William Desmond: movies and TV shows
William Desmond has 152 credits in the archive: 152 films and 0 TV series, from 1904 to 2015. Highest rated: Code of the West (7.7/10).
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Career timeline
1904 – 2015 · busiest year: 1935 (15 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Magnetic | Film | 7.4 | 137 | |
| 1956 | Savage Fury | Allen | Film | 7.0 | 78 |
| 1947 | The Egg and I | Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 69 |
| 1947 | Trail Street | Townsman (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 69 |
| 1947 | Thunder Mountain | Townsman (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 69 |
| 1947 | Code of the West | Settler (uncredited) | Film | 7.7 | 69 |
| 1946 | Desert Command | Capt. Boncour | Film | 4.2 | 68 |
| 1945 | The Naughty Nineties | Showboat Customer (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 67 |
| 1945 | The Return of the Durango Kid | Street Ambusher (uncredited) | Film | 8.7 | 67 |
| 1945 | Strange Confession | Peanut Vendor (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 67 |
| 1944 | Tall in the Saddle | Townsman (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 66 |
| 1944 | The Mummy's Ghost | Museum Tourist (uncredited) | Film | 5.6 | 66 |
| 1944 | Phantom Lady | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 66 |
| 1944 | The Climax | Backstage Technician (Uncredited) | Film | 5.5 | 66 |
| 1944 | Hi, Beautiful | Passenger (uncredited) | Film | 9.8 | 66 |
| 1943 | Phantom of the Opera | Stagehand (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 65 |
| 1943 | Thank Your Lucky Stars | Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 65 |
| 1943 | Cheyenne Roundup | Pete | Film | 7.0 | 65 |
| 1943 | The Lone Star Trail | Bartender Mike | Film | 6.0 | 65 |
| 1942 | Down Rio Grande Way | Townsman | Film | 10.0 | 64 |
| 1942 | Overland Mail | Williams - Banker | Film | 10.0 | 64 |
| 1942 | The Silver Bullet | Townsman | Film | 6.0 | 64 |
| 1941 | Where Did You Get That Girl? | Tourist | Film | 6.0 | 63 |
| 1941 | Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie | Bartender | Film | 6.5 | 63 |
| 1940 | Winners of the West | Bill Brine | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1940 | The Boys from Syracuse | Citizen | Film | 6.4 | 62 |
| 1940 | Junior G-Men | Irish Cop (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 62 |
| 1937 | Tim Tyler's Luck | Dock Official | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1936 | Flash Gordon | Hawkman Lookout Captain | Film | 6.4 | 58 |
| 1936 | The Broken Coin | Film | 9.0 | 58 | |
| 1936 | Custer's Last Stand | Wagon Master | Film | 5.3 | 58 |
| 1936 | Headin' for the Rio Grande | Mr. Mack (cattle buyer) | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1936 | Song of the Saddle | Tim | Film | 7.3 | 58 |
| 1936 | The Adventures of Frank Merriwell | Captain of the 'Viking' | Film | 5.7 | 58 |
| 1936 | Song of the Gringo | Bailiff | Film | 6.0 | 58 |
| 1936 | The Vigilantes Are Coming | Anderson, Vigilante Member | Film | 7.8 | 58 |
| 1936 | Treachery Rides the Range | Bill | Film | 4.0 | 58 |
| 1936 | Hollywood Boulevard | Pago Pago Patron (uncredited) | Film | 4.5 | 58 |
| 1935 | Naughty Marietta | Gendarme Chief (uncredited) | Film | 5.5 | 57 |
| 1935 | Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery | Foreman Burke | Film | 8.0 | 57 |
| 1935 | The Call of the Savage | Allen | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 1935 | The Cowboy and the Bandit | Sheriff Pete | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1935 | Powdersmoke Range | Happy - Bartender | Film | 10.0 | 57 |
| 1935 | Frisco Kid | Vigilante Hangman (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1935 | Courage of the North | Gene Travis | Film | 5.5 | 57 |
| 1935 | Rustlers of Red Dog | Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12] | Film | 8.5 | 57 |
| 1935 | The Roaring West | Jim Parker | Film | 10.0 | 57 |
