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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

The Prince and Betty
Character: John Maude
The Vanishing Rider
Character: Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider
Peer Gynt
Character: The Parson

Captain of His Soul
Character: Horace
The Rustler's Roundup
Character: San Dimas Sheriff Holden
When Lightning Strikes
Character: Marshal Jack Stevens

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

Master of His Home
Character: Carson Stewart
The Return of the Durango Kid
Character: Street Ambusher (uncredited)
Mr. Broadway
Character: 1st Suitor (archive footage)

The Lightning Warrior
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Song of the Gringo
Character: Bailiff
Phantom Lady
Character: Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Wild Waters
Character: Sheriff Manning
The Extra Girl
Character: Himself
The Last Frontier
Character: General Custer

Crack-Up
Character: Police Chief
Frisco Kid
Character: Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)

The Vanishing Legion
Character: Milesburg Sheriff
The Vanishing Shadow
Character: MacDonald
Desert Command
Character: Capt. Boncour

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

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
The Strings of Steel
Character: Ned Brown
Courage of the North
Character: Gene Travis

The Three Musketeers
Character: Capt. Boncour
Winners of the West
Character: Bill Brine
Her Code of Honor
Character: Eugene La Salle

Frontier Days
Character: Sheriff Barnes
The Rawhide Terror
Character: Tom Blake
Laughing at Life
Character: Military Cabinet Officer

Perils of the Yukon
Character: Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr.
Strawberry Roan
Character: Colonel Brownlee
Fargo Express
Character: Sheriff Joe Thompson

Paws of the Bear
Character: Ray Bourke
Border Guns
Character: Dr. Jim Wilson
No Children
Character: Self

Shadows of the North
Character: Ben 'Wolf' Darby
Battling with Buffalo Bill
Character: John Mills
The Extra Girl
Character: Himself - Actor

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)

Code of the West
Character: Settler (uncredited)
The Red Rider
Character: Sheriff Campbell
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
Character: Captain of the 'Viking'

Timber Terrors
Character: Royce Horter
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
Character: Bartender
Song of the Saddle
Character: Tim

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

Thank Your Lucky Stars
Character: Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)
Tim Tyler's Luck
Character: Dock Official
The Phantom of the Air
Character: Thomas Edmonds

The Phantom of the West
Character: Martin Blair
Society for Sale
Character: Honorable Billy
The Last of the Ingrams
Character: Jules Ingram

Fightin' Mad
Character: Bud McGraw
Down Rio Grande Way
Character: Townsman
The Silver Bullet
Character: Townsman

Overland Mail
Character: Williams - Banker
Rustlers of Red Dog
Character: Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]
The Lone Star Trail
Character: Bartender Mike

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)
Powdersmoke Range
Character: Happy - Bartender
Where Did You Get That Girl?
Character: Tourist

Outwitted
Character: Jack Blaisdel
Ridin' Pretty
Character: Sky Parker
Barriers of the Law
Character: Rex Brandon

A Sage Brush Hamlet
Character: Larry Lang
The Naughty Nineties
Character: Showboat Customer (uncredited)

The Mystery Rider
Character: Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider
Peggy
Character: Rev. Donald Bruce
The Way of the West
Character: 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)

Kilmeny
Character: Bob Meredith
The Dawn Maker
Character: Bruce Smithson
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)

Perils of Pauline
Character: Prof. Thompson
The Egg and I
Character: Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)
Oklahoma Jim
Character: Lacy

Thunder Mountain
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
The Marriage Bubble
Character: The Actor
The Breathless Moment
Character: Billy Carson

Women Men Love
Character: David Hunter
Clancy of the Mounted
Character: Dave Moran
Flying Colors
Character: Brent Brewster

The Ace of Spades
Character: Dan Harvey
The Measure of a Man
Character: John Fairmeadow

Bare-Fisted Gallagher
Character: 'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher