Birth Day: 1878-01-23
Place of birth: 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.
Credits
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As Allen (archive footage) -
As Townsman (uncredited) -
As Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited) -
As Settler (uncredited) -
As Capt. Boncour -
As Peanut Vendor (uncredited) -
As Street Ambusher (uncredited) -
As Showboat Customer (uncredited) -
As Museum Tourist (uncredited) -
As Backstage Technician (Uncredited) -
As Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) -
As Stagehand (uncredited) -
As Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited) -
As Bartender Mike -
As Pete -
As Williams - Banker -
As Townsman -
As Townsman -
As Bartender -
As Tourist -
As Bill Brine -
As Citizen -
As Irish Cop (uncredited) -
As Dock Official -
As Anderson, Vigilante Member -
As Tim -
As Wagon Master -
As Captain of the 'Viking' -
As Bill -
As Bailiff -
As Mr. Mack (cattle buyer) -
As Pago Pago Patron (uncredited) -
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As Guard -
As Allen -
As Wagon Master -
As Royce Horter
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As Jim Parker -
As Policeman -
As Sheriff Pete -
As Sheriff Manning
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As Foreman Burke -
As Happy - Bartender -
As Vigilante Hangman (uncredited) -
As Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12] -
As John Brownell -
As Gene Travis -
As Gendarme Chief (uncredited) -
As 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond) -
As Marshal Jack Stevens -
As Sheriff Campbell -
As Capt. Jim Carson -
As Parole Officer Donovan -
As Sheriff Barnes -
As Tom Blake -
As MacDonald -
As Dr. Jim Wilson -
As Police Chief
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As 1st Suitor (archive footage) -
As San Dimas Sheriff Holden -
As Colonel Brownlee -
As John Mulford -
As Sheriff Joe Thompson -
As Prof. Thompson -
As Thomas Edmonds -
As Military Cabinet Officer -
As Capt. Boncour -
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As General Custer -
As John Blaine -
As Lacy -
As John Mills -
As Townsman (uncredited) -
As Milesburg Sheriff -
As Martin Blair -
As John Harper -
As Self -
As Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider -
As Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider -
As Ned Brown -
As Smiling Bill Flannigan -
As Jack Blaisdel -
As Rex Brandon -
As Sky Parker -
As Richard Gilmore -
As Good Deed O'Day -
As Happy Hobo -
As William Desmond
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As Himself - Actor -
As Himself
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As Ben 'Wolf' Darby -
As Bob McGuire -
As Self -
As Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr. -
As Tom Marshall -
As Bud McGraw -
As The Policeman -
As John Maude -
As Eugene La Salle
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As Larry Lang -
As Honorable Billy -
As Horace
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As The Actor
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As The Author / Horace Lee -
As Jules Ingram
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As Ray Bourke
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As Carson Stewart -
As Rev. Donald Bruce -
As Bruce Smithson -
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As Bob Meredith -
As Jackson Morgan Kent -
As The Parson