- It was Daniel Taradash, then president of AMPAS, who introduced Charles Chaplin at the 44th Annual Academy Awards in 1972 and presented him with the honorary Oscar, which resulted in the longest standing ovation in Academy Award history.
- Graduated from Harvard Law School in 1936. Though passing the New York bar exam, he never practiced law.
- A noted civil libertarian and opponent of McCarthyism.
- President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1970 to 1973.
- In 1955, Taradash formed an independent production company, Phoenix Corporation, with his writing partner Julian Blaustein.
- (1977-1979) President of the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAw)
- Wartime service with the U.S. Signals Corps, involved as writer/producer in the making of training and motivational films.
- Children: daughters Jan and Meg; son Bill.
- Cousin of Lauree Dash.
- Cousin of Ford Austin.
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