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William Desmond (actor)

January 06, 2023

Not to be confused with William Desmond Taylor.

William Desmond (born William Mannion; January 23, 1878 – November 3, 1949) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1915 and 1948. He was nicknamed "The King of the Silent Serials."

William Desmond
Desmond in 1915
Born
William Mannion

(1878-01-23)January 23, 1878
Horseheads, New York U.S.
DiedNovember 3, 1949(1949-11-03) (aged 71)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1915–1949
SpouseMary McIvor (m.1919)
Children2

Born William Mannion[1] in Horseheads, New York, he was raised in New York City. He later changed his surname to a stage name. He started out in vaudeville and the legitimate stage before making his film debut. In 1919, he married his co-star Mary McIvor, with whom he had two daughters. [2]

On November 3, 1949, Desmond died at age 71 of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California. He is interred at the Chapel of the Pines Crematory, Los Angeles.[3]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ Room, Adrian (2012). Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th ed. McFarland. p. 143. ISBN 9780786457632. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  2. ^ A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses 1476609055 George A. Katchmer - 2002 -"William Desmond's biography can be read in its entirety in the author's book Eighty Silent Film Stars: Biographies and Filmographies from the Obscure to the ... In 1919, he married Mary McIvor, who bore him two daughters, Mary Jo and Terry.
  3. ^ Ellenberger, Allan R. (2001). Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory. McFarland. p. 24. ISBN 9780786409839. Retrieved January 23, 2018.

