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William Desmond Taylor

★ Directing #13,116

1872 - 1922 (age 49) • Directing

Born: 4/26/1872 in Carlow, Ireland

Died: 2/1/1922 (age 49)

Known for: Directing

William Desmond Taylor

★ Directing #13,116

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

Known For

Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime

82%

Self (archive footage)

2016

Johanna Enlists

60%

Director

1918

The Soul of Youth

52%

Director

1920

Tom Sawyer

50%

Director

1917

Nurse Marjorie

61%

Director

1920

Granddad

55%

The Southern Colonel

1913

Huckleberry Finn

68%

Director

1920

The Kiss

45%

George Dale - a Society Man

1914

Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime

82%

Self (archive footage)

2016

Murders of Hollywood

50%

Self (archive footage)

2003

Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files

Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files

80%

(archive footage) (uncredited)

1992

Death In Hollywood

68%

1990

Death Scenes

42%

Self (archive footage)

1989

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

(archive footage) (uncredited)

1988

The Top of New York

100%

Director

1922

The Green Temptation

100%

Director

1922

Morals

100%

Director

1921

Beyond

100%

Director

1921

Wealth

100%

Director

1921

Sacred and Profane Love

70%

Director

1921

The Witching Hour

70%

Director

1921

The Furnace

90%

Director

1920

The Soul of Youth

52%

Director

1920

The Soul of Youth

52%

Producer

1920

Jenny Be Good

70%

Director

1920

Nurse Marjorie

61%

Director

1920

Judy of Rogues' Harbor

80%

Director

1920

Huckleberry Finn

68%

Director

1920

Huckleberry Finn

68%

Producer

1920

Anne of Green Gables

60%

Director

1919

Captain Kidd, Jr.

Director

1919

Johanna Enlists

60%

Director

1918

How Could You, Jean?

Director

1918

Mile-a-Minute Kendall

Director

1918

His Majesty, Bunker Bean

Director

1918

Up The Road With Sallie

Director

1918