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William Desmond

AKA: William Mannion
Birthday: 1878-01-23
Died: 1949-11-03
Birthplace: 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.

Filmography

Song of the Gringo
Character: Bailiff
The Extra Girl
Character: Himself
The Vanishing Legion
Character: Milesburg Sheriff

Desert Command
Character: Capt. Boncour
The Vanishing Shadow
Character: MacDonald
Born to Battle
Character: John Brownell

I Can't Escape
Character: Parole Officer Donovan
The Vigilantes Are Coming
Character: Anderson, Vigilante Member
Pirate Treasure
Character: Capt. Jim Carson

Winners of the West
Character: Bill Brine
Frontier Days
Character: Sheriff Barnes
The Rawhide Terror
Character: Tom Blake

Fargo Express
Character: Sheriff Joe Thompson
Strawberry Roan
Character: Colonel Brownlee
Shadows of the North
Character: Ben 'Wolf' Darby

No Children
Character: Self
The Extra Girl
Character: Himself - Actor
Battling with Buffalo Bill
Character: John Mills

The Cowboy and the Bandit
Character: Sheriff Pete
Custer's Last Stand
Character: Wagon Master
Cyclone of the Saddle
Character: Wagon Master

Treachery Rides the Range
Character: Bill
Heroes of the West
Character: John Blaine
Gordon of Ghost City
Character: John Mulford

The Call of the Savage
Character: Allen
Headin' for the Rio Grande
Character: Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)
The Ghost Rider
Character: Guard

Social Error
Character: Policeman
Hollywood Boulevard
Character: Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
The Red Rider
Character: Sheriff Campbell

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
Character: Captain of the 'Viking'
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
Character: Bartender
Song of the Saddle
Character: Tim

The Boys from Syracuse
Character: Citizen
Junior G-Men
Character: Irish Cop (uncredited)
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery
Character: Foreman Burke

Tim Tyler's Luck
Character: Dock Official
The Phantom of the West
Character: Martin Blair
The Last of the Ingrams
Character: Jules Ingram

Fightin' Mad
Character: Bud McGraw
Society for Sale
Character: Honorable Billy
The Phantom of the Air
Character: Thomas Edmonds

Down Rio Grande Way
Character: Townsman
The Silver Bullet
Character: Townsman
Overland Mail
Character: Williams - Banker

The Lone Star Trail
Character: Bartender Mike
Rustlers of Red Dog
Character: Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]
Cheyenne Roundup
Character: Pete

No Defense
Character: John Harper
McGuire of the Mounted
Character: Bob McGuire
The Iced Bullet
Character: The Author / Horace Lee

The Child Thou Gavest Me
Character: Tom Marshall
Hello, 'Frisco
Character: William Desmond
Savage Fury
Character: Allen (archive footage)

Where Did You Get That Girl?
Character: Tourist
Powdersmoke Range
Character: Happy - Bartender
Ridin' Pretty
Character: Sky Parker

Barriers of the Law
Character: Rex Brandon
A Sage Brush Hamlet
Character: Larry Lang
Outwitted
Character: Jack Blaisdel

The Naughty Nineties
Character: Showboat Customer (uncredited)
The Mystery Rider
Character: Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider

The Way of the West
Character: 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)
Peggy
Character: Rev. Donald Bruce
The Dawn Maker
Character: Bruce Smithson

Kilmeny
Character: Bob Meredith
Naughty Marietta
Character: Gendarme Chief (uncredited)
The Sunset Trail
Character: Happy Hobo

The Majesty of the Law
Character: Jackson Morgan Kent
The Climax
Character: Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
The Roaring West
Character: Jim Parker

Night Life in Hollywood
Character: Self
Strange Confession
Character: Peanut Vendor (uncredited)
The Egg and I
Character: Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)

Perils of Pauline
Character: Prof. Thompson
Oklahoma Jim
Character: Lacy
The Prince and Betty
Character: John Maude

The Vanishing Rider
Character: Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider
The Rustler's Roundup
Character: San Dimas Sheriff Holden
When Lightning Strikes
Character: Marshal Jack Stevens

The Policeman and the Baby
Character: The Policeman
Mr. Broadway
Character: 1st Suitor (archive footage)
The Lightning Warrior
Character: Townsman (uncredited)

The Last Frontier
Character: General Custer
Frisco Kid
Character: Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)

Straight Through
Character: Good Deed O'Day
The Burning Trail
Character: Smiling Bill Flannigan
The Meddler
Character: Richard Gilmore

The Strings of Steel
Character: Ned Brown
Her Code of Honor
Character: Eugene La Salle
Laughing at Life
Character: Military Cabinet Officer

Perils of the Yukon
Character: Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr.
Paws of the Bear
Character: Ray Bourke
Border Guns
Character: Dr. Jim Wilson

Code of the West
Character: Settler (uncredited)
Peer Gynt
Character: The Parson

Phantom of the Opera
Character: Stagehand (uncredited)
The Mummy's Ghost
Character: Museum Tourist (uncredited)

The Return of the Durango Kid
Character: Street Ambusher (uncredited)
Phantom Lady
Character: Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Wild Waters
Character: Sheriff Manning
Crack-Up
Character: Police Chief
The Three Musketeers
Character: Capt. Boncour

Courage of the North
Character: Gene Travis
Timber Terrors
Character: Royce Horter