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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 27
Top works
- Wayward and Homebound
- Art, Origins, Otherness
- Hegel's God
- Is There a Sabbath for Thought?
- La forêt des Mythagos
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Film & TV
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.
Known for
- Savage Fury — Allen1956
- Code of the West — Settler (uncredited)1947
- The Egg and I — Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited)1947
- Thunder Mountain — Townsman (uncredited)1947
- Trail Street — Townsman (uncredited)1947
- Desert Command — Capt. Boncour1946
- The Return of the Durango Kid — Street Ambusher (uncredited)1945
- The Naughty Nineties — Showboat Customer (uncredited)1945
- Strange Confession — Peanut Vendor (uncredited)1945
- The Mummy's Ghost — Museum Tourist (uncredited)1944
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Dublin
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- William Desmond 001.jpg
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- Commons category
- William Desmond (actor)
- date of birth
- 1878-01-23
- date of death
- 1949-11-03
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1915-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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