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William Desmond Taylor
(same as William D. Taylor)

Born 26 April 1872 in Carlow, Ireland, United Kingdom, as William Cunningham Deane-Tanner.
Died 2 February 1922 in Los Angeles, California, USA, of gunshot wounds (murder).

Married Ethel May Harrison, 15 November 1902; divorced, 1911.

William Desmond Taylor worked as actor for The Vitagraph Company of America circa 1914. Worked as director for American Film Company, Incorporated, Pallas, Morosco, Realart and Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, circa 1915 through 1922. Infamous for his amorous? associations with actresses Mary Miles Minter and Mabel Normand.