William Desmond Taylor

(1872-1922)

Irish-American film director, actor, and murder victim

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William Desmond Taylor (born William Cunningham Deane-Tanner, 26 April 1872 – 1 February 1922) was an Anglo-Irish-American film director and actor. A popular figure in the growing Hollywood motion picture colony of the 1910s and early 1920s, Taylor directed fifty-nine silent films between 1914 and 1922 and acted in twenty-seven between 1913 and 1915.

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Born	William Cunnigham Deane-Taylor 26 April 1872 Carlow, Ireland
Died	1 February 1922 (aged 49) Los Angeles, California, USA
Zodiac	Taurus
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Ethel May Hamilton - · · m. 1901; div. 1911 info edit

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Ethel Daisy info 1st child with Ethel May Hamilton Female · - · Celebrity Baby

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Mary Pickford · 1892-1979 · Canadian actress and producer info edit view couple »

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Neva Gerber · 1894-1974 · Actress info edit view couple »

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Mary Miles Minter · 1902-1984 · Actress info edit view couple »

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Mabel Normand · 1892-1930 · American actress info edit view couple »

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Claire Windsor · 1892-1972 · American actress info edit view couple »

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Douglas Fairbanks · Friend · 1883-1939 · American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer edit info

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Betty Compson · Friend · 1897-1974 · American actress edit info

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