Jim Taggart Jim Taggart "See also: James Taggart (disambiguation)" Detective Chief Inspector James Taggart was the main character in "Taggart" from 1983 to 1995. He was played by Mark McManus until his death in June 1994, with the last episode featuring Taggart being broadcast in January 1995. A tough, no-nonsense policeman of the old school, Taggart has little time for subtlety, sensitivity or many of the more modern aspects of police work that his junior colleagues place faith in. His focus is always on solving the crime, using traditional police methods of evidence and proof. He had worked his way up from
Helen Taggart Clark Helen Taggart Clark Helen Taggart Clark (pen name, H. T. C.; April 24, 1849–?) was an American journalist and poet. Helen Taggart was born in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, April 24, 1849. She was the oldest of three children of the Col. David Taggart and Annie Pleasants (Cowden) Taggart. There were three siblings, John C., Hanna C. H., and James. She was educated in the Friends' Central School, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In October, 1869, she made a six months' stay in Charleston, South Carolina to make a visit to her father, then stationed in that city as paymaster in the United States