William Desmond

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.

Movies

Savage Fury

0 %|Jan 1, 1956

Adventure, Science Fiction

The Egg and I

69 %|May 1, 1947

Comedy, Romance

Code of the West

50 %|Feb 20, 1947

Action, Western

Desert Command

36 %|May 31, 1946

Adventure, Action

Strange Confession

68 %|Oct 5, 1945

Crime, Mystery, Drama, Horror

The Naughty Nineties

67.39 %|Jun 20, 1945

Comedy

The Return of the Durango Kid

80 %|Apr 19, 1945

Western

The Climax

54 %|Oct 20, 1944

Horror, Thriller

The Mummy's Ghost

57.62 %|Jul 7, 1944

Horror, Fantasy

Phantom Lady

70.38 %|Jan 28, 1944

Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Phantom of the Opera

62 %|Aug 12, 1943

Horror, Romance, Drama

The Lone Star Trail

50 %|Aug 6, 1943

Romance, Western

Cheyenne Roundup

40 %|Apr 12, 1943

Western

Overland Mail

0 %|Sep 22, 1942

Western

The Silver Bullet

40 %|Aug 5, 1942

Western

Down Rio Grande Way

0 %|Apr 23, 1942

Western

Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie

50 %|Mar 21, 1941

Western

Where Did You Get That Girl?

