Jan 23, 1878 - Horseheads, New York, USA
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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| Movie | 1919 | The Prince and Betty | John Maude | |
| Movie | 1928 | The Vanishing Rider | Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider | |
| Movie | 1915 | Peer Gynt | The Parson | |
| Movie | 1918 | Captain of His Soul | Horace | |
| Movie | 1933 | The Rustler's Roundup | San Dimas Sheriff Holden | |
| Movie | 1934 | When Lightning Strikes | Marshal Jack Stevens | |
| Movie | 1943 | Phantom of the Opera | Stagehand (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1944 | The Mummy's Ghost | Museum Tourist (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1921 | The Policeman and the Baby | The Policeman | |
| Movie | 1917 | Master of His Home | Carson Stewart | |
| Movie | 1945 | The Return of the Durango Kid | Street Ambusher (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1933 | Mr. Broadway | 1st Suitor (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1931 | The Lightning Warrior | Townsman (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1936 | Song of the Gringo | Bailiff | |
| Movie | 1944 | Phantom Lady | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1935 | Wild Waters | Sheriff Manning | |
| Movie | 1923 | The Extra Girl | Himself | |
| Movie | 1932 | The Last Frontier | General Custer | |
| Movie | 1934 | Crack-Up | Police Chief | |
| Movie | 1936 | The Broken Coin | ||
| Movie | 1935 | Frisco Kid | Vigilante Hangman (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1931 | The Vanishing Legion | Milesburg Sheriff | |
| Movie | 1934 | The Vanishing Shadow | MacDonald | |
| Movie | 1946 | Desert Command | Capt. Boncour | |
| Movie | 1925 | Straight Through | Good Deed O'Day | |
| Movie | 1925 | The Burning Trail | Smiling Bill Flannigan | |
| Movie | 1925 | The Meddler | Richard Gilmore | |
| Movie | 1935 | Born to Battle | John Brownell | |
| Movie | 1934 | I Can't Escape | Parole Officer Donovan | |
| Movie | 1936 | The Vigilantes Are Coming | Anderson, Vigilante Member | |
| Movie | 1934 | Pirate Treasure | Capt. Jim Carson | |
| Movie | 1926 | The Strings of Steel | Ned Brown | |
| Movie | 1935 | Courage of the North | Gene Travis | |
| Movie | 1933 | The Three Musketeers | Capt. Boncour | |
| Movie | 1940 | Winners of the West | Bill Brine | |
| Movie | 1919 | Her Code of Honor | Eugene La Salle | |
| Movie | 1934 | Frontier Days | Sheriff Barnes | |
| Movie | 1934 | The Rawhide Terror | Tom Blake | |
| Movie | 1933 | Laughing at Life | Military Cabinet Officer | |
| Movie | 1922 | Perils of the Yukon | Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr. | |
| Movie | 1933 | Strawberry Roan | Colonel Brownlee | |
| Movie | 1933 | Fargo Express | Sheriff Joe Thompson | |
| Movie | 1917 | Paws of the Bear | Ray Bourke | |
| Movie | 1934 | Border Guns | Dr. Jim Wilson | |
| Movie | 1929 | No Children | Self | |
| Movie | 1923 | Shadows of the North | Ben 'Wolf' Darby | |
| Movie | 1931 | Battling with Buffalo Bill | John Mills | |
| Movie | 1923 | The Extra Girl | Himself - Actor | |
| Movie | 1935 | The Cowboy and the Bandit | Sheriff Pete | |
| Movie | 1936 | Custer's Last Stand | Wagon Master | |
| Movie | 1935 | Cyclone of the Saddle | Wagon Master | |
| Movie | 1936 | Treachery Rides the Range | Bill | |
| Movie | 1932 | Heroes of the West | John Blaine | |
| Movie | 1933 | Gordon of Ghost City | John Mulford | |
| Movie | 1935 | The Call of the Savage | Allen | |
| Movie | 1936 | Headin' for the Rio Grande | Mr. Mack (cattle buyer) | |
| Movie | 1932 | A Scarlet Week-End | ||
| Movie | 1935 | The Ghost Rider | Guard | |
| Movie | 1935 | Social Error | Policeman | |
| Movie | 1936 | Hollywood Boulevard | Pago Pago Patron (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1947 | Code of the West | Settler (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1934 | The Red Rider | Sheriff Campbell | |
| Movie | 1936 | The Adventures of Frank Merriwell | Captain of the 'Viking' | |
| Movie | 1935 | Timber Terrors | Royce Horter | |
