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Within Vinony's link graph, William Desmond is referenced by 160 other articles, and connects out to Los Angeles, theatre and International Standard Book Number.
Vinony files it under 1878 births, 1949 deaths and 20th-century American male actors.
Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.
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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Phileas Fogg
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Phantom of the Opera
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William Desmond Taylor
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Naughty Marietta
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The Mummy's Ghost
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Flash Gordon
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The Egg and I
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The Scarlet Claw
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Tall in the Saddle
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Thank Your Lucky Stars
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The Extra Girl
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Categories
1878 births1949 deaths20th-century American male actorsAmerican male film actorsAmerican male silent film actorsAmerican male stage actorsBurials at Chapel of the Pines CrematoryIrish emigrants to the United StatesMale actors from Dublin (city)Male actors from New York CityMale Western (genre) film actors