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{{Infobox person
| name        = Jerry Desmonde
| image       = File:lordhector.jpg
| alt         =
| caption     = Desmonde (right) in ''[[A Stitch in Time (1963 film)|A Stitch in Time]]'' (1963)
| birth_name  = James Robert Sadler
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1908|07|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Middlesbrough]], England
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1967|02|11|1908|07|20|df=y}}
| death_place = [[London]], England
| resting_place = [[Golders Green Crematorium]]<br />London, England
| other_names = Jerry Desmond<ref name="iMDB">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0221491/ |title=Jerry Desmonde |work=Internet Movie Database |access-date=28 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920222825/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0221491/ |archive-date=20 September 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| occupation  = Actor, presenter
| spouse      = {{marriage|Peggy Duncan<br />|1930|1966|end=died}}
| children    = 2
| yearsactive = 1946–1966
}}

'''Jerry Desmonde'''  (born '''James Robert Sadler'''; 20 July 1908 – 11 February 1967) was an English actor and presenter. He is perhaps best known for his work as a [[double act|comedic foil]] in duos with [[Norman Wisdom]] and [[Sid Field]].

== Early life ==
Jerry Desmonde was born James Robert Sadler in the [[Linthorpe]] area of [[Middlesbrough]] on 20 July 1908, the son of [[music hall]] performers who toured the halls throughout England and Scotland.<ref name="alanMyers">{{cite web|url=http://www.sclews.me.uk/desmonde.htm |title=Jerry Desmonde (1908-1967) |work=Famous People: The North-East |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101026015430/http://www.sclews.me.uk/desmonde.htm |archive-date=26 October 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref>

==Career==
Sadler first appeared on stage at the age of 11 and later became part of his family's act ''The Four Sadlers''.<ref name="NEHistory">{{cite web|first=Keith |last=Proud |url=http://www2.newsquest.co.uk/the_north_east/history/echomemories/teesside/406/081106.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927033546/http://www2.newsquest.co.uk/the_north_east/history/echomemories/teesside/406/081106.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-09-27 |title=North East History |work=The Northern Echo }}</ref> He built a career as a [[song and dance]] man in [[musical theatre]] and later toured parts of the United States in 1927-1928 with [[Beatrice Lillie]] and [[Noël Coward]] in the two-act [[revue]] ''[[This Year of Grace]]''.<ref name="NEHistory"/><ref name="iBDB">{{cite web |url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?id=10767 |title=This Year of Grace |work=Internet Broadway Database |access-date=25 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317035730/http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=10767 |archive-date=17 March 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> By 1934, he had married Peggy Duncan and they toured as a [[double act]] called ''Peg and Jerry'', largely in Scotland.<ref name="NEHistory"/>

In the 1940s, Desmonde was briefly a straight man for Scottish comedian [[Dave Willis (comedian)|Dave Willis]] and in 1942 he was invited to be straight man for stage [[comedian]] [[Sid Field]] becoming one of the most celebrated comedy teams ever to appear on stage.<ref name="alanMyers"/><ref name="NEHistory"/> They appeared together on stage in three very successful revues, ''Strike a New Note'' (1943),<ref name="sannWhirligig">{{cite web |first=Sandra |last=Sudley |url=http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/adults/other/lunchbox.htm |title=Lunchbox |work=Whirligig |access-date=18 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012094109/http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/adults/other/lunchbox.htm |archive-date=12 October 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Strike it Again'' (1944)<ref name="IndObitHuby">{{cite web |last=Benedick |first=Adam |title=Obituary: Roberta Huby |work=The Independent |accessdate=3 July 2011 |date=19 November 1995 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-roberta-huby-1584200.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111162332/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-roberta-huby-1584200.html |archive-date=11 November 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''Piccadilly Hayride'' (1946)<ref name="RobWilton">{{cite web |first=Rob |last=Wilton |url=http://www.phyllis.demon.co.uk/theatricalia/12pers/pers1.htm |title=Personality |work=Theatricalia |access-date=14 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208173837/http://www.phyllis.demon.co.uk/theatricalia/12pers/pers1.htm |archive-date=8 February 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> at the [[Prince of Wales Theatre]], London and in two films, ''[[London Town (1946 film)|London Town]]'' (1946),<ref name="londonTownBritmovie">{{cite web|first=Roger |last=Mellor |url=http://www.britmovie.co.uk/genres/musical/filmography/001.html |title=London Town - 1946 |work=Britmovie.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070404075445/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/genres/musical/filmography/001.html |archive-date=4 April 2007 }}</ref> an infamous flop, and in ''[[Cardboard Cavalier]]'' (1949).<ref name="iMDB"/>

The two men next worked together on a stage play, ''[[Harvey (play)|Harvey]]'' at the Prince of Wales Theatre, from which Desmonde was ultimately sacked.<ref name="NEHistory"/> In 1950 a few months later, during the play's run Field died of a heart attack.

