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William Desmond Taylor

William Desmond Taylor
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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.

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  1. Edward Gordon CraigJanuary 16, 1872 – July 29, 1966
  2. Sidney OlcottSeptember 20, 1872 – December 16, 1949
  3. William Desmond Taylor (this page)April 26, 1872 – February 1, 1922
  4. Zane GreyJanuary 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939
  5. Adolph ZukorJanuary 7, 1873 – June 10, 1976
  6. Alice Guy-BlachéJuly 1, 1873 – March 24, 1968

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