William Desmond (1878 - 1949)

Irish-born American actor, 'The King of the Silent Serials'.

* January 23, 1878 Dublin, Ireland
 as William Mannion
 November 3, 1949 Los Angeles, California, USA



Vintage magazines

Mon Ciné, nr. 95, 13 December 1923
Film-Magazin, nr. 21, 20. Mai 1928
Film-Magazin, nr. 21, 20. Mai 1928


Books with substantial mentioning of William Desmond

George A. Katchmer Eighty silent film stars George A. Katchmer
Eighty silent film stars, Biographies and filmographies of the obscure to the well known
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1991

Charles Donald Fox and Milton L. Silver (eds.) Who's Who on the Screen Charles Donald Fox and Milton L. Silver (eds.)
Who's Who on the Screen
New York City, 1920

Books with an entry on William Desmond

Roy Liebman Silent Film Performers Roy Liebman
Silent Film Performers, An Annotated Bibliography of Published, Unpublished and Archival Sources for over 350 Actors and Actresses
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1996

Martin J. Quigley (ed.) The Motion Picture Almanac Martin J. Quigley (ed.)
The Motion Picture Almanac, Big Stars in Big Pictures
Chicago, Ill., 1929

Charles Donald Fox Mirrors of Hollywood Charles Donald Fox
Mirrors of Hollywood, with brief biographies of favorite film folk
New York, 1925

Books with photograph(s) of William Desmond

John Richard Finch and Paul Elby Close-Ups John Richard Finch and Paul Elby
Close-Ups, From the Golden Age of the Silent Cinema
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1978

Films

1915
Peer Gynt
Kilmeny

1916
Peggy
The Captive God
Lieutenant Danny, U.S.A.
Not My Sister

1917
Paws of the Bear
The Iced Bullet
The Last of the Ingrams

1918
Society for Sale
Captain of His Soul

1920
Twin Beds

1921
The Child Thou Gavest Me

1922
Night Life in Hollywood

1923
The Extra Girl

1924
Hello Frisco
The Measure of a Man

1925
The Ace of Spades
Barriers of the Law
The Meddler
Outwitted

1927
Finger Prints

1930
Murder on the Roof

1931
First Aid
Hell-Bent for Frisco
The Vanishing Legion
Battling with Buffalo Bill

1932
The Devil Horse
A Scarlet Week-End
Heroes of the West

1933
Phantom of the Air
The Whispering Shadow
The Three Musketeers
Gordon of Ghost City
Clancy of the Mounted
Fargo Express
Strawberry Roan

1934
Gunfire
I Can't Escape
Tailspin Tommy
The Vanishing Shadow
Frontier Days
Border Guns
The Rawhide Terror
The Red Rider
The Way of the West

1935
Frisco Kid
The Ghost Rider
Naughty Marietta
Nevada
Powdersmoke Range
The Rustlers of Red Dog
Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery
Trails of the Wild
Cyclone of the Saddle
The Cowboy and the Bandit
Born to Battle

1936
The Clutching Hand
The Black Coin
Flash Gordon
Hollywood Boulevard
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
Custer's Last Stand
Cavalry
Song of the Saddle
Headin' for the Rio Grande
Treachery Rides the Range
Song of the Gringo

1937
The Mysterious Pilot
Arizona Days
Wild West Days

1939
Man of Conquest

1940
The Boys from Syracuse
Junior G-Men
A Little Bit of Heaven
Winners of the West

1941
Nice Girl?
Sky Raiders
Where Did You Get That Girl?
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie

1942
Don Winslow of the Navy
Gang Busters
Junior G-Men of the Air
Overland Mail
Sin Town
Raiders of the West
Stagecoach Buckaroo
The Silver Bullet

1943
Frontier Fury
Phantom of the Opera
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Frontier Badmen
Cheyenne Roundup
The Lone Star Trail

1944
The Climax
Tall in the Saddle
The Old Texas Trail
The Scarlet Claw
The Mummy's Ghost
Firebrands of Arizona
Oklahoma Raiders
Marshal of Gunsmoke
The Yellow Rose of Texas
Girl Rush

1945
The Naughty Nineties
Frontier Gal
That Night with You
Strange Confession
Beyond the Pecos
The Return of the Durango Kid

1946
Lawless Breed

1947
The Egg and I
Code of the West
Michigan Kid

1948
Relentless

1956
Savage Fury

1976
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

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