
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.

John Maude
The Prince and Betty

Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider
The Vanishing Rider

The Parson
Peer Gynt

Horace
Captain of His Soul

San Dimas Sheriff Holden
The Rustler's Roundup

Marshal Jack Stevens
When Lightning Strikes

Stagehand (uncredited)
Phantom of the Opera

Museum Tourist (uncredited)
The Mummy's Ghost

The Policeman
The Policeman and the Baby

Carson Stewart
Master of His Home

Street Ambusher (uncredited)
The Return of the Durango Kid

1st Suitor (archive footage)
Mr. Broadway

Townsman (uncredited)
The Lightning Warrior

Bailiff
Song of the Gringo

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Phantom Lady

Sheriff Manning
Wild Waters

Himself
The Extra Girl

General Custer
The Last Frontier

Police Chief
Crack-Up

The Broken Coin

Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)
Frisco Kid

Milesburg Sheriff
The Vanishing Legion

MacDonald
The Vanishing Shadow

Capt. Boncour
Desert Command

Good Deed O'Day
Straight Through

Smiling Bill Flannigan
The Burning Trail

Richard Gilmore
The Meddler

John Brownell
Born to Battle

Parole Officer Donovan
I Can't Escape

Anderson, Vigilante Member
The Vigilantes Are Coming

Capt. Jim Carson
Pirate Treasure

Ned Brown
The Strings of Steel

Gene Travis
Courage of the North

Capt. Boncour
The Three Musketeers

Bill Brine
Winners of the West

Eugene La Salle
Her Code of Honor

Sheriff Barnes
Frontier Days

Tom Blake
The Rawhide Terror

Military Cabinet Officer
Laughing at Life

Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr.
Perils of the Yukon

Colonel Brownlee
Strawberry Roan

Sheriff Joe Thompson
Fargo Express

Ray Bourke
Paws of the Bear

Dr. Jim Wilson
Border Guns

Self
No Children

Ben 'Wolf' Darby
Shadows of the North

John Mills
Battling with Buffalo Bill

Himself - Actor
The Extra Girl

Sheriff Pete
The Cowboy and the Bandit

Wagon Master
Custer's Last Stand

Wagon Master
Cyclone of the Saddle

Bill
Treachery Rides the Range

John Blaine
Heroes of the West

John Mulford
Gordon of Ghost City

Allen
The Call of the Savage

Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)
Headin' for the Rio Grande

A Scarlet Week-End

Guard
The Ghost Rider

Policeman
Social Error

Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard

Settler (uncredited)
Code of the West

Sheriff Campbell
The Red Rider

Captain of the 'Viking'
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

Royce Horter
Timber Terrors

Bartender
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie

Tim
Song of the Saddle

Citizen
The Boys from Syracuse

Foreman Burke
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery

Irish Cop (uncredited)
Junior G-Men

Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars

Dock Official
Tim Tyler's Luck

Thomas Edmonds
The Phantom of the Air

Martin Blair
The Phantom of the West

Honorable Billy
Society for Sale

Jules Ingram
The Last of the Ingrams

Bud McGraw
Fightin' Mad

Townsman
Down Rio Grande Way

Townsman
The Silver Bullet

Williams - Banker
Overland Mail

Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]
Rustlers of Red Dog

Bartender Mike
The Lone Star Trail

Pete
Cheyenne Roundup

John Harper
No Defense

Bob McGuire
McGuire of the Mounted

The Author / Horace Lee
The Iced Bullet

Tom Marshall
The Child Thou Gavest Me

William Desmond
Hello, 'Frisco

Allen
Savage Fury

Happy - Bartender
Powdersmoke Range

Tourist
Where Did You Get That Girl?

Jack Blaisdel
Outwitted

Sky Parker
Ridin' Pretty

Rex Brandon
Barriers of the Law

Larry Lang
A Sage Brush Hamlet

A Gamble in Souls

Showboat Customer (uncredited)
The Naughty Nineties

Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider
The Mystery Rider

Rev. Donald Bruce
Peggy

'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)
The Way of the West

Bob Meredith
Kilmeny

Bruce Smithson
The Dawn Maker

Gendarme Chief (uncredited)
Naughty Marietta

Happy Hobo
The Sunset Trail

Jackson Morgan Kent
The Majesty of the Law

Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
The Climax

Jim Parker
The Roaring West

Self
Night Life in Hollywood

Peanut Vendor (uncredited)
Strange Confession

Prof. Thompson
Perils of Pauline

Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)
The Egg and I

Lacy
Oklahoma Jim

Townsman (uncredited)
Thunder Mountain

The Actor
The Marriage Bubble

Billy Carson
The Breathless Moment

David Hunter
Women Men Love

Dave Moran
Clancy of the Mounted

Brent Brewster
Flying Colors

Married in Name Only

Dan Harvey
The Ace of Spades

John Fairmeadow
The Measure of a Man

'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher
Bare-Fisted Gallagher

Prince Carl
Bullets and Brown Eyes

Chief John Nisheto
Red Clay

Passenger (uncredited)
Hi, Beautiful

Dan Burke
The Mints of Hell

Garry Garrity
The Sudden Gentleman

Paddy O'Hara
Paddy O'Hara

Jimmie Pendleton
Life's a Funny Proposition

Larry Barclay
The Phantom Fortune

Phineas Fogg III
Around the World in 18 Days

Hawkman Lookout Captain
Flash Gordon

Walter Sandry
Big Timber

Townsman (uncredited)
Tall in the Saddle

Townsman (uncredited)
Trail Street

John Morgan
Jungle Mystery

Phil Grant
Beasts of Paradise

Jerry Jerome
The Blue Bandanna

Harry Hawkins
Twin Beds

Donald White
The Criminal

Benny Boggs
An Honest Man

Bob Baldwin
The Pretender

The Sign of the Cross
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
142
Gender
Male
Birthday
1878-01-23
Place of Birth
Horseheads, New York, USA
Also Known As
William Mannion