Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart

Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart

Born: May 23, 1910
Died: May 29, 1949
in Covington, Nebraska, USA

Movies for Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart...

Last Frontier Uprising
Title: Last Frontier Uprising
Character: Vance Daley (as James Taggart)
Released: February 1, 1947
Type: Movie
Singing cowboy Monte Hale plays "himself" in the Republic western Last Frontier Uprising. Actually, he's not really himself, but a federal agent, dispatched to Texas to buy horses on behalf of the government. Hale runs up against a vicious gang of horse thieves, including such veteran western hard cases as Roy Barcroft and Philip van Zandt. The romantic interest is in the dainty hands of Adrian Booth, who used to go by the name of Lorna Gray. Put together with the standard Republic efficiency, The Last Frontier Uprising benefits from the breathless direction of Lesley Selander.
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Heldorado
Title: Heldorado
Character: Bellboy Henchman (as James Taggart)
Released: December 15, 1946
Type: Movie
Roy Rogers, a Nevada State Ranger Captain in charge of the Rangers Reclamation Service, makes a trip to Las Vegas for the annual Heldorado Frontier Days Festival, as he wants to help his old friend Gabby Whittaker who originated the idea (at least, in this film).In Las Vegas, Roy meets heiress Carol Randall, who has been selected as the Queen of the Heldorado. Roy is informed that the F.B.I. wants an immediate investigation of the counterfeit thousand dollar bills that are being passed over the gambling tables at the casino.
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The Avenging Rider
Title: The Avenging Rider
Character: Henchman Baxter
Released: May 20, 1943
Type: Movie
Wrongfully arrested, Tim must escape and find the men who murdered his partner and stole the gold.
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Crash Dive
Title: Crash Dive
Character: Sailor
Released: April 22, 1943
Type: Movie
A US Navy submarine, the USS Corsair, is operating in the North Atlantic, hunting German merchant raiders that are preying on Allied shipping. Its new executive officer, Lt. Ward Stewart, has been transferred back into submarines after commanding his own PT boat. At the submarine base in New London, Connecticut, he asks his new captain, Lt. Cmdr. Dewey Connors, for a weekend leave to settle his affairs before taking up his new assignment. On a train bound for Washington D.C., Stewart accidentally encounters New London school teacher Jean Hewlett and her students. Despite her initial resistance to his efforts, he charms her and they fall in love.
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Sagebrush Law
Title: Sagebrush Law
Character: Henchman Foley
Released: April 2, 1943
Type: Movie
Tom Weston arriving in town just as the Doctor announces his father's death a suicide, sees the gun is in the wrong hand. When the Bank Examiner announces the bank has no money and Tom's identity becomes known, the townsmen attempt to hang him. Escaping he finds the phony examiner and gets a a confession. Then he plans a trap for the murderer. -IMDB
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Dead Man's Gulch
Title: Dead Man's Gulch
Character: Tommy Logan
Released: February 12, 1943
Type: Movie
When the Pony Express disbands, riders Tennessee and Johnny head for Adobe Wells. Tennessee becomes the Deputy Marshal while Johnny joins an outlaw gang. It's not long before Tennessee catches Johny attempting murder. As Johhnny is his best friend, he gives him another chance. But to no avail as Johnny murders a man and this time Tennessee must do his duty.
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Margin for Error
Title: Margin for Error
Character: Soldier
Released: February 10, 1943
Type: Movie
When police officer Moe Finkelstein and his colleague Officer Salomon are ordered to serve as bodyguards to German consul Karl Baumer by the mayor of New York City, Finkelstein turns in his badge, convinced he has to quit the service because the man is a Nazi.
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Lucky Jordan
Title: Lucky Jordan
Character: Second Soldier
Released: November 16, 1942
Type: Movie
Lucky Jordan is a gangster living in New York City and when he's drafted into the army, he tries to escape duty by using an old con woman named Annie to convince the draft board he's needed at home. When that fails, Jordan is sent to boot camp, but he doesn't stay there long. He takes a beautiful USO worker hostage and flees back to New York. There, he learns that a rival gangster is plotting against America.
