1878-01-23 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.
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Savage Fury | Allen | 1956-01-01 |
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The Egg and I | Spectator at Country Dance (Uncredited) | 1947-05-01 |
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Thunder Mountain | Townsman (uncredited) | 1947-06-01 |
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Trail Street | Townsman (uncredited) | 1947-02-19 |
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Code of the West | Settler (uncredited) | 1947-02-20 |
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Desert Command | Capt. Boncour | 1946-05-31 |
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The Naughty Nineties | Showboat Customer (uncredited) | 1945-06-20 |
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Strange Confession | Peanut Vendor (uncredited) | 1945-10-05 |
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The Return of the Durango Kid | Street Ambusher (uncredited) | 1945-04-19 |
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Tall in the Saddle | Townsman (uncredited) | 1944-09-29 |
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The Climax | Backstage Technician (Uncredited) | 1944-10-20 |
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Hi, Beautiful | Passenger (uncredited) | 1944-12-18 |
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The Mummy's Ghost | Museum Tourist (uncredited) | 1944-06-30 |
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Phantom Lady | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) | 1944-01-28 |
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Thank Your Lucky Stars | Gower Gulch Cowboy (uncredited) | 1943-09-25 |
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The Lone Star Trail | Bartender Mike | 1943-08-06 |
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Cheyenne Roundup | Pete | 1943-04-12 |
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Phantom of the Opera | Stagehand (uncredited) | 1943-08-12 |
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Overland Mail | Williams - Banker | 1942-09-22 |
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Down Rio Grande Way | Townsman | 1942-04-23 |
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The Silver Bullet | Townsman | 1942-08-05 |
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Where Did You Get That Girl? | Tourist | 1941-01-03 |
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Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie | Bartender | 1941-03-21 |
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Winners of the West | Bill Brine | 1940-07-02 |
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The Boys from Syracuse | Citizen | 1940-07-30 |
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Junior G-Men | Irish Cop (uncredited) | 1940-11-01 |
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Tim Tyler's Luck | Dock Official | 1937-12-27 |
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Custer's Last Stand | Wagon Master | 1936-01-02 |
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Flash Gordon | Hawkman Lookout Captain | 1936-04-06 |
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Song of the Saddle | Tim | 1936-02-28 |
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Hollywood Boulevard | Pago Pago Patron (uncredited) | 1936-08-20 |
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Song of the Gringo | Bailiff | 1936-11-22 |
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Treachery Rides the Range | Bill | 1936-05-02 |
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The Broken Coin | 1936-01-10 | |
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The Vigilantes Are Coming | Anderson, Vigilante Member | 1936-08-21 |
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Headin' for the Rio Grande | Mr. Mack (cattle buyer) | 1936-12-20 |
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The Adventures of Frank Merriwell | Captain of the 'Viking' | 1936-01-13 |
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Cyclone of the Saddle | Wagon Master | 1935-04-03 |
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Social Error | Policeman | 1935-04-30 |
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The Ghost Rider | Guard | 1935-04-07 |
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Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery | Foreman Burke | 1935-10-20 |
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Wild Waters | Sheriff Manning | 1935-03-03 |
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Powdersmoke Range | Happy - Bartender | 1935-09-27 |
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Rustlers of Red Dog | Ira Dale [Chs. 1-4, 6, 10-12] | 1935-01-01 |
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Naughty Marietta | Gendarme Chief (uncredited) | 1935-03-29 |
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The Roaring West | Jim Parker | 1935-07-08 |
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Frisco Kid | Vigilante Hangman (uncredited) | 1935-11-30 |
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Timber Terrors | Royce Horter | 1935-01-01 |
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The Call of the Savage | Allen | 1935-04-14 |
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Courage of the North | Gene Travis | 1935-09-01 |
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The Cowboy and the Bandit | Sheriff Pete | 1935-04-02 |
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Born to Battle | John Brownell | 1935-04-01 |
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Pirate Treasure | Capt. Jim Carson | 1934-01-29 |
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Frontier Days | Sheriff Barnes | 1934-11-14 |
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The Red Rider | Sheriff Campbell | 1934-07-16 |
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Border Guns | Dr. Jim Wilson | 1934-02-01 |
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The Vanishing Shadow | MacDonald | 1934-04-22 |
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Crack-Up | Police Chief | 1934-06-02 |
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The Way of the West | 'Cash' Horton (as Wm. Desmond) | 1934-10-14 |
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The Rawhide Terror | Tom Blake | 1934-03-19 |
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When Lightning Strikes | Marshal Jack Stevens | 1934-12-18 |
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I Can't Escape | Parole Officer Donovan | 1934-07-04 |
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Mr. Broadway | 1st Suitor (archive footage) | 1933-09-12 |
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The Three Musketeers | Capt. Boncour | 1933-04-07 |
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The Phantom of the Air | Thomas Edmonds | 1933-05-21 |
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Clancy of the Mounted | Dave Moran | 1933-02-27 |
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Laughing at Life | Military Cabinet Officer | 1933-07-12 |
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Fargo Express | Sheriff Joe Thompson | 1933-11-20 |
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Gordon of Ghost City | John Mulford | 1933-08-13 |
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Strawberry Roan | Colonel Brownlee | 1933-10-26 |
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The Rustler's Roundup | San Dimas Sheriff Holden | 1933-03-16 |
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Perils of Pauline | Prof. Thompson | 1933-11-05 |
