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William Desmond is a Actor American born on 23 january 1878 at Dublin (Irlande)
William Desmond (January 23, 1878 – November 3, 1949) was American actor. He appeared in 205 films between 1915 and 1948. He was nicknamed "The King of the Silent Serials."
Born William Mannion in Horseheads, New York, he was raised in New York City. He later changed his surname to Desmond. He started out in vaudeville and the legitimate stage before making his film debut.
Desmond died at age 71 of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California. He is inurned at the Chapel of the Pines Crematory, Los Angeles.
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William Desmond
Birth name William Mannion
Nationality USA
Birth 23 january 1878 at Dublin (Irlande)
Death 3 november 1949 (at 71 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 23 january 1878 at Dublin (Irlande)
Death 3 november 1949 (at 71 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Born William Mannion in Horseheads, New York, he was raised in New York City. He later changed his surname to Desmond. He started out in vaudeville and the legitimate stage before making his film debut.
Desmond died at age 71 of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California. He is inurned at the Chapel of the Pines Crematory, Los Angeles.
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The Egg and I (1947)
, 1h48Directed by Charles Lamont, Chester Erskine
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Marjorie Main, Meg Randall, Louise Allbritton, Samuel S. Hinds
Rating69%
It tells the story of a young married couple who become chicken farmers. Betty follows her husband Bob to the countryside where his dream is to be a successful chicken farmer. The problem is, their home is old and needs to be repaired and the baby chicks need constant care. When a rich single woman with a new house and new farm equipment flirts with Bob, Betty questions their decision to move to the farm in the first place. In the end, she finds out that Bob was trying to buy the new house for Betty as a surprise.
Frontier Gal (1945)
, 1h32Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Romance, Western
Actors Yvonne De Carlo, Joan Shawlee, Rod Cameron, Andy Devine, Fuzzy Knight, Andrew Tombes
Roles Homme au Saloon
Rating58%
Une fille de saloon est amoureuse d'un hors-la-loi.
Song of the Sarong (1945)
, 1h5Directed by Harold Young
Genres Comedy, Action, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Nancy Kelly, William Gargan, Eddie Quillan, Fuzzy Knight, George Dolenz, George Cleveland
Rating42%
An adventurer is promised $1 million if he can recover a fortune in pearls, but they are guarded by a tribe of fierce natives.
Strange Confession (1945)
, 1h2Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Lon Chaney, Jr., Brenda Joyce, J. Carrol Naish, Milburn Stone, Lloyd Bridges, Addison Richards
Roles Peanut Vendor
Rating64%
Jeff Carter (Lon Chaney, Jr.) is testing a vaccine for influenza. He is working for tycoon, Roger Graham (J. Carrol Naish), who takes the credit and the profit for Jeff's discovery. Roger cares more about profits than safety. Jeff resigns and is blacklisted by his boss. He heads to South America to perfect the formula. Graham has used this opportunity to release the drug and romance Jeff's attractive wife, Mary (Brenda Joyce). When Jeff hears that his son has died, he takes revenge.
That Night with You (1945)
Directed by William A. Seiter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Franchot Tone, David Bruce, Susanna Foster, Louise Allbritton, Jacqueline deWit, Irene Ryan
Rating61%
Dans cette comédie musicale, une jeune chanteuse devient si désespérée d'apparaître à Broadway qu'elle se rend chez un éminent producteur et lui dit qu'elle est la fille issue de son mariage d'une journée avec une jeune femme qu'il a connue il y a des années. Le producteur est ravi et met bientôt sa fille en scène. Les ennuis commencent lorsque la "mère" de la fille passe soudainement un appel. Pour ses propres raisons, la femme décide de jouer avec la ruse de la fille. Heureusement, à la fin de l'histoire, la vérité est révélée, toutes les différences sont réconciliées et le bonheur s'ensuit.
The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944)
, 1h9Directed by Joseph Kane
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Roy Rogers, Grant Withers, Dale Evans, Chester Conklin, William Desmond, Harry Shannon
Rating54%
Singing cowboy Roy Rogers (Roy Rogers) is an insurance investigator sent to find a stash of money lifted from a company payroll. Portraying a performer on a showboat as an undercover guise, Roy meets Betty Weston (Dale Evans), the daughter of the alleged robber Sam Weston (Harry Shannon), who has recently escaped from prison. Together, Roy and Betty set out to prove her father was wrongly accused and track down the real criminal.