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Red River Robin Hood
Title: Red River Robin Hood
Character: Henchman Denver (as Bud McTaggart)
Released: November 1, 1942
Type: Movie
An honest cowpoke (Tim Holt) comes to the rescue when the ranchers of Red River, AZ have their property seized by a greedy businessman (Eddie Dew). This 1942 B-western, directed by Lesley Selander, also stars Barbara Moffett, Cliff Edwards, Otto Hoffman and Russell Wade.
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Flying Tigers
Title: Flying Tigers
Character: McCurdy
Released: October 8, 1942
Type: Movie
Jim Gordon commands a unit of the famed Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group which fought the Japanese in China before America's entry into World War II. Gordon must send his outnumbered band of fighter pilots out against overwhelming odds while juggling the disparate personalities and problems of his fellow flyers.
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West of the Law
Title: West of the Law
Character: Ray Mason
Released: October 2, 1942
Type: Movie
The Rough Riders arrive to fight Rand, Ludlow and their gang. Buck poses as a preacher, Tim as a preacher, and Sandy as an undertaker. Buck not only wants the outlaws, but also their unknown boss.
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Wake Island
Title: Wake Island
Released: August 11, 1942
Type: Movie
In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.
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Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Title: Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Character: Cadet (uncredited)
Released: June 26, 1942
Type: Movie
This historical drama tells the story of the first class to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. In the early 19th Century, Congress appropriated the money to build the school, but opponents who believed it to be an illegitimate expansion of the powers of the federal government decided to sabotage the school. They put the hard-as-nails Major Sam Carter in charge of the academy, and he ruthlessly put the recruits through grueling training -- until only ten prospective soldiers remained. They include Dawson, a patriotic farm boy and Howard Shelton, a selfish playboy who has come to West Point only because of its prestige. The two vie for Carolyn Bainbridge, while they, along with the other eight, try convince Carter that the school is worth keeping.
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Come on Danger
Title: Come on Danger
Character: Russ
Released: June 5, 1942
Type: Movie
When a woman turns outlaw, she is suspected of murder.
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So's Your Aunt Emma!
Title: So's Your Aunt Emma!
Character: Mickey O’Banion
Released: April 17, 1942
Type: Movie
A dizzy old spinster gets involved in the boxing racket and gangland murders.
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Billy the Kid Trapped
Title: Billy the Kid Trapped
Character: Jeff Walker
Released: February 27, 1942
Type: Movie
Stanton breaks Billy and his two friends Fuzzy and Jeff out of jail. He wants them free so three of his men can impersonate them for the robberies and murders he has planned.
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A Date with the Falcon
Title: A Date with the Falcon
Character: Mug (uncredited)
Released: January 16, 1942
Type: Movie
In the second film of the series (and not a second part of anything), Gay Lawrence, aka The Falcon, is about to depart the city to marry his fiancée, Helen Reed, when a mystery girl, Rita Mara, asks for his aid in disposing of a secret formula for making synthetic diamonds. He deliberately allows himself to be kidnapped by the gang for which Rita works. His aide, "Goldy" Locke, trails the kidnappers and brings the police. But the head of the gang escapes, and the Falcon continues the pursuit.
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Dangerous Lady
Title: Dangerous Lady
Character: Joe Link
Released: September 12, 1941
Type: Movie
Private detective 'Duke' Martindale and his wife, Phyllis, an attorney, are working together to clear a girl falsely convicted of murdering a judge. Two people who know the truth are killed and 'Duke' Is shot at. Despite some interference by Police-Sergeant Brent, and a dangerous automobile chase and 'Duke' and Phyllis finding themselves prisoners of the real murderers, the case is solved.
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No Greater Sin
Title: No Greater Sin
Character: Bill Thorne
Released: August 29, 1941
Type: Movie
The dangers of the dread venereal disease syphilis are depicted in this earnest drama from the 1940s. The story centers upon an intrepid health commissioner who is out to get rid of the tawdry hookers responsible for spreading the disease.
