William Desmond Taylor (1872 - 1922)


* April 26, 1872 Carlow, Ireland
 as William Cunningham Deane-Tanner
 February 1, 1922 Los Angeles, California, USA


Vintage magazines

Photoplay, September 1929

Books on William Desmond Taylor

Charles Higham
Murder in Hollywood, Solving a silent screen mystery
Madison, Wis., 2004

Bruce Long
William Desmond Taylor, a dossier
Metuchen, N.J., & London, 1991

Robert Giroux
A deed of death, The story behind the unsolved murder of Hollywood director William Desmond Taylor
New York, 1990

Sidney Kirkpatrick
A cast of killers
New York, 1986

Books with substantial mentioning of William Desmond Taylor

Brian J. Robb Silent cinema Brian J. Robb
Silent cinema
Harpenden, Herts, 2007

Foreword by John-Michael Howson Cut! Foreword by John-Michael Howson
Cut!, Hollywood murders, accidents, and other tragedies
Willoughby, Australia, 2005

James Robert Parish The Hollywood Book of Scandals James Robert Parish
The Hollywood Book of Scandals, The Shocking, Often Disgraceful Deeds and Affairs of More than 100 American Movie and TV Idols
New York etc., 2004

Laurie Jacobson Dishing Hollywood Laurie Jacobson
Dishing Hollywood, The Real Scoop on Tinseltown's Most Notorious Scandals
2003

Charles Donald Fox and Milton L. Silver (eds.) Who's Who on the Screen Charles Donald Fox and Milton L. Silver (eds.)
Who's Who on the Screen
New York City, 1920