William Desmond Taylor
Actor, Film director
1872 – 1922
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Who was William Desmond Taylor?
William Desmond Taylor was an Irish-born American director and actor. He directed 59 silent films between 1914 and 1922 and acted in 27 between 1913 and 1915. He was a popular figure in the growing Hollywood motion picture colony of the 1910s and early 1920s.
Taylor's murder on 1 February 1922, along with other Hollywood scandals, such as the Roscoe Arbuckle trial, led to a frenzy of sensationalist and often fabricated newspaper reports. His murder remains an official cold case.
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- Born
- Apr 26, 1872
Carlow - Also known as
- William D. Taylor
- William Taylor
- William Cunningham Deane-Tanner
- Tanner
- Tanners
- Deane-Tanner
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Ethel May Harrison
(1901/12/07 - 1912) - George Hopkins
( - 1922/02/01)
- Ethel May Harrison
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Republic of Ireland
- Profession
- Died
- Feb 1, 1922
Los Angeles
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on July 23, 2013
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