Ben Taggart
Acting
Biography
Ben Taggart was an American stage and screen actor, his film career spanning the years 1915 to 1945.
Born: April 5, 1889
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known For
A Criminal Is Born
An entry in MGM's Crime Does Not Pay series, this short tells the true story of how a young man, ignored by his parents, gets into a gang and starts a crime spree which leads to murder.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new senator has to battle political corruption.
Silence
A gray-haired convict, within the shadows of the gallows, tells his story to the prison chaplain beginning twenty years earlier when he was sent to prison for a crime he did not commit.
The Thin Man
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
The Pride of the Yankees
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
Vagabond Lady
Josephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department store owner. When John's free-spirit brother Tony returns from touring the South Seas in his boat, the "Vagabond Lady," Jo is attracted to him instead.
The Mayor of Hell
Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.
The House That Shadows Built
The House That Shadows Built (1931) is a short feature, roughly 48 minutes long, from Paramount Pictures made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the studio's founding in 1912. It was a promotional film for exhibitors and never had a regular theatrical release and includes a brief history of Paramount, interviews with various actors, and clips from upcoming projects (some of which never came to fruition). The title comes from a biography of Paramount founder Adolph Zukor, The House That Shadows Built (1928), by William Henry Irwin.
The Public Pays
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a protection racket preying on milk distribution is broken through the persistence of law enforcement and the courage of a local businessman.
Monkey Business
Four stowaways get mixed up with gangsters while running riot on an ocean liner.
Filmography
as Traffic Cop (Uncredited)
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
as Aircraft Carrier Captain (uncredited)
as Senator Vickers (uncredited)
as Guest at Davies' Speech (uncredited)
as City General Manager (uncredited)
as Train Conductor
as Lamont [Chs. 7-8]
as Warden Kirby
as Conductor (uncredited)
as Banker (uncredited)
as Warden
as Bailiff
as Horace Turner
as Cop (uncredited)
as John Blake
as J. Hamilton Gibbs
as Doorman
as Ben Sherwood
as Mr. Davis
as John Richards
as Detective Sergeant Regan
as Train Conductor
as Burn Treatment Doctor (uncredited)
as Judge John Barlow
as Mr. Millar
as Severn
as Cop
as Severn
as Warden Thompson
as Flynn (uncredited)
as Police Sgt. Mike Burke
as Tim Leary (uncredited)
as General Lupi (uncredited)
as Policeman
as Phil Bartlett
as Owner of Station (uncredited)
as Postal Inspector
as Policeman
as Pompous Man (uncredited)
as Police Guard at Hospital (uncredited)
as J. Banning Buttle
as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
as Dixon
as Policeman
as Detective
as Henchman (uncredited)
as New York Detective Vance (Uncredited)
as Policeman in Bank (uncredited)
as Policeman Reading Law to Motorman
as First Shooting Victim
as Fred - Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
as Apartment Doorman
as Postal Agent Adams
as Jenkins
as Convict (uncredited)
as Lieutenant Haggerty (uncredited)
as Ship's Officer (uncredited)
as Officer Reardon (uncredited)
as Chief's Assistant (uncredited)
as Cop (uncredited)
as Trainmaster (uncredited)
as Rancher
as Cop
as Police Detective (uncredited)
as Mr. Sidney, Manager of Radio Station (uncredited)
as Kansas City Police Chief
as Hotel Detective (uncredited)
as Sergeant / Cop at Motel (uncredited)
as Policeman
as Officer Flannagan
as Capt. Thomson
as Detective
as Police Captain (uncredited)
as Third-Degree Detective (uncredited)
as Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)
as Sheriff (uncredited)
as Cabinet Member (uncredited)
as Millie's Dance Partner (Uncredited)
as Policeman Mike (uncredited)
as Detective Burke (uncredited)
as Officer Clancy
as Police Officer (uncredited)
as Ship's Captain (uncredited)
as Deputy Sheriff
as Crenshaw
as Detective French (uncredited)
as Mr. Lee, Theatrical Agent
as Capt. Corcoran (uncredited)
as Alderman Conners
as Mr. Lee, Theatrical Agent
as Mr. Black (uncredited)
as Victor Bailey
as Charles Hartley
as Leo Vincey
as Mr. William Fowler