William Desmond Taylor

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1872-04-26

Deathday 1922-02-01 (49 years old)

Place of Birth Carlow, Ireland

Also Known As Frank Marlo, William Cunningham Deane-Tanner

William Desmond Taylor

Biography

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

Known For

Director

1922
1922
1921
1921
Morals

as Director

1921
Beyond

as Director

1921
The Witching Hour

as Director

1920
The Soul of Youth

as Director

1920
Nurse Marjorie

as Director

1920
Huckleberry Finn

as Director

1920
The Furnace

as Director

1920
1920
Jenny Be Good

as Director

1919
1919
Captain Kidd, Jr.

as Director

1918
Johanna Enlists

as Director

1918
1918
The Spirit of '17

as Director

1918
1918
Huck and Tom

as Director

1918
1917
The World Apart

as Director

1917
Big Timber

as Director

1917
Tom Sawyer

as Director

1916
Davy Crockett

as Director

1916
Redeeming Love

as Director

1916
1916
The House of Lies

as Director

1916
Ben Blair

as Director

1916
The Heart of Paula

as Director

1916
Her Father's Son

as Director

1915
1914
The Last Chapter

as Director

Actor

2016
Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime

as Self (archive footage)

1987
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets

as (archive footage)

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

Producer

1920
The Soul of Youth

as Producer

1920
Huckleberry Finn

as Producer

Writer

1916
Davy Crockett

as Writer