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Gangs of Sonora
Title: Gangs of Sonora
Character: David Conners (as Ward 'Bud' McTaggart)
Released: July 10, 1941
Type: Movie
Commissioner Tredwell is the law of the land and he gets whatever he wants with the help of hired guns and lackey lawyer Conners. The only one who publicly stands up to Tredwell is Beecham of the Clarion. Beecham has his paper burned to the ground and when he starts a petition to make Wyoming a state, taking the power away from Tredwell, he is killed. But when Kansas Kate comes in to visit her son Conners, she sees what is going on and she takes over the paper and keeps the pressure on Tredwill. With this Conners has mixed emotions, but the boys do everything they can to protect Kate and the paper. Written by Tony Fontana
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Robbers of the Range
Title: Robbers of the Range
Character: Curly Yantis
Released: April 17, 1941
Type: Movie
Railroad agents frame a landowner who wont sell out to them.
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Secret Evidence
Title: Secret Evidence
Character: Tony Baxter
Released: January 31, 1941
Type: Movie
A legal secretary with a loving family who is happily engaged to a successful young attorney receives a surprise visit from her bad-news former boyfriend, a jewel thief just released on parole who has no intention of going straight. The visit triggers a series of events resulting in a trial for attempted murder.
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Wagon Train
Title: Wagon Train
Character: Coe Gardner
Released: October 4, 1940
Type: Movie
In his first starring Western for RKO, young Tim Holt must not only carry on his father's freight business but also hunt down his murderer. A certain Matt Gardner wants to corner the freight business to Pecos and persuades young Zack Sibley's wagon master to switch sides. Zack also earns the enmity of Gardner's son Coe, who takes umbrage to the youngster's flirtation with pretty Helen Lee. It all comes to a head during a food shortage in Pecos, a near-disaster that persuades the wagon master to switch sides once again. When the dust settles, Zack learns that old man Gardner is actually Carl Anderson, the man who murdered his father.
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Triple Justice
Title: Triple Justice
Character: Tom Payson
Released: September 22, 1940
Type: Movie
Brad Henderson arrives in Star City just in time to witness three men rob a bank of $30,000 and kill a teller. Charged for the crime and jailed, Brad realizes he must escape and track down the real killers since the only one who can prove his innocence is his friend, Sheriff Bill Gregory, who has been shot and will not soon regain consciousness. Chasing down the robbers one by one, he eventually discovers the identity of the gang's ringleader.
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Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
Title: Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
Character: Party Guest
Released: September 5, 1940
Type: Movie
Gene inherits a meat-packing plant, then faces stiff competition from snooty Ann Randolph, rival owner determined to do him in.
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Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Title: Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Character: Young Intern
Released: December 22, 1939
Type: Movie
Scotty Hamilton is a reporter who works for a crooked editor. Bill Banning is another reporter who is about to expose the editor's ties to the mob. When the editor is killed, both reporter Banning and mobster Tony Garcia are suspected.
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Trigger Fingers
Title: Trigger Fingers
Character: Deputy Jerry Walsh
Released: November 1, 1939
Type: Movie
Marshal and his men disguise themselves as gypsies to catch a gang of cattle thieves.
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Full Confession
Title: Full Confession
Character: Frank O'Keefe
Released: September 8, 1939
Type: Movie
A Catholic priest must convince a man to step forward to save the wrong person from being sent to the electric chair.
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I Stole a Million
Title: I Stole a Million
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Released: August 1, 1939
Type: Movie
A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.
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Wyoming Outlaw
Title: Wyoming Outlaw
Character: Park Ranger
Released: June 27, 1939
Type: Movie
Will Parker has been destroyed by a local politician and now must steal to feed his family. He steals a steer from the Three Mesquiteers.
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It's a Wonderful World
Title: It's a Wonderful World
Character: Georgie - Actor as 'Wounded Soldier' (uncredited)
Released: May 19, 1939
Type: Movie
Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year with Willie to be executed. On the way to jail, Guy comes across a clue and escapes from the police.
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Six-Gun Rhythm
Title: Six-Gun Rhythm
Character: Don Harper
Released: February 17, 1939
Type: Movie
Western - When football player Tex fletcher arives home he finds his father missing. Jim Davis has killed the father and learning of Tex's identity - Tex Fletcher, Joan Barclay, Ralph Peters
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College Holiday
Title: College Holiday
Character: Collegian on Train
Released: December 19, 1936
Type: Movie
College students rally to save a struggling hotel from closing. Comedy.