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.

Cast

The Prince and Betty

The Vanishing Rider

Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider

Captain of His Soul

The Rustler's Roundup

San Dimas Sheriff Holden

When Lightning Strikes

Marshal Jack Stevens

Phantom of the Opera

Stagehand (uncredited)

The Mummy's Ghost

Museum Tourist (uncredited)

The Policeman and the Baby

Master of His Home

The Return of the Durango Kid

Street Ambusher (uncredited)

1st Suitor (archive footage)

The Lightning Warrior

Townsman (uncredited)

Song of the Gringo

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Sheriff Manning

Himself, Himself - Actor

The Last Frontier

The Broken Coin

Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)

The Vanishing Legion

Milesburg Sheriff

The Vanishing Shadow

Straight Through

Good Deed O'Day

The Burning Trail

Smiling Bill Flannigan

Richard Gilmore

Parole Officer Donovan

The Vigilantes Are Coming

Anderson, Vigilante Member

Pirate Treasure

Capt. Jim Carson

The Strings of Steel

Courage of the North

The Three Musketeers

Winners of the West

Her Code of Honor

Eugene La Salle

The Rawhide Terror

Laughing at Life

Military Cabinet Officer

Perils of the Yukon

Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr.

Strawberry Roan

Colonel Brownlee

Sheriff Joe Thompson

Paws of the Bear

Shadows of the North

Ben 'Wolf' Darby

Battling with Buffalo Bill

The Cowboy and the Bandit

Custer's Last Stand

Cyclone of the Saddle

Treachery Rides the Range

Heroes of the West

Gordon of Ghost City

The Call of the Savage

Headin' for the Rio Grande

Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)

A Scarlet Week-End

The Ghost Rider

Hollywood Boulevard

Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)

Code of the West

Settler (uncredited)

Sheriff Campbell

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

Captain of the 'Viking'

Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie

Song of the Saddle

The Boys from Syracuse

Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery

Irish Cop (uncredited)

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)

Tim Tyler's Luck

The Phantom of the Air

The Phantom of the West

The Last of the Ingrams

Society for Sale

Honorable Billy

Down Rio Grande Way

The Silver Bullet

Williams - Banker

Rustlers of Red Dog

Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]

The Lone Star Trail

Cheyenne Roundup

McGuire of the Mounted

The Iced Bullet

The Author / Horace Lee

The Child Thou Gavest Me

William Desmond

Powdersmoke Range

Happy - Bartender

Where Did You Get That Girl?

Barriers of the Law

A Sage Brush Hamlet

A Gamble in Souls

The Naughty Nineties

Showboat Customer (uncredited)

The Mystery Rider

Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider

Rev. Donald Bruce

The Way of the West

'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)

Naughty Marietta

Gendarme Chief (uncredited)

The Sunset Trail

The Majesty of the Law

Jackson Morgan Kent

Backstage Technician (Uncredited)

The Roaring West

Night Life in Hollywood

Strange Confession

Peanut Vendor (uncredited)

Perils of Pauline

Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)

Thunder Mountain

Townsman (uncredited)

The Marriage Bubble

The Breathless Moment

Clancy of the Mounted

Married in Name Only

The Ace of Spades

The Measure of a Man

John Fairmeadow

Bare-Fisted Gallagher

'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher

Bullets and Brown Eyes

Chief John Nisheto

Passenger (uncredited)

The Mints of Hell

The Sudden Gentleman

Life's a Funny Proposition

Jimmie Pendleton

The Phantom Fortune

Around the World in 18 Days

Phineas Fogg III

Hawkman Lookout Captain

Tall in the Saddle

Townsman (uncredited)

Townsman (uncredited)

Beasts of Paradise

The Blue Bandanna