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Townsman
(Acting)
Down Rio Grande Way
1942
William Desmond
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Age
71
Gender
Male
Birthday
1878-01-23
Died
1949-11-03
Birthplace
Horseheads, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
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.
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100
70%
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1956
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76%
The Egg and I
1947
Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)
60%
Code of the West
1947
Settler (uncredited)
58%
Desert Command
1946
Capt. Boncour
67%
Strange Confession
1945
Peanut Vendor (uncredited)
75%
The Naughty Nineties
1945
Showboat Customer (uncredited)
55%
The Return of the Durango Kid
1945
Street Ambusher (uncredited)
62%
The Climax
1944
Backstage Technician (Uncredited)
59%
The Mummy's Ghost
1944
Museum Tourist (uncredited)
70%
Phantom Lady
1944
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
64%
Phantom of the Opera
1943
Stagehand (uncredited)
0%
The Lone Star Trail
1943
Bartender Mike
0%
Cheyenne Roundup
1943
Pete
0%
Overland Mail
1942
Williams - Banker
0%
The Silver Bullet
1942
Townsman
0%
Down Rio Grande Way
1942
Townsman
0%
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
1941
Bartender
60%
Where Did You Get That Girl?
1941
Tourist
0%
Junior G-Men
1940
Irish Cop
35%
The Boys from Syracuse
1940
Citizen
0%
Winners of the West
1940
Bill Brine
75%
Tim Tyler's Luck
1937
Dock Official
63%
Song of the Gringo
1936
Bailiff
0%
The Vigilantes Are Coming
1936
Anderson, Vigilante Member
0%
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
0%
Treachery Rides the Range
1936
Bill
70%
Song of the Saddle
1936
Tim
0%
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936
Captain of the 'Viking'
0%
The Broken Coin
1936
80%
Custer's Last Stand
1936
Wagon Master
0%
Headin' for the Rio Grande
1936
Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)
80%
Frisco Kid
1935
Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)
0%
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery
1935
Foreman Burke
70%
Powdersmoke Range
1935
Happy - Bartender
30%
Courage of the North
1935
Gene Travis
0%
The Roaring West
1935
Jim Parker
0%
Social Error
1935
Policeman
0%
The Ghost Rider
1935
Guard
40%
Cyclone of the Saddle
1935
Wagon Master
70%
The Cowboy and the Bandit
1935
Sheriff Pete
66%
Naughty Marietta
1935
Gendarme Chief (uncredited)
0%
Wild Waters
1935
Sheriff Manning
0%
Rustlers of Red Dog
1935
Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]
0%
When Lightning Strikes
1934
Marshal Jack Stevens
0%
Frontier Days
1934
Sheriff Barnes
0%
The Way of the West
1934
'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)
0%
The Red Rider
1934
Sheriff Campbell
0%
Crack-Up
1934
Police Chief
70%
The Vanishing Shadow
1934
MacDonald
35%
The Rawhide Terror
1934
Tom Blake
0%
Border Guns
1934
Dr. Jim Wilson
50%
Pirate Treasure
1934
Capt. Jim Carson
50%
Strawberry Roan
1933
Colonel Brownlee
0%
Mr. Broadway
1933
1st Suitor (archive footage)
0%
Gordon of Ghost City
1933
John Mulford
0%
Laughing at Life
1933
Military Cabinet Officer
50%
The Phantom of the Air
1933
Thomas Edmonds
77%
The Three Musketeers
1933
Capt. Boncour
0%
The Rustler's Roundup
1933
San Dimas Sheriff Holden
0%
A Scarlet Week-End
1932
0%
The Last Frontier
1932
General Custer
0%
Heroes of the West
1932
John Blaine
10%
Battling With Buffalo Bill
1931 —
12 episodes
0%
Battling with Buffalo Bill
1931
John Mills
50%
The Lightning Warrior
1931
Townsman (uncredited)
0%
The Vanishing Legion
1931
Milesburg Sheriff
50%
The Phantom of the West
1930
Martin Blair
0%
No Defense
1929
John Harper
0%
No Children
1929
Self
0%
The Mystery Rider
1928
Winthrop Lane, The Mystery Rider
0%
The Strings of Steel
1926
Ned Brown
70%
The Meddler
1925
Richard Gilmore
0%
The Burning Trail
1925
Smiling Bill Flannigan
0%
Straight Through
1925
Good Deed O'Day
0%
Barriers of the Law
1925
Rex Brandon
0%
Ridin' Pretty
1925
Sky Parker
0%
Outwitted
1925
Jack Blaisdel
0%
The Sunset Trail
1924
Happy Hobo
0%
Hello, 'Frisco
1924
William Desmond
62%
The Extra Girl
1923
Himself, Himself - Actor
0%
McGuire of the Mounted
1923
Bob McGuire
0%
Night Life in Hollywood
1922
Self
0%
Perils of the Yukon
1922
Jack Merrill Sr., Jack Merrill Jr.
0%
Fightin' Mad
1921
Bud McGraw
0%
The Child Thou Gavest Me
1921
Tom Marshall
0%
The Prince and Betty
1919
John Maude
0%
A Sage Brush Hamlet
1919
Larry Lang
0%
Her Code of Honor
1919
Eugene La Salle
0%
Society for Sale
1918
Honorable Billy
0%
Captain of His Soul
1918
0%
Master of His Home
1917
0%
Paws of the Bear
1917
Ray Bourke
0%
The Last of the Ingrams
1917
Jules Ingram
0%
The Iced Bullet
1917
The Author, Horace Lee
0%
A Gamble in Souls
1916
0%
The Dawn Maker
1916
Bruce Smithson
0%
Peggy
1916
Rev. Donald Bruce
0%
Peer Gynt
1915
The Parson
0%
The Majesty of the Law
1915
Jackson Morgan Kent
0%
Kilmeny
1915
Bob Meredith
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