| 1935 | The Ghost Rider | Guard | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 1935 | Cyclone of the Saddle | Wagon Master | Film | 5.8 | 57 |
| 1935 | Timber Terrors | Royce Horter | Film | 6.5 | 57 |
| 1935 | Social Error | Policeman | Film | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1935 | Born to Battle | John Brownell | Film | 5.8 | 57 |
| 1935 | Wild Waters | Sheriff Manning | Film | 10.0 | 57 |
| 1934 | Frontier Days | Sheriff Barnes | Film | 4.3 | 56 |
| 1934 | I Can't Escape | Parole Officer Donovan | Film | 6.7 | 56 |
| 1934 | The Way of the West | 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond) | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1934 | The Red Rider | Sheriff Campbell | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1934 | Pirate Treasure | Capt. Jim Carson | Film | 5.5 | 56 |
| 1934 | Crack-Up | Police Chief | Film | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1934 | The Vanishing Shadow | MacDonald | Film | 7.1 | 56 |
| 1934 | The Rawhide Terror | Tom Blake | Film | 4.9 | 56 |
| 1934 | When Lightning Strikes | Marshal Jack Stevens | Film | 7.5 | 56 |
| 1934 | Border Guns | Dr. Jim Wilson | Film | 9.0 | 56 |
| 1933 | The Phantom of the Air | Thomas Edmonds | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1933 | Gordon of Ghost City | John Mulford | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 1933 | Perils of Pauline | Prof. Thompson | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 1933 | The Rustler's Roundup | San Dimas Sheriff Holden | Film | 9.0 | 55 |
| 1933 | Laughing at Life | Military Cabinet Officer | Film | 7.3 | 55 |
| 1933 | Clancy of the Mounted | Dave Moran | Film | 8.0 | 55 |
| 1933 | Fargo Express | Sheriff Joe Thompson | Film | 9.0 | 55 |
| 1933 | The Three Musketeers | Capt. Boncour | Film | 5.7 | 55 |
| 1933 | Mr. Broadway | 1st Suitor (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 55 |
| 1933 | Strawberry Roan | Colonel Brownlee | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1932 | Heroes of the West | John Blaine | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 1932 | A Scarlet Week-End | Film | 3.7 | 54 | |
| 1932 | The Last Frontier | General Custer | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1932 | Jungle Mystery | John Morgan | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1931 | Battling with Buffalo Bill | John Mills | Film | 5.8 | 53 |
| 1931 | Hell-Bent for Frisco | The Editor | Film | 9.0 | 53 |
| 1931 | First Aid | Chief of Police | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1931 | The Lightning Warrior | Townsman (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1931 | Oklahoma Jim | Lacy | Film | 9.0 | 53 |
| 1931 | The Vanishing Legion | Milesburg Sheriff | Film | 8.5 | 53 |
| 1930 | The Phantom of the West | Martin Blair | Film | 9.0 | 52 |
| 1929 | No Defense | John Harper | Film | 10.0 | 51 |
| 1929 | No Children | Self | Film | — | 51 |
| 1928 | The Vanishing Rider | Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1928 | The Devil's Trademark | Morgan Gray | Film | 9.0 | 50 |
| 1928 | The Mystery Rider | Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider | Film | 9.0 | 50 |
| 1927 | The Return of the Riddle Rider | Randolph Parker / The Riddle Rider | Film | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1926 | The Strings of Steel | Ned Brown | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1925 | The Meddler | Richard Gilmore | Film | 5.0 | 47 |
| 1925 | Duped | John Morgan | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1925 | Outwitted | Jack Blaisdel | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1925 | Straight Through | Good Deed O'Day | Film | 9.0 | 47 |
| 1925 | Barriers of the Law | Rex Brandon | Film | 9.0 | 47 |
| 1925 | Red Clay | Chief John Nisheto | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1925 | The Ace of Spades | Dan Harvey | Film | 9.0 | 47 |