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A Scarlet Week-End | 1932-11-30 | |
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Jungle Mystery | John Morgan | 1932-09-12 |
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The Last Frontier | General Custer | 1932-09-04 |
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Heroes of the West | John Blaine | 1932-06-19 |
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First Aid | Chief of Police | 1931-07-05 |
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The Lightning Warrior | Townsman (uncredited) | 1931-11-01 |
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Battling with Buffalo Bill | John Mills | 1931-11-22 |
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Oklahoma Jim | Lacy | 1931-10-10 |
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Hell-Bent for Frisco | The Editor | 1931-07-10 |
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The Vanishing Legion | Milesburg Sheriff | 1931-06-01 |
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The Phantom of the West | Martin Blair | 1930-11-10 |
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No Children | Self | 1929-03-10 |
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No Defense | John Harper | 1929-04-05 |
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The Vanishing Rider | Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider | 1928-01-16 |
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The Mystery Rider | Winthrop Lane / The Mystery Rider | 1928-11-25 |
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The Devil's Trademark | Morgan Gray | 1928-04-07 |
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The Return of the Riddle Rider | Randolph Parker / The Riddle Rider | 1927-03-28 |
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The Strings of Steel | Ned Brown | 1926-06-28 |
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Red Clay | Chief John Nisheto | 1925-05-01 |
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The Meddler | Richard Gilmore | 1925-06-28 |
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Duped | John Morgan | 1925-04-25 |
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The Ace of Spades | Dan Harvey | 1925-10-19 |
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Straight Through | Good Deed O'Day | 1925-04-05 |
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Barriers of the Law | Rex Brandon | 1925-03-26 |
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Outwitted | Jack Blaisdel | 1925-01-01 |
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The Burning Trail | Smiling Bill Flannigan | 1925-05-10 |
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Ridin' Pretty | Sky Parker | 1925-02-22 |
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Hello, 'Frisco | William Desmond | 1924-09-28 |
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The Breathless Moment | Billy Carson | 1924-02-03 |
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The Sunset Trail | Happy Hobo | 1924-11-02 |
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Big Timber | Walter Sandry | 1924-09-07 |
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The Riddle Rider | Randolph Parker / The Riddle Rider | 1924-11-23 |
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The Measure of a Man | John Fairmeadow | 1924-10-14 |
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Shadows of the North | Ben 'Wolf' Darby | 1923-08-27 |
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Beasts of Paradise | Phil Grant | 1923-10-03 |
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The Phantom Fortune | Larry Barclay | 1923-03-19 |
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The Extra Girl | Himself - Actor | 1923-10-28 |
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McGuire of the Mounted | Bob McGuire | 1923-07-08 |
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The Extra Girl | Himself | 1923-10-28 |
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Around the World in 18 Days | Phineas Fogg III | 1923-01-01 |
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Night Life in Hollywood | Self | 1922-11-15 |
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Perils of the Yukon | Jack Merrill Sr. / Jack Merrill Jr. | 1922-07-24 |
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The Policeman and the Baby | The Policeman | 1921-09-04 |
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Fightin' Mad | Bud McGraw | 1921-11-20 |
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Women Men Love | David Hunter | 1921-01-09 |
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The Child Thou Gavest Me | Tom Marshall | 1921-08-20 |
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Twin Beds | Harry Hawkins | 1920-10-31 |
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The Mints of Hell | Dan Burke | 1919-05-05 |
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Life's a Funny Proposition | Jimmie Pendleton | 1919-01-12 |
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A Sage Brush Hamlet | Larry Lang | 1919-08-03 |
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The Prince and Betty | John Maude | 1919-12-21 |
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Her Code of Honor | Eugene La Salle | 1919-04-06 |
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Whitewashed Walls | Larry Donovan | 1919-04-14 |
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The Blue Bandanna | Jerry Jerome | 1919-11-17 |
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Bare-Fisted Gallagher | 'Bare-Fisted' Gallagher | 1919-06-22 |
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An Honest Man | Benny Boggs | 1918-05-05 |
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The Pretender | Bob Baldwin | 1918-10-13 |
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Society for Sale | Honorable Billy | 1918-04-21 |
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Captain of His Soul | Horace | 1918-02-10 |
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The Marriage Bubble | The Actor | 1918-03-31 |
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Master of His Home | Carson Stewart | 1917-08-12 |
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The Iced Bullet | The Author / Horace Lee | 1917-01-21 |
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Paddy O'Hara | Paddy O'Hara | 1917-04-15 |
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Paws of the Bear | Ray Bourke | 1917-06-17 |
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The Last of the Ingrams | Jules Ingram | 1917-02-25 |
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Married in Name Only | 1917-10-01 | |
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Flying Colors | Brent Brewster | 1917-09-23 |
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The Sudden Gentleman | Garry Garrity | 1917-12-02 |
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A Gamble in Souls | 1916-12-09 | |
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The Dawn Maker | Bruce Smithson | 1916-09-23 |
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Bullets and Brown Eyes | Prince Carl | 1916-03-12 |
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The Criminal | Donald White | 1916-12-02 |
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Peggy | Rev. Donald Bruce | 1916-01-02 |
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Peer Gynt | The Parson | 1915-09-15 |
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Kilmeny | Bob Meredith | 1915-07-22 |
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The Majesty of the Law | Jackson Morgan Kent | 1915-08-26 |
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The Sign of the Cross | 1904-10-22 |
