What is William Desmond Taylor?
{{Infobox person | name = William Desmond Taylor | image = Williamdesmondtaylor.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = William Cunningham Deane-Tanner | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1872|4|26}} | birth_place = [[County Carlow]], Ireland | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1922|2|1|1872|4|26}} | death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S. | death_cause = Homicide | resting_place = [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]] | nationality = Irish | other_names = William D. Taylor<br>William Taylor | occupation = Director, actor | years_active = 1913&ndash;1922 | spouse = {{marriage|Ethel May Hamilton|1901|1912}} | children = 1 | relatives = [[Denis Gage Deane-Tanner]] (brother)}} '''William Desmond Taylor''' (born '''William Cunningham Deane-Tanner'''; 26 April 1872 &ndash; 1 February 1922) was an Irish [[movie director|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 movie]]s between 1914 and 1922 and acted in 27 between 1913 and 1915.<ref name=USCtaylor>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usc.edu/libraries/archives/la/scandals/taylor.html|title=The Unsolved Murder of William Desmond Taylor|date=2000-07-02|website=[[University of Southern California|usc.edu]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100629183449/https://www.usc.edu/libraries/archives/la/scandals/taylor.html|archive-date=2010-06-29|access-date=2014-07-21}}</ref> Taylor was shot and killed by an unknown suspect on 1 February 1922 at his [[Los Angeles]] home.<ref name=LitWebTaylor>[http://www.literateweb.com/taylor/index.htm ''Taylorology'' (newsheet)]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, S