50 %|Jan 3, 1941

Music, Comedy

Junior G-Men

61 %|Nov 1, 1940

Adventure, Crime, Action

The Boys from Syracuse

65 %|Jul 30, 1940

Comedy, Music

Winners of the West

0 %|Jul 2, 1940

Western, Action

Tim Tyler's Luck

0 %|Dec 27, 1937

Family, Adventure

Song of the Gringo

47 %|Nov 22, 1936

Action, Western

The Vigilantes Are Coming

55 %|Aug 21, 1936

Western, Action

Hollywood Boulevard

25 %|Aug 20, 1936

Drama

Treachery Rides the Range

10 %|May 2, 1936

Music, Western

Song of the Saddle

70 %|Feb 28, 1936

Comedy, Romance

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

40 %|Jan 13, 1936

Adventure

The Broken Coin

0 %|Jan 10, 1936

Drama

Custer's Last Stand

45 %|Jan 2, 1936

Action, Western

Headin' for the Rio Grande

0 %|Jan 1, 1936

Western

Frisco Kid

68 %|Nov 30, 1935

Adventure, Romance, Action

Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery

60 %|Oct 20, 1935

Action, Adventure, Comedy

Powdersmoke Range

0 %|Sep 27, 1935

Western

Courage of the North

0 %|Sep 1, 1935

Action, Adventure

The Roaring West

0 %|Jul 8, 1935

Western

Social Error

0 %|Apr 30, 1935

Action, Crime

The Call of the Savage

50 %|Apr 14, 1935

The Ghost Rider

50 %|Apr 7, 1935

Western

Cyclone of the Saddle

52 %|Apr 3, 1935

Western

The Cowboy and the Bandit

60 %|Apr 2, 1935

Western

Born to Battle

15 %|Apr 1, 1935

Action, Western

Naughty Marietta

43 %|Mar 29, 1935

Music, Romance

Wild Waters

0 %|Mar 3, 1935

Western, Action

Rustlers of Red Dog

80 %|Jan 1, 1935

Western, Action

Timber Terrors

50 %|Jan 1, 1935

When Lightning Strikes

50 %|Dec 18, 1934

Action, Adventure

Frontier Days

40 %|Nov 14, 1934

Western, Romance, Action, Adventure

The Way of the West

0 %|Oct 14, 1934

Western

The Red Rider

40 %|Jul 16, 1934

Comedy, Western, Action, Adventure

I Can't Escape

0 %|Jul 4, 1934

Drama, Crime

Crack-Up

0 %|Jun 2, 1934

Adventure, Western

The Vanishing Shadow

65 %|Apr 22, 1934

Science Fiction, Action

The Rawhide Terror

42 %|Mar 19, 1934

Western, Crime

Border Guns

0 %|Feb 1, 1934

Western

Pirate Treasure

40 %|Jan 29, 1934

Action, Adventure

Fargo Express

0 %|Nov 20, 1933

Western

Perils of Pauline

57 %|Nov 5, 1933

Action, Adventure

Strawberry Roan

55 %|Oct 26, 1933

Western

Mr. Broadway

0 %|Sep 12, 1933

Comedy, Documentary

Gordon of Ghost City

40 %|Aug 13, 1933

Western

Laughing at Life

60 %|Jul 12, 1933

Adventure, Drama

The Phantom of the Air

60 %|May 21, 1933

Action

The Three Musketeers

54 %|Apr 7, 1933

Action, Adventure

The Rustler's Roundup

0 %|Mar 16, 1933

Western

A Scarlet Week-End

10 %|Nov 30, 1932

Mystery

The Last Frontier

60 %|Sep 4, 1932

Western, Action, Adventure

Heroes of the West

50 %|Jun 19, 1932

Western

Battling with Buffalo Bill

50 %|Nov 22, 1931

Western, Action

The Lightning Warrior

50 %|Nov 1, 1931

Action, Western, Adventure

Oklahoma Jim

0 %|Oct 10, 1931

The Vanishing Legion

90 %|Jun 1, 1931

Action, Mystery, Western, Crime

The Phantom of the West

0 %|Nov 10, 1930

Action, Western, Mystery

No Defense

0 %|Apr 5, 1929

Romance, Drama

No Children

0 %|Mar 10, 1929

Comedy

The Mystery Rider

0 %|Nov 25, 1928

Western

The Vanishing Rider

0 %|Jan 16, 1928

Western

The Strings of Steel

0 %|Jun 28, 1926

Action, Drama

The Meddler

20 %|Jun 28, 1925

Western

The Burning Trail

0 %|May 10, 1925

Western

Straight Through

0 %|Apr 5, 1925

Western

Barriers of the Law

0 %|Mar 26, 1925

Drama

Ridin' Pretty

0 %|Feb 22, 1925

Western

Outwitted

0 %|Jan 1, 1925

Drama, Crime

The Sunset Trail

0 %|Nov 2, 1924

Western

Hello, 'Frisco

50 %|Sep 28, 1924

Comedy

The Extra Girl

59 %|Oct 28, 1923

Comedy, Romance, Crime

The Extra Girl

59 %|Oct 28, 1923

Comedy, Romance, Crime

Shadows of the North

0 %|Aug 27, 1923

Western

McGuire of the Mounted

0 %|Jul 8, 1923

Drama, Western

Night Life in Hollywood

0 %|Nov 15, 1922

Drama

Perils of the Yukon

0 %|Jul 24, 1922

Action, Adventure

Fightin' Mad

0 %|Nov 20, 1921

Western, Comedy

The Policeman and the Baby

0 %|Sep 4, 1921

Drama

The Child Thou Gavest Me

0 %|Aug 20, 1921

Drama

The Prince and Betty

75 %|Dec 21, 1919

Comedy

A Sage Brush Hamlet

0 %|Aug 3, 1919

Western

Her Code of Honor

0 %|Apr 6, 1919

Society for Sale

0 %|Apr 21, 1918

Drama

Captain of His Soul

0 %|Feb 10, 1918

Master of His Home

0 %|Aug 12, 1917

Paws of the Bear

0 %|Jun 17, 1917

Drama, War

The Last of the Ingrams

0 %|Feb 25, 1917

Drama

The Iced Bullet

0 %|Jan 21, 1917

Comedy, Mystery

A Gamble in Souls

0 %|Dec 9, 1916

Drama

The Dawn Maker

0 %|Sep 23, 1916

Western

Peggy

0 %|Jan 2, 1916

Comedy

Peer Gynt

0 %|Sep 15, 1915

Fantasy

The Majesty of the Law

0 %|Aug 26, 1915

Kilmeny

0 %|Jul 22, 1915

Series