In 1949 Desmonde appeared on television as a presenter in ''Rooftop Rendezvous''.<ref name="roofBFI">{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/573352 |title=Rooftop Rendezvous |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=5 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208153842/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/573352 |archive-date=8 February 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He was a regular panelist and occasional guest host on the original UK version of the television [[panel game]] ''[[What's My Line (1950)#United Kingdom|What's My Line?]]'' (1951–1962),<ref name="alanMyers"/><ref name="wml">{{cite web |first=Gerry |last=George |url=http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/adults/quiz/whatsmyline.htm |title=What's My Line? |work=Jerry George's Memories, 1950s British Television Nostalgia, Whirligig |access-date=25 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070114142309/http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/adults/quiz/whatsmyline.htm |archive-date=14 January 2007 |url-status=live }}; {{cite web |url=http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/What's_My_Line%3F |title=What's My Line? |work=UKGameShows.com |access-date=13 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100122071519/http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/What%27s_My_Line%3F |archive-date=22 January 2010 |url-status=live }}; {{cite web |url=http://www.andmas.co.uk/television/television_2.htm |title=The Box |work=Greasy Spoon Cafe |access-date=15 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807205438/http://www.andmas.co.uk/television/television_2.htm |archive-date=7 August 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and appeared in several TV comedies ''Holiday Camp'' (1951) with [[Arthur Askey]],<ref name="hc">{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/823092 |title=Holiday Camp |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=5 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206191600/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/823092 |archive-date=6 February 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
''A Flight of Fancy'' (1952) with [[Jimmy Young (disc jockey)|Jimmy Young]], then a singer working as a comedian, ''Spectacular'' (1960)<ref name="iMDB"/>
''Before Your Very Eyes'' (1956–58) with Arthur Askey,<ref name="byveBFI">{{cite web |first=Matthew |last=Coniam |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1192259/index.html |title=Before Your Very Eyes (1956-1958) |work=screenonline |publisher=BFI |access-date=18 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070817205146/http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1192259/index.html |archive-date=17 August 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref>

He appeared in ''[[Whack-O!]]'' (1960)<ref name="iMDB"/> and ''Bud'' in 1963 a sitcom with [[Bud Flanagan]] and other members of [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)|The Crazy Gang]].<ref name="bbcComedyGuide">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/d/desmonde_jerry.shtml |title=Jerry Desmonde |work=The bbc.co.uk Guide to Comedy |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061125113351/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/d/desmonde_jerry.shtml |archive-date=25 November 2006 }}</ref>
He also appeared in ''The Dickie Henderson Show'' (1963)<ref name="iMDB"/> and episodes of the ITV television series ''A Question of Happiness'' (1964),<ref name="jacqPearce">{{cite web|url=http://www.jacquelinepearce.com/aquestionofhappinessfred.html |title=Jacqueline Pearce |work=jacquelinepearce.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012170816/http://www.jacquelinepearce.com/aquestionofhappinessfred.html |archive-date=12 October 2007 }}</ref> ''[[The Plane Makers]]'' (1964),<ref name="TPM">{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/411557?view=cast |title=The Plane Makers |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=5 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130061804/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/411557?view=cast |archive-date=30 January 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
''The Villains'' (1965), ''[[No Hiding Place]]'' (1965), ''[[The Mask of Janus]]'' (1965),<ref name="janus">{{cite web |url=http://www.startrader.co.uk/Action%20TV/guide60s/maskjanus.htm |title=The Mask of Janus |work=Action TV online |access-date=8 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080807164638/http://www.startrader.co.uk/Action%20TV/guide60s/maskjanus.htm |archive-date=7 August 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''The Valliant Varneys'' (1965), ''[[Pardon the Expression]]'' (1966)<ref name="iMDB"/> and ''[[Vendetta (British TV series)|Vendetta]]'' (1966).<ref name="iMDB"/>

