Charles Ross Taggart

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Charles Ross Taggart (19 March 1871, Topsham, Vermont - 1953, Kents Hill, Maine) was an American comedian and folklorist who appeared all over the Eastern U.S. as "The Man From Vermont" and "The Old Country Fiddler" from the mid-1890's to the mid-1930's. On the Chautauqua circuit, he would perform folk music on his violin, sing, and tell outlandish stories that supposedly took place in rural New England.

Lee DeForest filmed Taggart for a short film made in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process. The film premiered 15 April 1923 at the Rivoli Theater in New York City with 18 other films made in the Phonofilm process.