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Ben Taggart ![]() |
born: 05 April 1889 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
died: 17 May 1947 St. Joseph's Hospital, Burbank, Los Angeles, California, United States of America (heart and liver disease, aged 58) |
Burly Canadian actor (most sources incorrectly state that he was born in New York, USA.) His death certificate states that his cause of death was "Myocardial degeneration (12 hrs duration) due to severe jaundice and toxemia (1 week) and toxic necrosis of the liver, cause undetermined (1 week); other condition: mild obesity and arteriosclerosis." |
Real name: Benjamin Laurie Taggart Height: 6'0" |
Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography; plus 1 film with Charley Chase. |
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▼ NON-HAL ROACH FILMS |
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Rattling Romeo J. Banning Buttle |
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Skinny The Moocher [?] |
Acknowledgements: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNGW-NX2 (birth record) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2P3-JVC (birth record) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW2V-NK1 (1891 Canada Census) https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=1268898 (1891 Canada Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDR-2JL1 (1907 military register) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDR-5ZRC (1910 military register) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJBQ-RRX (1920 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCXQ-1YP (1930 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K97V-CZT (1940 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V48Y-62L (WWII draft reg. card) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPQR-ZXT (CA Death Index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGJQ-W8ML (death certificate) Jesse Brisson (research and help) This page was last updated on: 19 November 2020 |