| 1925 | Ridin' Pretty | Sky Parker | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1925 | The Burning Trail | Smiling Bill Flannigan | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1924 | Hello, 'Frisco | William Desmond | Film | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1924 | The Measure of a Man | John Fairmeadow | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1924 | The Sunset Trail | Happy Hobo | Film | 10.0 | 46 |
| 1924 | The Breathless Moment | Billy Carson | Film | 9.0 | 46 |
| 1924 | The Riddle Rider | Randolph Parker / The Riddle Rider | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1924 | Big Timber | Walter Sandry | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1923 | The Extra Girl | Himself | Film | 6.4 | 45 |
| 1923 | The Extra Girl | Himself - Actor | Film | 6.4 | 45 |
| 1923 | McGuire of the Mounted | Bob McGuire | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1923 | Around the World in 18 Days | Phineas Fogg III | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1923 | The Phantom Fortune | Larry Barclay | Film | 9.0 | 45 |
| 1923 | Beasts of Paradise | Phil Grant | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1923 | Shadows of the North | Ben 'Wolf' Darby | Film | 10.0 | 45 |
| 1922 | Night Life in Hollywood | Self | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1922 | Perils of the Yukon | Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr. | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1921 | The Child Thou Gavest Me | Tom Marshall | Film | 10.0 | 43 |
| 1921 | The Policeman and the Baby | The Policeman | Film | 10.0 | 43 |
| 1921 | The Parish Priest | Reverend John Whalen | Film | — | 43 |
| 1921 | Women Men Love | David Hunter | Film | — | 43 |
| 1921 | Fightin' Mad | Bud McGraw | Film | 10.0 | 43 |
| 1920 | Twin Beds | Harry Hawkins | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1919 | Whitewashed Walls | Larry Donovan | Film | 9.0 | 41 |
| 1919 | Her Code of Honor | Eugene La Salle | Film | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1919 | The Mints of Hell | Dan Burke | Film | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1919 | Bare-Fisted Gallagher | 'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher | Film | — | 41 |
| 1919 | The Prince and Betty | John Maude | Film | 8.3 | 41 |
| 1919 | Life's a Funny Proposition | Jimmie Pendleton | Film | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1919 | A Sage Brush Hamlet | Larry Lang | Film | 10.0 | 41 |
| 1919 | The Blue Bandanna | Jerry Jerome | Film | — | 41 |
| 1918 | The Pretender | Bob Baldwin | Film | — | 40 |
| 1918 | Captain of His Soul | Horace | Film | 10.0 | 40 |
| 1918 | An Honest Man | Benny Boggs | Film | — | 40 |
| 1918 | Society for Sale | Honorable Billy | Film | — | 40 |
| 1918 | The Marriage Bubble | The Actor | Film | 10.0 | 40 |
| 1917 | Time Locks and Diamonds | Silver Jim Farrel | Film | — | 39 |
| 1917 | Married in Name Only | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1917 | The Last of the Ingrams | Jules Ingram | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1917 | Paws of the Bear | Ray Bourke | Film | — | 39 |
| 1917 | The Iced Bullet | The Author / Horace Lee | Film | — | 39 |
| 1917 | Master of His Home | Carson Stewart | Film | 10.0 | 39 |
| 1917 | Paddy O'Hara | Paddy O'Hara | Film | — | 39 |
| 1917 | Flying Colors | Brent Brewster | Film | — | 39 |
| 1917 | The Sudden Gentleman | Garry Garrity | Film | — | 39 |
| 1916 | The Criminal | Donald White | Film | — | 38 |
| 1916 | Bullets and Brown Eyes | Prince Carl | Film | — | 38 |
| 1916 | A Gamble in Souls | Film | 10.0 | 38 | |
| 1916 | Peggy | Rev. Donald Bruce | Film | — | 38 |
| 1916 | The Dawn Maker | Bruce Smithson | Film | — | 38 |
| 1915 | Peer Gynt | The Parson | Film | — | 37 |
| 1915 | The Majesty of the Law | Jackson Morgan Kent | Film | — | 37 |
| 1915 | Kilmeny | Bob Meredith | Film | — | 37 |
| 1904 | The Sign of the Cross | Film | — | 26 |