External links

 
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Not to be confused with William Desmond Taylor William Desmond born William Mannion January 23 1878 November 3 1949 was an American actor He appeared in more than 200 films between 1915 and 1948 He was nicknamed The King of the Silent Serials William DesmondDesmond in 1915BornWilliam Mannion 1878 01 23 January 23 1878Horseheads New York U S DiedNovember 3 1949 1949 11 03 aged 71 Los Angeles California U S OccupationActorYears active1915 1949SpouseMary McIvor m 1919 Children2Born William Mannion 1 in Horseheads New York he was raised in New York City He later changed his surname to a stage name He started out in vaudeville and the legitimate stage before making his film debut In 1919 he married his co star Mary McIvor with whom he had two daughters 2 On November 3 1949 Desmond died at age 71 of a heart attack in Los Angeles California He is interred at the Chapel of the Pines Crematory Los Angeles 3 Selected filmography EditKilmeny 1915 Bob Meredith The Majesty of the Law 1915 Jackson Morgan Kent Peer Gynt 1915 The Parson Peggy 1916 Rev Donald Bruce Bullets and Brown Eyes 1916 Prince Carl The Waifs 1916 Arthur Rayburn Not My Sister 1916 Michael Arnold The Sorrows of Love 1916 Guido Perli The Captive God 1916 The Payment 1916 Dick Lieutenant Danny U S A 1916 Lt Danny Ward The Dawn Maker 1916 Bruce Smithson The Criminal 1916 Donald White A Gamble in Souls 1916 Arthur Worden Evangelist The Iced Bullet 1917 The Author Horace Lee The Last of the Ingrams 1917 Jules Ingram Blood Will Tell 1917 Samson Oakley III Paddy O Hara 1917 Paddy O Hara Paws of the Bear 1917 Ray Bourke Time Locks and Diamonds 1917 Silver Jim Farrel Master of His Home 1917 Carson Stewart Flying Colors 1917 Brent Brewster Married in Name Only 1917 Fighting Back 1917 The Weakling The Sudden Gentleman 1917 Garry Garrity Captain of His Soul 1918 Horace Boyce The Sea Panther 1918 Paul Le Marsan Society for Sale 1918 Honorable Billy An Honest Man 1918 Benny Boggs Old Hartwell s Cub 1918 Bill Hartwell Closin In 1918 Jack Bradon Hell s End 1918 Jack Donovan Beyond the Shadows 1918 Jean Du Bois Wild Life 1918 Chick Ward The Pretender 1918 Bob Baldwin Deuce Duncan 1918 Deuce Duncan Life s a Funny Proposition 1919 Jimmie Pendleton The Prodigal Liar 1919 Percival Montgomery Edwards Her Code of Honor 1919 Eugene La Salle Whitewashed Walls 1919 Larry Donovan The Mints of Hell 1919 Dan Burke Bare Fisted Gallagher 1919 Bare Fisted Gallagher A Sagebrush Hamlet 1919 Larry Lang Dangerous Waters 1919 Jimmie Moulton The Blue Bandanna 1919 Jerry Jerome The Prince and Betty 1919 John Maude A Broadway Cowboy 1920 Burke Randolph Twin Beds 1920 Harry Hawkins The Parish Priest 1920 Reverend John Whalen Women Men Love 1921 David Hunter The Child Thou Gavest Me 1921 Tom Marshall Dangerous Toys 1921 Jack Gray Fightin Mad 1921 Bud McGraw Don t Leave Your Husband 1921 Perils of the Yukon 1922 Jack Merrill Night Life in Hollywood 1922 Himself Around the World in Eighteen Days 1923 Phineas Fogg III The Phantom Fortune 1923 Larry Barclay McGuire of the Mounted 1923 Bob McGuire Shadows of the North 1923 Ben Wolf Darby Beasts of Paradise 1923 Phil Grant The Extra Girl 1923 William Desmond Actor The Eagle s Talons 1923 The Breathless Moment 1924 Billy Carson Big Timber 1924 Walter Sandry The Measure of a Man 1924 John Fairmeadow The Sunset Trail 1924 Happy Hobo The Riddle Rider 1924 Randolph Parker The Riddle Rider Hello Frisco 1924 short Himself William Desmond Outwitted 1925 Jack Blaisdel Ridin Pretty 1925 Sky Parker Barriers of the Law 1925 Rex Brandon Duped 1925 John Morgan Straight Through 1925 Good Deed O Day The Burning Trail 1925 Smiling Bill Flannigan Blood and Steel 1925 Gordon Steele The Meddler 1925 Richard Gilmore Ace of Spades 1925 serial Dan Harvey Ace of Spies 1925 The Winking Idol 1926 Dave Ledbetter Strings of Steel 1926 Ned Brown Tongues of Scandal 1927 Gov John Rhodes The Return of the Riddle Rider 1927 Randolph Parker The Riddle Rider Red Clay 1927 Chief John Nisheto The Vanishing Rider 1928 Jim Davis The Vanishing Rider The Devil s Trademark 1928 Morgan Gray The Mystery Rider 1928 Winthrop Lane The Mystery Rider No Defense 1929 John Harper The Phantom of the West 1931 Martin Blair The Vanishing Legion 1931 Milesburg Sheriff First Aid 1931 Chief of Police Hell Bent for Frisco 1931 The Editor Oklahoma Jim 1931 Lacy The Lightning Warrior 1931 serial Townsman uncredited Battling with Buffalo Bill 1931 John Mills Heroes of the West 1932 John Blaine The Last Frontier 1932 serial General Custer Ch 1 Jungle Mystery 1932 John Morgan A Scarlet Week End 1932 Clancy of the Mounted 1933 Dave Moran Rustlers Roundup 1933 San Dimas Sheriff Holden The Three Musketeers 1933 serial Captain Boncour The Whispering Shadow 1933 serial Empire Transport Co driver uncredited The Phantom of the Air 1933 serial Thomas Edmonds Laughing at Life 1933 Military Cabinet Officer Gordon of Ghost City 1933 serial John Mulford Strawberry Roan 1933 Colonel Brownlee The Perils of Pauline 1933 serial Prof Thompson Chs 9 12 Fargo Express 1933 Sheriff Joe Thompson Pirate Treasure 1934 Capt Jim Carson Border Guns 1934 Dr Jim Wilson The Vanishing Shadow 1934 serial Newspaper Editor MacDonald I Can t Escape 1934 Parole Officer Donovan The Red Rider 1934 serial Sheriff Campbell The Way of the West 1934 Cash Horton Tailspin Tommy 1934 serial Sloane