Glenn Chandler (including its series "Crown Court") before creating and writing his own series "Taggart" for STV Productions (ITV Network). Chandler created "Taggart" for STV's Controller of Drama, Robert Love, who wanted to set a police series in Glasgow. Chandler was inspired by true crime and real life, and even lifted the names of characters for the series from gravestones in Maryhill Cemetery in Glasgow. The series continued even after the death of the actor Mark McManus, who played the lead role of Jim Taggart, and became the longest-running police drama on British television. Chandler has continued to write for his first
Fred Taggart to lie in second place behind Henry Cotton. Rounds of 76, 82 and 77 left him tied for 31st place. Fred succeeded his father as professional at Wilmslow in 1934. "Note: Taggart only played in The Open Championship."<br> CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> "T" indicates a tie for a place Fred Taggart Joseph Frederick Taggart (29 January 1906 – 6 September 1986) was an English professional golfers of the inter-war period. He finished 11th in the 1928 Open Championship. Taggart was born in Alderley Edge, Cheshire in 1906. His father, Joe (1881–1944), was the professional at Wilmslow Golf Club.