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  1. 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 ...

  2. May 21, 2018 · William Desmond Taylor was successful as an actor and director, but his career would be cut short by his mysterious murder in 1922. His murder involved two of Hollywood's biggest stars at the time. All That's Interesting

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  3. In Sidney D. Kirkpatrick's book Cast of Killers (1986), largely based on research and interviews conducted by Director King Vidor who was fascinated with the Taylor case, it is theorized that Charlotte Shelby, mother of Mary Miles Minter, killed William Desmond Taylor. The theory is that Shelby dressed as a man slipped into Taylor's bungalow ...

  4. Nov 13, 2009 · 1922. Director William Desmond Taylor is found murdered. Police discover the body of film director William Desmond Taylor in his Los Angeles bungalow. Lieutenant Tom Ziegler responded...

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  5. Jul 22, 1990 · </i> An hour after sunset on Feb. 1, 1922, while smudge pots warmed nearby orange groves and a streetcar rattled through Westlake Park, a killer lurked in the shadows behind Hollywood film director...

  6. Mar 5, 2024 · Contributor. @IrishCentral. Mar 05, 2024. William Desmond Taylor. Albert Witzel / Creative Commons. Over one hundred years ago, Hollywood was stunned by the murder of Irish film director...

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  8. Jan 26, 2022 · Updated / Wednesday, 26 Jan 2022 16:37. Filmmaker William Desmond Taylor, whose murder remains a mystery. Marking the centenary of of a case considered to be Hollywood's greatest real-life...

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