| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Are You with It? | 1948 | | Spectator (uncredited) |
| Relentless | 1948 | | Townsman on Porch (uncredited) |
| The Egg and I | 1947 | | Spectator at County Fair (uncredited) |
| The Michigan Kid | 1947 | | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Code of the West | 1947 | | Settler (uncredited) |
| The Scarlet Horseman | 1946 | | Barfly (uncredited) |
| Frontier Gal | 1945 | | Barfly (uncredited) |
| The Royal Mounted Rides Again | 1945 | | Miner at Meeting (uncredited) |
| Strange Confession | 1945 | | Peanut Vendor (uncredited) |
| That Night with You | 1945 | | Man in Market (uncredited) |
| The Naughty Nineties | 1945 | uncredited | |
| Beyond the Pecos | 1945 | | Barfly Joe (uncredited) |
| The Return of the Durango Kid | 1945 | | Street Ambusher (uncredited) |
| Song of the Sarong | 1945 | | Councillor (uncredited) |
| See My Lawyer | 1945 | | Bystander (uncredited) |
| Hi, Beautiful | 1944 | | Passenger (uncredited) |
| Firebrands of Arizona | 1944 | | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Bowery to Broadway | 1944 | | Man at Bar (uncredited) |
| The Old Texas Trail | 1944 | | Townsman (uncredited) |
| The Climax | 1944 | | Backstage Technician (uncredited) |
| Tall in the Saddle | 1944 | | Town Citizen (uncredited) |
| National Barn Dance | 1944 | | Farmer at Barn Dance (uncredited) |
| The Mummy's Ghost | 1944 | | Museum Tourist (uncredited) |
| The Yellow Rose of Texas | 1944 | | Townsman (uncredited) |
| The Scarlet Claw | 1944 | | Member of Royal Canadian Occult Society (uncredited) |
| Oklahoma Raiders | 1944 | | Townsman Grinning at Banjo's Fall (uncredited) |
| Marshal of Gunsmoke | 1944 | | Barfly (uncredited) |
| Thank Your Lucky Stars | 1943 | | Westerner in Dennis Morgan Number (uncredited) |
| Phantom of the Opera | 1943 | | Stagehand (uncredited) |
| Frontier Badmen | 1943 | | Townsman (uncredited) |
| The Lone Star Trail | 1943 | | Bartender Mike (uncredited) |
| Frontier Fury | 1943 | | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Cheyenne Roundup | 1943 | | Pete (uncredited) |
| Prairie Chickens | 1943 | | Cache Lake Townsman (uncredited) |
| Sin Town | 1942 | | Town Leader (uncredited) |
| Overland Mail | 1942 | | Banker Williams [Chs. 5, 12] (uncredited) |
| The Silver Bullet | 1942 | | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Down Rio Grande Way | 1942 | | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Junior G-Men of the Air | 1942 | | Parts Customer [Ch. 1] (uncredited) |
| Gang Busters | 1942 | | Rogan's Death Witness [Ch. 4] (uncredited) |
| Raiders of the West | 1942 | | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Stagecoach Buckaroo | 1942 | | Barfly (uncredited) |
| Don Winslow of the Navy | 1942 | | Pat - Smelter Foreman [Ch. 5] (uncredited) |
| Sky Raiders | 1941 | | Police Officer Murphy [Ch. 9] (uncredited) |
| Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie | 1941 | | Bartender |
| Nice Girl? | 1941 | | Postman (uncredited) |
| Where Did You Get That Girl? | 1941 | | Tourist (uncredited) |
| A Little Bit of Heaven | 1940 | | Uncle Francis |
| Junior G-Men | 1940 | | Irish Cop [Ch. 6] (uncredited) |
| The Boys from Syracuse | 1940 | | Citizen (uncredited) |
| Winners of the West | 1940 | | Bill Brine - Foreman |
| Man of Conquest | 1939 | | Tennessee Man (uncredited) |
| Tim Tyler's Luck | 1937 | | Dock Official [Ch. 1] (uncredited) |
| The Mysterious Pilot | 1937 | | Lumberjack / Townsman (uncredited) |
| Arizona Days | 1937 | | Stranger (uncredited) |
| Headin' for the Rio Grande | 1936 | | Mr. Mack (cattle buyer) |
| Song of the Gringo | 1936 | | Bailiff |
| Cavalry | 1936 | | Cavalry Major (uncredited) |
| The Black Coin | 1936 | | Cantina Bartender (uncredited) |
| The Vigilantes Are Coming | 1936 | | Anderson |
| Hollywood Boulevard | 1936 | | Pago Pago Patron (uncredited) |
| Treachery Rides the Range | 1936 | | Bill - Stage Driver (uncredited) |
