As the lead director at Players-Lasky (Paramount) Studios, by 1922 Taylor had amassed over 60 directing credits to his name within just 9 years. He was in pre-production on ‘The Ordeal’, the first original story for the screen by legendary author,  W. Somerset Maugham, at the time of his murder.For a full list of the films Taylor directed and acted in go to: ‘An Actor and Director‘