Taggart s Office Henchman Chs 4 7 10 11 Frontier Days 1934 Sheriff Barnes Gunfire 1934 Townsman uncredited The Rawhide Terror 1934 Tom Blake Betty s Older Brother When Lightning Strikes 1934 Marshall Jack Stevens Rustlers of Red Dog 1935 serial Ira Dale Wagonmaster Five Bad Men 1935 Colonel Matoon Defying the Law 1935 Jim Kenmore Naughty Marietta 1935 Gendarme Chief uncredited Born to Battle 1935 John Brownell Devil s Canyon 1935 The Cowboy and the Bandit 1935 Sheriff Pete Cyclone of the Saddle 1935 Wagon Master The Call of the Savage 1935 Allen The Tia Juana Kid 1935 Cantina Owner The Phantom Cowboy 1935 Barfly uncredited The Ghost Rider 1935 Guard Social Error 1935 Policeman uncredited The Roaring West 1935 Jim Parker Powdersmoke Range 1935 Happy Bartender Rough Riding Ranger 1935 Major Wright Courage of the North 1935 Gene Travis Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery 1935 serial Foreman Burke Chs 7 9 11 12 uncredited Nevada 1935 Wilson Frisco Kid 1935 Vigilante Hangman uncredited Timber Terrors 1935 Royce Horter Custer s Last Stand 1936 serial Wagon Master Ch 1 as Bill Desmond The Broken Coin 1936 The Adventures of Frank Merriwell 1936 serial Captain of the Viking uncredited Song of the Saddle 1936 Stage Driver Tim Flash Gordon 1936 serial Hawkman Lookout Captain uncredited The Clutching Hand 1936 serial Bartender Steve Chs 5 8 10 12 14 uncredited Treachery Rides the Range 1936 Bill Stage Driver uncredited Hollywood Boulevard 1936 Pago Pago Patron uncredited The Vigilantes Are Coming 1936 Anderson The Black Coin 1936 Cantina Bartender Cavalry 1936 Cavalry Major uncredited Song of the Gringo 1936 Bailiff Headin for the Rio Grande 1936 Mr Mack Arizona Days 1937 Stranger uncredited The Mysterious Pilot 1937 serial Lumberjack Townsman uncredited Tim Tyler s Luck 1937 serial Dock Official Ch 1 uncredited Man of Conquest 1939 Tennessee Man uncredited Winners of the West 1940 serial Bill Brine Foreman The Boys from Syracuse 1940 Citizen uncredited Junior G Men 1940 serial Irish Cop Ch 6 uncredited A Little Bit of Heaven 1940 Uncle Francis Where Did You Get That Girl 1941 Tourist uncredited Nice Girl 1941 Postman uncredited Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie 1941 Bartender Sky Raiders 1941 serial Murphy Police Officer Ch 9 uncredited Don Winslow of the Navy 1942 serial Pat Smelter Foreman Ch 5 uncredited Stagecoach Buckaroo 1942 Barfly uncredited Raiders of the West 1942 Townsman uncredited Gang Busters 1942 serial Rogan s Death Witness Ch 4 uncredited Junior G Men of the Air 1942 serial Parts Customer Ch 1 uncredited Down Rio Grande Way 1942 Townsman uncredited The Silver Bullet 1942 Townsman uncredited Overland Mail 1942 serial Williams Banker Chs 5 12 uncredited Sin Town 1942 Town Leader uncredited Prairie Chickens 1943 Cache Lake Townsman uncredited Cheyenne Roundup 1943 Pete uncredited Frontier Fury 1943 Townsman uncredited The Lone Star Trail 1943 Bartender Mike uncredited Frontier Badmen 1943 Townsman uncredited Phantom of the Opera 1943 Stagehand uncredited Thank Your Lucky Stars 1943 Westerner in Dennis Morgan Number uncredited Marshal of Gunsmoke 1944 Barfly uncredited Oklahoma Raiders 1944 Townsman Grinning at Banjo s Fall uncredited The Scarlet Claw 1944 Member of Royal Canadian Occult Society uncredited The Yellow Rose of Texas 1944 Townsman uncredited The Mummy s Ghost 1944 Museum Tourist uncredited National Barn Dance 1944 Farmer at Barn Dance uncredited Tall in the Saddle 1944 Town Citizen uncredited The Climax 1944 Backstage Technician uncredited Bowery to Broadway 1944 Man at Bar uncredited The Old Texas Trail 1944 Townsman uncredited Firebrands of Arizona 1944 Townsman uncredited Hi Beautiful 1944 Passenger uncredited See My Lawyer 1945 Bystander uncredited Song of the Sarong 1945 Councillor uncredited The Return of the Durango Kid 1945 Street Ambusher uncredited Beyond the Pecos 1945 Bill Barfly uncredited The Naughty Nineties 1945 uncredited That Night with You 1945 Man in Market uncredited Strange Confession 1945 Peanut Vendor uncredited The Royal Mounted Rides Again 1945 Miner at Meeting uncredited Frontier Gal 1945 Barfly uncredited The Scarlet Horseman 1946 serial Barfly uncredited Code of the West 1947 Settler uncredited The Michigan Kid 1947 Townsman uncredited The Egg and I 1947 Spectator at County Fair uncredited Relentless 1948 Townsman on Porch uncredited Are You with It 1948 Spectator uncredited References Edit Room Adrian 2012 Dictionary of Pseudonyms 13 000 Assumed Names and Their Origins 5th ed McFarland p 143 ISBN 9780786457632 Retrieved January 23 2018 A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses 1476609055 George A Katchmer 2002 William Desmond s biography can be read in its entirety in the author s book Eighty Silent Film Stars Biographies and Filmographies from the Obscure to the In 1919 he married Mary McIvor who bore him two daughters Mary Jo and Terry Ellenberger Allan R 2001 Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries A Directory McFarland p 24 ISBN 9780786409839 Retrieved January 23 2018 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to William Desmond actor William Desmond at IMDb William Desmond at Virtual History Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Desmond actor amp oldid 1129500102, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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