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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.

Savage Fury
as Allen

Thunder Mountain
as Townsman (uncredited)

The Egg and I
as Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)

Code of the West
as Settler (uncredited)

Trail Street
as Townsman (uncredited)

Desert Command
as Capt. Boncour

Strange Confession
as Peanut Vendor (uncredited)

The Naughty Nineties
as Showboat Customer (uncredited)

The Return of the Durango Kid
as Street Ambusher (uncredited)

Hi, Beautiful
as Passenger (uncredited)

The Climax
as Backstage Technician (Uncredited)

Tall in the Saddle
as Townsman (uncredited)

The Mummy's Ghost
as Museum Tourist (uncredited)

Phantom Lady
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited)

Phantom of the Opera
as Stagehand (uncredited)

The Lone Star Trail
as Bartender Mike

Cheyenne Roundup
as Pete

Overland Mail
as Williams - Banker

The Silver Bullet
as Townsman

Down Rio Grande Way
as Townsman

Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
as Bartender

Where Did You Get That Girl?
as Tourist

Junior G-Men
as Irish Cop (uncredited)

The Boys from Syracuse
as Citizen

Winners of the West
as Bill Brine

Tim Tyler's Luck
as Dock Official

Headin' for the Rio Grande
as Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)

Song of the Gringo
as Bailiff

The Vigilantes Are Coming
as Anderson, Vigilante Member

Hollywood Boulevard
as Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)

Treachery Rides the Range
as Bill

Flash Gordon
as Hawkman Lookout Captain

Song of the Saddle
as Tim

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
as Captain of the 'Viking'
The Broken Coin

Custer's Last Stand
as Wagon Master

Frisco Kid
as Vigilante Hangman (uncredited)

Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery
as Foreman Burke

Powdersmoke Range
as Happy - Bartender

Courage of the North
as Gene Travis

The Roaring West
as Jim Parker

Social Error
as Policeman

The Call of the Savage
as Allen

The Ghost Rider
as Guard

Cyclone of the Saddle
as Wagon Master

The Cowboy and the Bandit
as Sheriff Pete

Born to Battle
as John Brownell

Naughty Marietta
as Gendarme Chief (uncredited)
Wild Waters
as Sheriff Manning
Timber Terrors
as Royce Horter

Rustlers of Red Dog
as Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12]

When Lightning Strikes
as Marshal Jack Stevens

Frontier Days
as Sheriff Barnes

The Way of the West
as 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond)

The Red Rider
as Sheriff Campbell

I Can't Escape
as Parole Officer Donovan
Crack-Up
as Police Chief

The Vanishing Shadow
as MacDonald

The Rawhide Terror
as Tom Blake