As a game show host he hosted [[Associated TeleVision|ATV]]'s ''Hit The Limit'' (1956)<ref name="ukGameShowsHitTheLimit">{{cite web |url=http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Hit_the_Limit |title=Hit the Limit |work=UKGameShows.com |access-date=13 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130032734/http://ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Hit_the_Limit |archive-date=30 November 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>
and ''[[The $64,000 Question (British game show)|The 64,000 Question]]'' (1956)<ref name="ukGameShows64000">{{cite web |url=http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/The_64,000_Dollar_Question |title=The 64,000 Dollar Question |work=UKGameShows.com |access-date=13 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113153902/http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/The_64,000_Dollar_Question |archive-date=13 January 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> television game shows and in October 1956 Jerry appeared on the front cover of ''[[TV Times]]'' magazine.<ref name="aolTVTimes">{{cite web |url=http://journals.aol.co.uk/telemagman/TVTimes/ |title=TV Times |work=AOL}}{{Dead link |date=September 2013}}</ref>

On radio he appeared with [[Bob Hope]] on ''[[The Bob Hope Show]]'' (1951) and (1954)<ref name="bhrs">{{cite web |url=http://www.yourradioshows.com/bobhope.htm |title=Bob Hope |work=YourRadioShows.Com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071019000422/http://yourradioshows.com/bobhope.htm |archive-date=19 October 2007 }}; {{cite web |url=http://www.originaloldradio.com/marilyn_maxwell_collection.html |title=The Marilyn Maxwell Collection |work=Radio of Yesteryear |access-date=5 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070526012621/http://www.originaloldradio.com/marilyn_maxwell_collection.html |archive-date=26 May 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="jerryHaendiges">{{cite web |url=http://www.otrsite.com/logs/logb1009.htm |title=The Bob Hope Show .. episodic log |work=Jerry Haendiges Vintage Radio Logs |access-date=5 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161205174853/http://www.otrsite.com/logs/logb1009.htm |archive-date=5 December 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
the [[CBS]] radio play ''The Incredible History of John Shepherd'' (1954),<ref name="radioArchives">{{cite web |url=http://www.radioarchives.org/sets/PC19.htm |title=Premier Collections: Crime Classics |work=Radio Archives |access-date=5 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911032744/http://www.radioarchives.org/sets/PC19.htm |archive-date=11 September 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref>
and occasionally presented ''[[Housewives' Choice]]''<ref name="alanMyers"/><ref name="UKgameshows"/> on the [[BBC]]'s [[Light Programme]].

Desmonde continued to appear on the London stage in ''[[Where's Charley?]]'' (1958),<ref name="robWiltonMusicals50s">{{cite web |first=Rob |last=Wilton |url=http://www.phyllis.demon.co.uk/theatricalia/09mus/mus50.htm |title=Musicals 1950s |work=Theatricalia |access-date=18 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027163419/http://www.phyllis.demon.co.uk/theatricalia/09mus/mus50.htm |archive-date=27 October 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> a theatre musical production of the play ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'' with (Sir) Norman Wisdom, and in the short-lived ''[[Belle (musical)|Belle]]'' (1961)<ref name="belle">{{cite web |first=Rob |last=Wilton |url=http://www.phyllis.demon.co.uk/theatricalia/09mus/mus60.htm |title=Musicals 1960s |work=Theatricalia |access-date=14 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027070202/http://www.phyllis.demon.co.uk/theatricalia/09mus/mus60.htm |archive-date=27 October 2007 |url-status=live }}; {{cite web |url=http://www.musicalheaven.com/Detailed/676.html |title=Belle |work=Musical Heaven |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070103040754/http://www.musicalheaven.com/Detailed/676.html |archive-date=3 January 2007 |df=dmy-all }}; {{cite web |url=http://www.musical-theatre.net/html/recordcabinet/murder.html |title=Murder Mystery and Mayhem: Belle |work=British Musical Theatre |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070918211209/http://www.musical-theatre.net/html/recordcabinet/murder.html |archive-date=18 September 2007 |df=dmy-all }}; {{cite web |url=http://castalbums.org/recordings/Belle-1961-Original-London-Cast/3085 |title=Belle |work=CastAlbums.org |access-date=25 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927195011/http://castalbums.org/recordings/Belle-1961-Original-London-Cast/3085 |archive-date=27 September 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>
alternatively titled ''The Ballad of [[Hawley Harvey Crippen|Dr Crippen]]'' a music hall musical with [[George Benson (actor)|George Benson]] and [[Rose Hill (actress)|Rose Hill]].

