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.
Phantom of the Opera
Movie • 1943
Naughty Marietta
Movie • 1935
Tall in the Saddle
Movie • 1944
Frontier Days
Movie • 1934
The Egg and I
Movie • 1947
I Can't Escape
The Naughty Nineties
Movie • 1945
Straight Through
Movie • 1925
Song of the Gringo
Movie • 1936
Flash Gordon
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Laughing at Life
Movie • 1933
The Rawhide Terror
Trail Street
Peer Gynt
Movie • 1915
The Mummy's Ghost
The Meddler
Code of the West
Phantom Lady
Custer's Last Stand
The Vanishing Rider
Movie • 1928
Winners of the West
Movie • 1940
The Climax
Headin' for the Rio Grande
Song of the Saddle
The Three Musketeers
Shadows of the North
Movie • 1923
The Vigilantes Are Coming
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
The Lone Star Trail