The Climax (1944)
, 1h26Directed by George Waggner
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Boris Karloff, Susanna Foster, Turhan Bey, Gale Sondergaard, Thomas Gomez, June Vincent
Roles un technicien de l'opéra
Rating54%
The physician at the Vienna Royal Theatre, Dr. Hohner (Karloff) murders his fiancee, a prima donna, out of obsession and jealousy. Ten years later, he hears another young singer (Foster) who reminds him of the late diva, and is determined to make her sing only for him, even if it means silencing her forever.
The Boys from Syracuse (1940)
, 1h13Directed by A. Edward Sutherland
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Allan Jones, Martha Raye, Joe Penner, Samuel S. Hinds, Eric Blore, William Desmond
Rating59%
Winners of the West (1940)
Directed by Ray Taylor, Ford Beebe
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Dick Foran, Anne Nagel, James Craig, Harry Woods, Charles Stevens, Edward Keane
Roles Bill Brine, Railroad foreman
Rating62%
The Hartford Transcontinental Railroad is attempting to build a railroad through "Hell's Gate Pass". However, King Carter, the self-appointed ruler of the land beyod the pass, does not want this to happen. He sends henchmen, including local Indians, to disrupt the construction anyway they can, from sabotage to kidnapping Claire Hartford, the daughter of the company President. The President's assistant, Jeff Ramsay, and his sidekicks, stop King Carter's schemes at every point and eventually defeat him entirely. This opens the area up to new settlers, the first of which is Jeff himself and his new wife Claire.
Song of the Gringo (1936)
, 1h2Directed by John P. McCarthy
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Tex Ritter, Joan Woodbury, Fuzzy Knight, Monte Blue, Ted Adams, Warner Richmond
Roles Bailiff
Rating50%
An undercover Texas Ranger infiltrates a hacienda to identify and bring to justice a gang using murder to steal mineral mines.
Song of the Saddle (1936)
, 58minutesDirected by Louis King
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance, Western
Actors Dick Foran, Addison Richards, Victor Potel, Alma Lloyd, Charles Middleton, Myrtle Stedman
Roles Stage Driver Tim
Rating59%
The Vigilantes Are Coming (1936)
, 3h49Directed by Ray Taylor, Mack V. Wright
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities, Personne sourde ou muette, Zorro
Actors Robert Livingston, Kay Hughes, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Raymond Hatton, Fred Kohler, Robert Warwick
Roles "Anderson", Rancher/Vigilante
Rating60%
Following the discovery of gold in Mexican California in 1844, Russian Cossacks led by Count Ivan Raspinoff, in collusion with General Jason Burr, attempt to invade California and turn it into a Russian Colony with Burr as its dictator. In doing so they round up slaves to work the mines and General Burr has Don Loring's brother and father murdered to acquire their ore-rich land.
Rustlers of Red Dog (1935)
, 3h51Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors John Mack Brown, Joyce Compton, Raymond Hatton, Walter Miller, Harry Woods, William Desmond
Roles Ira Dale, the Wagonmaster
Rating67%
Born to Battle (1935)
, 1h3Directed by Harry S. Webb
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Tom Tyler, Jean Carmen, Earl Dwire, Julian Rivero, Nelson McDowell, William Desmond
Roles John Brownell
Rating54%
"Cyclone" Tom Saunders, a free-spirited cowboy, is hired by a ranchers' association to look into a series of cattle thefts, for which they suspect a pair of "nesters". When Saunders discovers that the nesters are an old man and his pretty young daughter and could not be the rustlers, he begins to suspect that Nate Lenox, a bullying ranch foreman, might have something to do with it.
The Phantom Cowboy (1935)
, 55minutesDirected by Robert J. Horner
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors George Chesebro, Jimmy Aubrey, Richard Cramer, Lew Meehan, Frank Clark, William Desmond
Rating37%