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  1. William Desmond Taylor. Director: Happiness of Three Women. Born in Carlow, Ireland. Came to USA c. 1890. Worked as stage actor, engineer, antique dealer, gold miner. Entered silent film industry as actor in 1912; most noted film as actor was Captain Alvarez (1914) for Vitagraph. Directed first film for Balboa Films in 1914.

  2. 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 to...

  3. 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...

  4. Jan 26, 2022 · Filmmaker William Desmond Taylor, whose murder remains a mystery. Marking the centenary of of a case considered to be Hollywood's greatest real-life murder mystery, writer and filmmaker Marc-Ivan...

  5. William Desmond Taylor 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.

  6. William Desmond Taylor was an Irish director and actor. He was a popular person in the growing Hollywood motion picture business of the 1910s and early 1920s. He directed 59 silent movies between 1914 and 1922 and acted in 27 between 1913 and 1915.

  7. Irish-born filmmaker William Desmond Taylor gained as much notoriety in death as he had during his life in Hollywood's early years. He began his career as an actor in 1912; his biggest role was the lead in Vitagraph's Captain Alvarez. In 1914, Taylor began directing feature films.

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