Desmonde was in numerous movies from 1946 to 1965 including several comedies with Norman Wisdom, and starred in several others.<ref name="iMDB"/> The Wisdom films usually involved the gump character (Wisdom) in a junior position to a "straight man" superior, often played by [[Edward Chapman (actor)|Edward Chapman]], and fighting against the unfairness wrought by some "authority figure", often played by Jerry Desmonde.<ref name="SteveCrook">{{cite web|first=Steve |last=Crook |url=http://www.britmovie.co.uk/forums/british-films-chat/11158-norman-wisdom.html |title=British Films and Chat |work=Britmovie Forum |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080122051939/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/forums/british-films-chat/11158-norman-wisdom.html |archive-date=22 January 2008 }}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Desmonde was married to actress Peggy Duncan (born Peggy Doreen Edwards) from 1930 until her death in 1966.<ref name="NEHistory"/> They had a daughter named Jacqueline and a son named Gerald.<ref name="iMDB"/> After [[World War II]], the family settled in [[London]] and Jacqueline later married musician Peter Howes, who was the son of actor [[Bobby Howes]] and brother of actress [[Sally Ann Howes]].<ref name="iMDB"/>

== Death ==
On 11 February 1967, having experienced bouts of [[Depression (mood)|depression]] following the death of his wife the previous year, Desmonde took his own life via [[gas poisoning]] at his home in the [[St John's Wood]] area of London; he was 58 years old.<ref name="UKgameshows">{{cite web |title=Jerry Desmonde |work=UKGameshows |accessdate=4 July 2011 |url=http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Jerry_Desmonde |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703115432/http://ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Jerry_Desmonde |archive-date=3 July 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> He left an estate valued at £1,388 (£{{formatnum:{{inflation|UK|1388|1967|r=-2}}}} as of {{CURRENTYEAR}}).<ref>"SADLER James Robert Jill or DESMONDE Jerry of 98 Eamont Court St John's Wood London died 10 February 1967" in ''Wills and Administrations 1967 (England and Wales)'' (1968), p. 5</ref> He was cremated at [[Golders Green Crematorium]].

== Stage credits ==
* ''[[Belle (musical)|Belle]]'' at the [[Novello Theatre|Strand Theatre]], London (1961)<ref name="belle"/><ref name="UoK:BELLED">{{cite web |title=Theatre collections: record view |work=University of Kent |accessdate=8 July 2012 |url=http://www.kent.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/theatre/r.php/36023/show.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927205808/http://www.kent.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/theatre/r.php/36023/show.html |archive-date=27 September 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''[[Where's Charley?]]'' as Sir Francis Chesney at the [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]], London (1958)<ref name="robWiltonMusicals50s"/>
* [[Royal Variety Performance|''The Royal Variety Show'']] (1957)<ref name="royVarShow">{{cite web|url=http://www.btinternet.com/~judyin.london/judyil8.htm |title=Judy Garland At The London Palladium |work=Judy in London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610134723/http://www.btinternet.com/~judyin.london/judyil8.htm |archive-date=10 June 2007 |url-status=dead |df= }}</ref>
* ''The Gay Musical Show'' at the [[London Palladium]] and then the [[Prince of Wales Theatre]] with Norman Wisdom (19??)<ref name="vaudPostcards">{{cite web|url=http://www.vaudeville-postcards.com/postcards4.html |title=Publicity Postcards Full Colour |work=Vaudeville Postcards |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822020626/http://vaudeville-postcards.com/postcards4.html |archive-date=22 August 2007 }}</ref>
* ''Painting the Town'' a revue with Norman Wisdom at the London Palladium (1955)<ref name="GMT:PTT">{{cite web |title=Painting the Town |work=The Guide to Musical Theatre |accessdate=30 October 2011 |url=http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_p/paitingtown.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519181242/http://guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_p/paitingtown.htm |archive-date=19 May 2011 |url-status=live }}; {{cite web |title=Theatre collections: record view |work=University of Kent |accessdate=8 July 2012 |url=http://www.kent.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/theatre/r.php/35352/show.html }}</ref>
* ''Red-Headed Blonde'' a [[farce|farcical comedy]] at the [[Vaudeville Theatre]], London (1952)<ref name="robWiltonMags50s">{{cite web|first=Rob |last=Wilton |url=http://www.phyllis.demon.co.uk/theatricalia/14mags/thw50s.htm |title=Theatre World Magazines 1950s |work=Theatricalia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060517222919/http://www.phyllis.demon.co.uk/theatricalia/14mags/thw50s.htm |archive-date=17 May 2006 }}</ref>
* ''Out of this World'' at the London Palladium starring [[Frankie Howerd]] (1948)<ref name="vaudPostcards"/>
* ''Piccadilly Hayride'' at the [[Prince of Wales Theatre]], London (1946)<ref name="RobWilton"/><ref name="UoK:PHD">{{cite web |title=All collections search: record view |work=University of Kent |accessdate=8 July 2012 |url=http://www.kent.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/all/r.php/35543/show.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927205804/http://www.kent.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/all/r.php/35543/show.html |archive-date=27 September 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''Strike it Again'' at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London (1944)<ref name="IndObitHuby"/>
* ''Strike a New Note'' at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London (1943)<ref name="sannWhirligig"/>
* ''[[This Year of Grace]]'' on a United States tour then at the [[Selwyn Theatre]], New York (1928) (credited as Jim Sadler).<ref name="NEHistory"/><ref name="iBDB"/>

