William Desmond Taylor, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Desmond Taylor

Irish-American film director, actor and murder victim

Date of Birth: 26-Apr-1872

Place of Birth: Carlow, Leinster, Ireland

Date of Death: 01-Feb-1922

Profession: screenwriter, actor, film director, film producer, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

William Desmond Taylor (born William Cunningham Deane-Tanner, 26 April 1872 – 1 February 1922) was an Anglo-Irish-American director and actor.
A popular figure in the growing Hollywood motion picture colony of the 1910s and early 1920s, he directed 59 silent films between 1914 and 1922 and acted in 27 between 1913 and 1915.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.
The murder remains an official cold case.