William Desmond Taylor

Birth Name:
William Cunningham Deane-Tanner
Birth Date:
April 26, 1872
Birth Place:
County Carlow, Ireland
Death Date:
February 1, 1922
Place of Death:
404-B South Alvarado Street, Westlake, California
Age:
49
Cause of Death:
Homicide
Cemetery Name:
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Claim to Fame:
Show Business
William Desmond Taylor began his career in Hollywood as a stage actor, engineer, antiques dealer and occasional gold miner. He entered silent film industry as actor in 1912 where Taylor acted in 27 silent films between 1912 and 1915 and directed 59 between 1914 and 1922. He was a highly respect director for American Film, Favorite Players, Pallas, Morosco, Fox, Famous Players-Lasky, Select, Realart, Paramount. Taylor served as president of the Motion Picture Directors' Association for three terms, however it was Taylor's unsolved murder in 1922 in his Hollywood bungalow that has remained a scandal to this day.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

6000 Santa Monica Blvd.

Los Angeles, California, 90038

USA

North America

Map:

Map of Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood California

Grave Location:

Cathedral Mausoleum, Crypt 594

Grave Location Description

As you enter the Cathedral Mausoleum over by the lake, take the last hallway on the right and walk in about 50 feet and Taylor can be found in the second crypt from the bottom on the right.

Grave Location GPS

34.088231, -118.316687

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