| The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand | 1936/I | | Bartender Steve [Chs.5,8,10-12,14] (uncredited) |
| Flash Gordon | 1936/I | | Hawkman Lookout Captain (uncredited) |
| Song of the Saddle | 1936 | | Tim |
| The Adventures of Frank Merriwell | 1936 | | Captain of the 'Viking' (uncredited) |
| The Broken Coin | 1936 | | |
| Custer's Last Stand | 1936/I | | Wagon Master [Ch. 1] (as Bill Desmond) |
| The Phantom Cowboy | 1935 | | Barfly (uncredited) |
| Timber Terrors | 1935 | | Royce Horter |
| Frisco Kid | 1935 | | Vigilante Hangman (uncredited) |
| Nevada | 1935 | | Wilson |
| Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery | 1935 | | Foreman Burke [Chs. 7-9,11-12] (uncredited) |
| Powdersmoke Range | 1935 | | Bartender Happy |
| Courage of the North | 1935 | | Gene Travis |
| Rough Riding Ranger | 1935 | | Major Wright (as Wm. Desmond) |
| The Roaring West | 1935 | | Jim Parker |
| Social Error | 1935 | | Policeman (uncredited) |
| The Tia Juana Kid | 1935 | | Cantina Owner |
| The Call of the Savage | 1935 | | Allen |
| Cyclone of the Saddle | 1935 | | Wagon Master (as Bill Desmond) |
| The Cowboy and the Bandit | 1935 | | Sheriff Pete (as Bill Desmond) |
| Devil's Canyon | 1935 | | |
| Born to Battle | 1935 | | John Brownell (as Bill Desmond) |
| The Ghost Rider | 1935 | | Guard (as Bill Desmond) |
| Naughty Marietta | 1935 | | Gendarme Chief (uncredited) |
| Wild Waters | 1935 | Short | Sheriff Manning |
| Defying the Law | 1935 | | Jim Kenmore |
| Five Bad Men | 1935 | | Col. Matoon |
| The Rustlers of Red Dog | 1935 | | Ira Dale (wagonmaster) |
| When Lightning Strikes | 1934 | | Marshall Jack Stevens |
| The Rawhide Terror | 1934 | | Tom Blake, Betty's Older Brother (as Bill Desmond) |
| Gunfire | 1934 | | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Frontier Days | 1934 | | Sheriff Barnes (as Bill Desmond) |
| Tailspin Tommy | 1934 | | Sloane - Taggart's Office Henchman, Chs. 4, 7, 10-11 |
| The Way of the West | 1934 | | 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond) |
| Death Fangs | 1934 | Short | |
| The Red Rider | 1934 | | Sheriff Campbell |
| I Can't Escape | 1934 | | Parole Officer Donovan |
| Crack-Up | 1934 | Short | Police Chief |
| The Vanishing Shadow | 1934 | | Editor MacDonald |
| Border Guns | 1934 | | Dr. Jim Wilson |
| Pirate Treasure | 1934 | | Capt. Jim Carson |
| Fargo Express | 1933 | | Sheriff Joe Thompson (as Bill Desmond) |
| Perils of Pauline | 1933 | | Professor Thompson [Chs. 9-12] |
| Strawberry Roan | 1933 | | Colonel Brownlee |
| Gordon of Ghost City | 1933 | | John Mulford |
| Laughing at Life | 1933 | | Military Cabinet Officer |
| The Phantom of the Air | 1933 | | Thomas Edmonds |
| The Whispering Shadow | 1933 | | Empire Transport Co. driver (unconfirmed, uncredited) |
| The Three Musketeers | 1933 | | Captain Boncour |
| The Rustler's Roundup | 1933 | | San Dimas Sheriff Holden |
| Clancy of the Mounted | 1933 | | Dave Moran |
| A Scarlet Week-End | 1932 | | |
| Jungle Mystery | 1932 | | John Morgan |
| The Last Frontier | 1932 | | General Custer (Ch. 1) |
| Heroes of the West | 1932 | | John Blaine |
| Battling with Buffalo Bill | 1931 | | John Mills |
| The Lightning Warrior | 1931 | | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Oklahoma Jim | 1931 | | Lacy |
| Hell-Bent for Frisco | 1931 | | The Editor |
| First Aid | 1931 | | Chief of Police |
| The Vanishing Legion | 1931 | | Milesburg Sheriff |
| The Phantom of the West | 1931 | | Martin Blair |
| Murder on the Roof | 1930 | uncredited | |
| No Defense | 1929 | | John Harper |
| The Mystery Rider | 1928 | | Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider |
| The Devil's Trademark | 1928 | | Morgan Gray |
| The Vanishing Rider | 1928 | | Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider |
| Red Clay | 1927 | | Chief John Nisheto |
| The Return of the Riddle Rider | 1927 | | Randolph Parker / The Riddle Rider |
