fou un actor nord-americà que acostumava a interpretar a nois d'aspecte dur en petits papers. L'experiència escènica de Taggart va començar a Seattle i va passar a fer papers principals a Washington, Portland, San Francisco, Trenton, Milwaukee i Filadèlfia. Se'l va descriure com "un còmic expert, així com un delineador de les parts més serioses".
Filmografia seleccionada La seva primera pel·lícula va ser The Woman Next Door el 1915;(24 July 1915). Taggart in Kleine's "Woman Next Door", The Moving Picture World del 1931 al 1945 va aparèixer en diversos papers menors no acreditats. Els rols acreditats inclouen:
The Woman Next Door (1915) - Tom Grayson The Fixer (1915) - Mr. William Fowler The Sentimental Lady (1915) - Tom Woodbury She (1917) - Leo Vincey Oh, Boy! (1919) - Charles Hartley The Hidden Light (1920) - Victor Bailey Mammy (1930) - Sheriff (no acreditat) Kick In (1931) - Detective Johnson (no acreditat) Newly Rich (1931) - Mr. Black (no acreditat) Smart Money (1931) - Hickory Short (no acreditat) Silence (1931) - Alderman Conners Monkey Business (1931) (with the Marx Brothers) - Captain Corcoran (no acreditat) 24 Hours (1931) - Detective (no acreditat) Under Eighteen (1931) - Detective French (no acreditat) Ladies of the Big House (1931) - Guard Tompkins (no acreditat) Taxi! (1932) - Detective (no acreditat) High Pressure (1932) - Attorney General's Officer (no acreditat) Strangers in Love (1932) - Crenshaw Amateur Daddy (1932) - Deputy Sheriff (no acreditat) The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932) - Policeman in Car (no acreditat) Million Dollar Legs (1932) (with W.C. Fields) - the ship's captain (no acreditat) Horse Feathers (1932) (with the Marx Brothers) - the cop who tries to give Harpo a ticket (no acreditat) H* Hold 'Em Jail (1932) - Doorman (no acreditat) Faithless (1932) - Officer Clancy (no acreditat) Afraid to Talk (1932) - Detective Burke (no acreditat) Central Park (1932) - Policeman Mike (no acreditat) Fast Life (1932) - Catalina Cop (no acreditat) A Lady's Profession (1933) - Lieutenant (no acreditat) Fast Workers (1933) - Millie's Dance Partner (no acreditat) Gabriel Over the White House (1933) - Cabinet Member (no acreditat) The Mayor of Hell (1933) - Sheriff (no acreditat) Hold Your Man (1933) - Policeman at Reformatory (no acreditat) Duck Soup (1933) - Trench Officer (no acreditat) From Headquarters (1933) - Third-Degree Detective (no acreditat) Sitting Pretty (1933) - Cop (no acreditat) The Big Shakedown (1934) - Policeman at Regan's (no acreditat) No More Women (1934) - Cop (no acreditat) The Crosby Case (1934) - Police Inspector (no acreditat) The Thin Man (1934) - Police Captain (no acreditat) Shoot the Works (1934) - Detective The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934) - Police Capt. Thompson Among the Missing (1934) - Police Officer Flannagan Ready for Love (1934) - Pullman Conductor (no acreditat) Romance in Manhattan (1935) - Plainclothesman (no acreditat) Carnival (1935) - Policeman (no acreditat) The Whole Town's Talking (1935) - Traffic Officer (no acreditat) Stolen Harmony (1935) - Sergeant / Cop at Motel (no acreditat) Vagabond Lady (1935) - Hotel Detective (no acreditat) Unknown Woman (1935) - Shanley Men Without Names (1935) - Police Lieutenant (no acreditat) The Murder Man (1935) - Dave - Sing Sing Guard (no acreditat) Coronado (1935) - Marine (no acreditat) It Had to Happen (1936) - New York Cop (no acreditat) Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936) - Rancher (no acreditat) Florida Special (1936) - Trainmaster (no acreditat) Neighborhood House (1936) - Cop San Francisco (1936) - Cop (no acreditat) Straight from the Shoulder (1936) - Detective (no acreditat) Wives Never Know (1936) - (no acreditat) The Longest Night (1936) - Policeman Helping Eve (no acreditat) Oh, Doctor (1937) - Policeman (no acreditat) Michael O'Halloran (1937) - Officer Reardon (no acreditat) This Is My Affair (1937) - Police Captain (no acreditat) Souls at Sea (1937) - Ship's Officer (no acreditat) Bad Guy (1937) - Desk Sergeant (no acreditat) The Man Who Cried Wolf (1937) - Plainclothes Officer (no acreditat) The Women Men Marry (1937) - Lieutenant Haggerty (no acreditat) Youth on Parole (1937) - Convict (no acreditat) Partners in Crime (1937) - First G-Man (no acreditat) The Jury's Secret (1938) - Jenkins (no acreditat) The Overland Express (1938) - Postal Agent Adams Hold That Kiss (1938) - Apartment Doorman (no acreditat) Wives Under Suspicion (1938) - Fred - Police Lieutenant (no acreditat) Little Tough Guy (1938) - Detective (no acreditat) The Chaser (1938) - Policeman Reading Law to Motorman (no acreditat) Personal Secretary (1938) - Detective (no acreditat) Topper Takes a Trip (1938) - Policeman