William Desmond Taylor

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Known For Directing

Known Credits 41

Gender Male

Birthday April 26, 1872

Day of Death February 1, 1922 (49 years old)

Place of Birth Carlow, Ireland

Also Known As

Frank Marlo
William Cunningham Deane-Tanner

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William Desmond Taylor

Biography

Irish-American film director. His 1922 murder remains unsolved.

Known For

Directing

1922		The Top of New York … Director
1922		The Green Temptation … Director

1921		Morals … Director
1921		Beyond … Director
1921		Sacred and Profane Love … Director
1921		The Witching Hour … Director

1920		The Furnace … Director
1920		The Soul of Youth … Director
1920		Jenny Be Good … Director
1920		Nurse Marjorie … Director
1920		Judy of Rogues' Harbor … Director
1920		Huckleberry Finn … Director

1919		Anne of Green Gables … Director
1919		Captain Kidd, Jr. … Director

1918		Johanna Enlists … Director
1918		How Could You, Jean? … Director
1918		Mile-a-Minute Kendall … Director
1918		Up The Road With Sallie … Director
1918		Huck and Tom … Director
1918		The Spirit of '17 … Director

1917		Tom Sawyer … Director
1917		Big Timber … Director
1917		The World Apart … Director

1916		Redeeming Love … Director
1916		Her Father's Son … Director
1916		The House of Lies … Director
1916		The Parson of Panamint … Director
1916		Davy Crockett … Director
1916		The Heart of Paula … Director
1916		Ben Blair … Director
1916		He Fell in Love with His Wife … Director

1915

… Director

1914

… Director

Acting

2016

(1 episode) as Self (archive footage)

1987

as (archive footage)

1914		The Last Chapter
1914		Captain Alvarez as Robert W. Wainwright AKA Captain Alvarez
1914		A Little Madonna as Paul Langrois
1914		The Kiss as George Dale - a Society Man
1914		Anne of the Golden Heart as George Blake

1913		The Quakeress as Reverend Cole
1913		Granddad as The Southern Colonel

Production

1920		The Soul of Youth … Producer
1920		Huckleberry Finn … Producer

Writing

1916

… Writer

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William Desmond Taylor

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