Actor

1924-12-15 · United States · Male

29 series in the catalog

Mark Loren Tapscott (December 15, 1924 – September 10, 1993) was an American character actor in film and television, best known as a regular cast member of the long-running daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives, wherein Tapscott portrayed the character Bob Anderson throughout most of the 1970s.

Early life and career

Born in Bellflower, California on December 15, 1924, and raised there and in North Platte, Nebraska, Tapscott was the son of Leola (née Walrath) and John H. Tapscott. He attended Whittier State School and Bakersfield Junior College.

Tapscott served with the United States Marines in both World War II and the Korean War. Following his service in the Korean War, Tapscott attended the University of Oregon, graduating in 1956.

On May 22, 1976, at a musical celebration staged in Long Beach by the California Masonic Lodge in observance of the nation's Bicentennial, Tapscott portrayed George Washington, while colleague Royal Dano once again reprised his most famous role.

Personal life and death

From November 1945 until her death in 1969, Tapscott was married to Frances Mae Ferrell. About 10 months after their marriage, the couple celebrated the birth of an almost 8-pound baby girl, Teddy Norene. Tapscott remarried in 1970, to Sybil L. Line.

Tapscott died on September 10, 1993, of lung cancer.

Films

Kings Go Forth (1958) – Captain Harrison

The Christine Jorgensen Story (1970) – Sergeant (uncredited)

The Late Liz (1971) – Tony Webb

The Organization (1971) – Captain Grayson

Black Gunn (1972) – Cassidy

Book sources

Lentz, Harris (1996). Western and Frontier Film and Television Credits 1903–1995. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0-7864-0218-0.