as Ben 'Wolf' Darby
1923
0.0
McGuire of the Mounted
as Bob McGuire
1923
0.0
Night Life in Hollywood
as Self
1922
0.0
Perils of the Yukon
as Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr.
1922
0.0
Fightin' Mad
as Bud McGraw
1921
0.0
The Policeman and the Baby
as The Policeman
1921
0.0
The Child Thou Gavest Me
as Tom Marshall
1921
0.0
Women Men Love
as David Hunter
1921
0.0
The Prince and Betty
as John Maude
1919
7.5
A Sage Brush Hamlet
as Larry Lang
1919
0.0
Bare-Fisted Gallagher
as 'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher
1919
0.0
The Mints of Hell
as Dan Burke
1919
0.0
Her Code of Honor
as Eugene La Salle
1919
0.0
Society for Sale
as Honorable Billy
1918
0.0
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The Marriage Bubble
as The Actor
1918
0.0
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Captain of His Soul
as Horace
1918
0.0
Married in Name Only
1917
0.0
Flying Colors
as Brent Brewster
1917
0.0
Master of His Home
as Carson Stewart
1917
0.0
🎬
Paws of the Bear
as Ray Bourke
1917
0.0
🎬
The Last of the Ingrams
as Jules Ingram
1917
0.0
The Iced Bullet
as The Author / Horace Lee
1917
0.0
A Gamble in Souls
1916
0.0
The Dawn Maker
as Bruce Smithson
1916
0.0
🎬
Bullets and Brown Eyes
as Prince Carl
1916
0.0
Peggy
as Rev. Donald Bruce
1916
0.0
Peer Gynt
as The Parson
1915
0.0
The Majesty of the Law
as Jackson Morgan Kent
1915
0.0
Kilmeny
as Bob Meredith
1915
0.0