in Bank (no acreditat) Risky Business (1939) - First Detective (no acreditat) The Saint Strikes Back (1939) - New York Detective Vance (no acreditat) King of Chinatown (1939) - Henchman (no acreditat) Sergeant Madden (1939) - Detective (no acreditat) Tell No Tales (1939) - Police Lieutenant (no acreditat) S.O.S. Tidal Wave (1939) - (no acreditat) The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939) - Policeman (no acreditat) Daredevils of the Red Circle (1939) - Dixon I Stole a Million (1939) - Police Guard at Hospital (no acreditat) Rio (1939) - Second Guard (no acreditat) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) - Pompous Man (no acreditat) The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939) - Policeman (no acreditat) Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939) - Postal Inspector (no acreditat) The Big Guy (1939) - Owner of Station (no acreditat) The Green Hornet (1940, Serial) - Phil Bartlett [Chs. 3-4] Double Alibi (1940) - Policeman (no acreditat) The Ghost Comes Home (1940) - Tim Leary (no acreditat) Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940, Serial) - General Lupi [Chs. 1-2] Babies for Sale (1940) - Police Sgt. Mike Burke (no acreditat) Son of Roaring Dan (1940) - Sheriff (no acreditat) Mystery Sea Raider (1940) - Cop (no acreditat) Pier 13 (1940) - Detective (no acreditat) The Durango Kid (1940) - Flynn (no acreditat) Before I Hang (1940) - Warden Thompson Junior G-Men (1940, Serial) - Severn Nobody's Children (1940) - Mr. Millar Girls Under 21 (1940) - Police Chief (no acreditat) The Wildcat of Tucson (1940) - Judge John Barlow The Face Behind the Mask (1941) - Burn Treatment Doctor (no acreditat) The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941) - Train Conductor Double Date (1941) - Policeman (no acreditat) Man Made Monster (1941) - Detective Sergeant Regan Penny Serenade (1941) - Policeman (no acreditat) The Big Boss (1941) - Sheriff Dugan (no acreditat) The Medico of Painted Springs (1941) - John Richards Hello, Sucker (1941) - Policeman (no acreditat) Two in a Taxi (1941) - Sweeny They Meet Again (1941) - Sheriff (no acreditat) Harmon of Michigan (1941) - Mr. Davis (no acreditat) I'll Sell My Life (1941) - Police Lt. Hammer Hard Guy (1941) - Ben Sherwood Three Girls About Town (1941) - Doorman (no acreditat) The Miracle Kid (1941) - J. Hamilton Gibbs Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case (1941) - Police Sergeant (no acreditat) Don Winslow of the Navy (1942) - John Blake A Tragedy at Midnight (1942) - Cop (no acreditat) The Man Who Returned to Life (1942) - Horace Turner (no acreditat) The Remarkable Andrew (1942) - Bailiff (no acreditat) Alias Boston Blackie (1942) - Warden The Spoilers (1942) - Banker (no acreditat) Men of Texas (1942) - Banker (no acreditat) The Pride of the Yankees (1942) - Conductor (no acreditat) Escape from Crime (1942) - Warden Kirby Overland Mail (1942, Serial) - Lamont [Chs. 7-8] Police Bullets (1942) - Chief Detective W. A. Barlow Daring Young Man (1942) - Fire Chief (no acreditat) Underground Agent (1942) - Police Chief (no acreditat) Pittsburgh (1942) - Police Sergeant (no acreditat) The Valley of Vanishing Men (1942, Serial) - Editor Parker (no acreditat) Secrets of the Underground (1942) - Bob the Detective (no acreditat) No Time for Love (1943) - City General Manager (no acreditat) Something to Shout About (1943) - Train Conductor (no acreditat) Chatterbox (1943) - Foreman (no acreditat) Mission to Moscow (1943) - Guest at Davies' Speech (no acreditat) A Stranger in Town (1943) - Train Conductor (no acreditat) So This Is Washington (1943) - Senator Vickers (no acreditat) The Fighting Seabees (1944) - Aircraft Carrier Captain (no acreditat) Beautiful But Broke (1944) - Pullman Conductor (no acreditat) Captain America (1944, Serial) - Police Sgt. Donovan [Chs. 5, 9] (no acreditat) Cowboy Canteen (1944) - Train Conductor (no acreditat) Week-End Pass (1944) - Forean (no acreditat) Sailor's Holiday (1944) - Director (no acreditat) Jam Session (1944) - Willie (no acreditat) The Girl in the Case (1944) - Turnkey (no acreditat) The Great Alaskan Mystery (1944, Serial) - Deputy Marshal (no acreditat) Man from Frisco (1944) - Superintendent (no acreditat) Louisiana Hayride (1944) - Train Conductor (no acreditat) Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944) - Army Doctor (no acreditat) Raiders of Ghost City (1944, Serial) - Dan #2 (no acreditat) Atlantic City (1944) - Businessman (no acreditat) One Mysterious Night (1944) - Traffic Cop (no acreditat) Enemy of Women (1944) - News Chief (no acreditat) The Master Key (1945, Serial) - Apartment Thug (no acreditat) (final film role)
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