Mark McManus

Mark McManus was a Scottish actor best known for his portrayal of Detective Chief Inspector Jim Taggart in the longrunning ITV television series Taggart for eleven years until his death.

McManus was born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, onFebruary 1935. Mark was moved to Hillingdon, Uxbridge, in London when he was three years old until he moved again at the age ofto Australia where he performed in amateur theatre groups which led him to become a professional actor. He appeared in the popular childrens TV series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, and made a guest appearance in the longrunning Australian police drama Homicide. He also starred in Tim Burstalls unsuccessful but historically important feature film 2000 Weeks , which was the first fulllength Australianproduced feature made in Australia since Charles Chauvels Jedda in 1954.

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