| Finger Prints | 1927 | | |
| Tongues of Scandal | 1927 | | Gov. John Rhodes |
| Strings of Steel | 1926 | | Ned Brown |
| The Winking Idol | 1926 | | Dave Ledbetter |
| Ace of Spies | 1925 | | |
| The Ace of Spades | 1925 | | Dan Harvey |
| The Meddler | 1925 | | Richard Gilmore |
| Blood and Steel | 1925 | | Gordon Steele |
| The Burning Trail | 1925 | | Smiling Bill Flannigan |
| Straight Through | 1925 | | Good Deed O'Day |
| Duped | 1925 | | John Morgan |
| Barriers of the Law | 1925 | | Rex Brandon |
| Ridin' Pretty | 1925 | | Sky Parker |
| Outwitted | 1925 | | Jack Blaisdel |
| The Riddle Rider | 1924 | | Randolph Parker / The Riddle Rider |
| The Sunset Trail | 1924 | | Happy Hobo |
| The Measure of a Man | 1924 | | John Fairmeadow |
| Big Timber | 1924/I | | Walter Sandry |
| The Breathless Moment | 1924 | | Billy Carson |
| The Extra Girl | 1923 | | William Desmond - Actor |
| Beasts of Paradise | 1923 | | Phil Grant |
| Shadows of the North | 1923 | | Ben 'Wolf' Darby |
| McGuire of the Mounted | 1923 | | Bob McGuire |
| The Phantom Fortune | 1923 | | Larry Barclay |
| Around the World in Eighteen Days | 1923 | | Phineas Fogg III |
| Perils of the Yukon | 1922 | | Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr. |
| Don't Leave Your Husband | 1921 | | |
| Fightin' Mad | 1921 | | Bud McGraw |
| The Policeman and the Baby | 1921 | Short | The Policeman |
| The Child Thou Gavest Me | 1921 | | Tom Marshall |
| Dangerous Toys | 1921 | | Jack Gray |
| Women Men Love | 1921 | | David Hunter |
| The Parish Priest | 1920 | | Reverend John Whalen |
| Twin Beds | 1920 | | Harry Hawkins |
| A Broadway Cowboy | 1920 | | Burke Randolph |
| The Prince and Betty | 1919 | | John Maude |
| The Blue Bandanna | 1919 | | Jerry Jerome |
| Dangerous Waters | 1919 | | Jimmie Moulton |
| A Sagebrush Hamlet | 1919 | | Larry Lang |
| Bare-Fisted Gallagher | 1919 | | 'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher |
| The Mints of Hell | 1919 | | Dan Burke |
| Whitewashed Walls | 1919 | | Larry Donovan |
| Her Code of Honor | 1919 | | Eugene La Salle |
| The Prodigal Liar | 1919 | | Percival Montgomery Edwards |
| Life's a Funny Proposition | 1919 | | Jimmie Pendleton |
| Deuce Duncan | 1918 | | Deuce Duncan |
| The Pretender | 1918 | | Bob Baldwin |
| Wild Life | 1918 | | Chick Ward |
| Beyond the Shadows | 1918 | | Jean Du Bois |
| Hell's End | 1918 | | Jack Donovan |
| Closin' In | 1918 | | Jack Bradon |
| Old Hartwell's Cub | 1918 | | Bill Hartwell |
| An Honest Man | 1918 | | Benny Boggs |
| Society for Sale | 1918 | | Honorable Billy |
| The Marriage Bubble | 1918 | Short | The Actor / Marty Conrad, the Drunken Millionaire (dual role) |
| The Sea Panther | 1918 | | Paul Le Marsan |
| Captain of His Soul | 1918 | | Horace Boyce |
| The Sudden Gentleman | 1917 | | Garry Garrity |
| Fighting Back | 1917 | | The Weakling |
| Married in Name Only | 1917 | unconfirmed | |
| Flying Colors | 1917 | | Brent Brewster |
| Master of His Home | 1917 | | Carson Stewart |
| Time Locks and Diamonds | 1917 | | Silver Jim Farrel |
| Paws of the Bear | 1917 | | Ray Bourke |
| Paddy O'Hara | 1917 | | Paddy O'Hara |
| Blood Will Tell | 1917 | | Samson Oakley III |
| The Last of the Ingrams | 1917 | | Jules Ingram |
| The Iced Bullet | 1917 | | The Author / Horace Lee |
| A Gamble in Souls | 1916 | | Arthur Worden, Evangelist |
| The Criminal | 1916 | | Donald White |
| The Dawn Maker | 1916 | | Bruce Smithson |
| Lieutenant Danny, U.S.A. | 1916 | | Lt. Danny Ward |
| The Payment | 1916 | | Dick |
| The Captive God | 1916 | | |
| The Sorrows of Love | 1916 | | Guido Perli |
| Not My Sister | 1916 | | Michael Arnold |
| The Waifs | 1916 | | Arthur Rayburn |
| Bullets and Brown Eyes | 1916 | | Prince Carl |
| Peggy | 1916 | | Reverend Donald Bruce |
| Peer Gynt | 1915 | | The Parson |
| The Majesty of the Law | 1915 | | Jackson Morgan Kent |
| Kilmeny | 1915 | | Bob Meredith |
$1.3 Million
