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Ben Taggart

{{Short description|American actor (1889–1947)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Ben Taggart

| image = Ben Taggart - May 1919 EH.jpg

| caption = Taggart in 1919

| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1889|4|5}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1947|5|17|1889|4|5}}

| death_place = Santa Monica, California, U.S.

| nationality = American

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1915–1947

}}

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."{{cite news|title=Shubert's New Leading Player|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5437160/the_minneapolis_star/|work=The Minneapolis Star|date=October 21, 1922|location=Minnesota, Minneapolis|page=6|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 29, 2016}} {{Open access}}

Selected filmography

His first movie was The Woman Next Door in 1915;(24 July 1915). [https://books.google.com/books?id=JZksAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA631 Taggart in Kleine's "Woman Next Door"], The Moving Picture World from 1931 to 1945 he appeared in a number of minor uncredited roles. Credited roles include:

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  • {{Find a Grave|10121}}
  • {{IMDb name|0846498}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070505143723/http://scifipedia.scifi.com/index.php/Ben_Taggart Scifipedia article]

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Category:American male silent film actors

Category:1889 births

Category:1947 deaths

Category:20th-century American male actors