== Filmography ==
* ''[[The Early Bird]]'' (1965), as Mr Walter Hunter, managing director of Consolidated Dairies
* ''[[Gonks Go Beat]]'' (1965), as Great Galaxian, with [[Kenneth Connor]]
* ''[[The Beauty Jungle]]'' (1964) USA: ''Contest Girl'' (1966), as "Rose of England" contest organizer
* ''[[Stolen Hours]]'' (1963) USA: ''Summer Flight'', as a Colonel
* ''[[The Switch (1963 film)|The Switch]]'' (1963), as Customs Chief
* ''[[A Stitch in Time (1963 film)|A Stitch in Time]]'' (1963), as Sir Hector Hardcastle, with Norman Wisdom
* ''[[A Kind of Loving (film)|A Kind of Loving]]'' (1962), as a TV Compere
* ''[[Carry On Regardless]]'' (1961), as Martin Paul
* ''[[Follow a Star]]'' (1959), as Vernon Carew, with Norman Wisdom
* ''[[Just My Luck (1957 film)|Just My Luck]]'' (1957), as a Goodwood racegoer (uncredited), with Norman Wisdom
* ''[[A King in New York]]'' (1957), as Prime Minister Voudel, with [[Charlie Chaplin]]
* ''[[Up in the World]]'' (1956), as Major Willoughby, with Norman Wisdom
* ''[[Ramsbottom Rides Again]]'' (1956), as red Indian Blue Eagle in a comedy western with Arthur Askey
* ''[[The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp]]'' (1956), as Parker
* ''[[Man of the Moment (1955 film)|Man of the Moment]]'' (1955), as foreign office minister Jackson, with Norman Wisdom
* ''[[Malta Story|The Malta Story]]'' (1953), as a general (uncredited)
* ''[[Trouble in Store]]'' (1953), as store chief Augustus Freeman, with Norman Wisdom
* ''[[Alf's Baby (film)|Alf's Baby]]'' (1953) USA: ''Her Three Bachelors'' (1954), as Alf Donkin
* ''[[The Perfect Woman (1949 film)|The Perfect Woman]]'' (1949), as Raymond a dress shop manager
* ''[[Cardboard Cavalier]]'' (1949), as Colonel Lovelace, with Sid Field
* ''[[London Town (1946 film)|London Town]]'' (1946) USA: ''[[London Town (1946 film)|My Heart Goes Crazy]]'' (1953), as George a golfing instructor, with Sid Field.

== References ==

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== External links ==

* Biography: [https://web.archive.org/web/20101026015430/http://www.sclews.me.uk/desmonde.htm The Alan Myers Project], [http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Jerry_Desmonde UKGameShows]
* Film databases: {{IMDb name|0221491}} and [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/jerry_desmonde/ Rotten Tomatoes].

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