Brian Taggert(1938-2019)

Writer Brian Taggert was born on January 29, 1938 in California. Of Scottish descent, Taggert was raised by his grandparents in LA's Hancock Park after his parents divorced when he was a child up until he was about ten years old. Moreover, Brian was an alter boy in the Episcopal Church. Following graduation from high school, Taggert served in the military where he was stationed in Germany. Brian embarked on a brief acting career and spent three years in Scotland. While in Scotland Taggert studied dramatic art at the Royal Scottish Academy and literature at the University of Edinburgh. Brian eventually decided to switch gears and focused on writing instead of acting. After spending six years breaking into the entertainment industry, Taggert began his writing career doing teleplays for episodic television in 1973. Brian went on to pen screenplays for several theatrical films and made-for-TV movies. In addition, Brian not only taught a script-writing course at UCLA's film school called "Things That Go Bump in the Night: Writing the Thriller/Horror/Sci-Fi Picture," but also wrote scripts on spec in his latter days. Taggert died on June 1, 2019 from a heart attack at age 81 at his home in Los Angeles, California.