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Name
  
Ben Taggart


Role
  
Actor

Ben Taggart

Died
  
May 17, 1947, Santa Monica, California, United States

Movies
  
Before I Hang, Escape from Crime, Hard Guy, She, The Woman Next Door

Similar People
  
Art Lloyd, Elmer Clifton, W S Van Dyke, Lambert Hillyer, Lothar Mendes

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Ben Taggart (April 5, 1889– May 17, 1947) was an American actor.

Taggart's stage experience began in Seattle, and he went on to play leading roles in Washington, Portland, San Francisco, Trenton, Milwaukee, and Philadelphia. He was described as "an adept comedian as well as a delineator of the more serious parts."

His first movie was The Woman Next Door in 1915; from 1931 to 1945 he appeared in a number of minor uncredited roles. Credited roles include:

  • The Woman Next Door (1915) as Tom Grayson
  • The Sentimental Lady (1915) as Tom Woodbury
  • She (1917) as Leo Vincey
  • Monkey Business (1931) as Captain Corcoran (with the Marx Brothers)
  • Horse Feathers (1932) as the cop who tries to give Harpo a ticket (with the Marx Brothers)
  • Million Dollar Legs (1932) as the ship's captain (with W.C. Fields)
  • The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934)
  • Daredevils of the Red Circle (1939)
  • Man Made Monster (1941)
  • The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941)
  • Overland Mail (1942)
  • Escape from Crime (1942)

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