| Movie | 1941 | Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie | Bartender | |
| Movie | 1936 | Song of the Saddle | Tim | |
| Movie | 1940 | The Boys from Syracuse | Citizen | |
| Movie | 1935 | Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery | Foreman Burke | |
| Movie | 1940 | Junior G-Men | Irish Cop (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1943 | Thank Your Lucky Stars | Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1937 | Tim Tyler's Luck | Dock Official | |
| Movie | 1933 | The Phantom of the Air | Thomas Edmonds | |
| Movie | 1930 | The Phantom of the West | Martin Blair | |
| Movie | 1917 | The Last of the Ingrams | Jules Ingram | |
| Movie | 1921 | Fightin' Mad | Bud McGraw | |
| Movie | 1918 | Society for Sale | Honorable Billy | |
| Movie | 1942 | Down Rio Grande Way | Townsman | |
| Movie | 1942 | The Silver Bullet | Townsman | |
| Movie | 1942 | Overland Mail | Williams - Banker | |
| Movie | 1935 | Rustlers of Red Dog | Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12] | |
| Movie | 1943 | The Lone Star Trail | Bartender Mike | |
| Movie | 1943 | Cheyenne Roundup | Pete | |
| Movie | 1929 | No Defense | John Harper | |
| Movie | 1923 | McGuire of the Mounted | Bob McGuire | |
| Movie | 1917 | The Iced Bullet | The Author / Horace Lee | |
| Movie | 1921 | The Child Thou Gavest Me | Tom Marshall | |
| Movie | 1924 | Hello, 'Frisco | William Desmond | |
| Movie | 1956 | Savage Fury | Allen | |
| Movie | 1935 | Powdersmoke Range | Happy - Bartender | |
| Movie | 1941 | Where Did You Get That Girl? | Tourist | |
| Movie | 1925 | Outwitted | Jack Blaisdel | |
| Movie | 1925 | Ridin' Pretty | Sky Parker | |
| Movie | 1925 | Barriers of the Law | Rex Brandon | |
| Movie | 1919 | A Sage Brush Hamlet | Larry Lang | |
| Movie | 1916 | A Gamble in Souls | ||
| Movie | 1945 | The Naughty Nineties | Showboat Customer (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1928 | The Mystery Rider | Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider | |
| Movie | 1916 | Peggy | Rev. Donald Bruce | |
| Movie | 1934 | The Way of the West | 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond) | |
| Movie | 1916 | The Dawn Maker | Bruce Smithson | |
| Movie | 1915 | Kilmeny | Bob Meredith | |
| Movie | 1935 | Naughty Marietta | Gendarme Chief (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1924 | The Sunset Trail | Happy Hobo | |
| Movie | 1915 | The Majesty of the Law | Jackson Morgan Kent | |
| Movie | 1944 | The Climax | Backstage Technician (Uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1935 | The Roaring West | Jim Parker | |
| Movie | 1922 | Night Life in Hollywood | Self | |
| Movie | 1945 | Strange Confession | Peanut Vendor (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1933 | Perils of Pauline | Prof. Thompson | |
| Movie | 1947 | The Egg and I | Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1931 | Oklahoma Jim | Lacy | |
| Movie | 1947 | Thunder Mountain | Townsman (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1918 | The Marriage Bubble | The Actor | |
| Movie | 1924 | The Breathless Moment | Billy Carson | |
| Movie | 1921 | Women Men Love | David Hunter | |
| Movie | 1933 | Clancy of the Mounted | Dave Moran | |
| Movie | 1917 | Flying Colors | Brent Brewster | |
| Movie | 1917 | Married in Name Only | ||
| Movie | 1925 | The Ace of Spades | Dan Harvey | |
| Movie | 1924 | The Measure of a Man | John Fairmeadow | |
| Movie | 1919 | Bare-Fisted Gallagher | 'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher | |
| Movie | 1916 | Bullets and Brown Eyes | Prince Carl | |
| Movie | 1925 | Red Clay | Chief John Nisheto | |
| Movie | 1944 | Hi, Beautiful | Passenger (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1919 | The Mints of Hell | Dan Burke | |
| Movie | 1917 | The Sudden Gentleman | Garry Garrity | |
| Movie | 1917 | Paddy O'Hara | Paddy O'Hara | |
| Movie | 1919 | Life's a Funny Proposition | Jimmie Pendleton | |
| Movie | 1923 | The Phantom Fortune | Larry Barclay | |
| Movie | 1923 | Around the World in 18 Days | Phineas Fogg III |
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