Mark McManus Mark McManus Mark McManus (21 February 1935 – 6 June 1994) was a Scottish actor, who also worked in England and Australia. McManus was best known for playing tough Glaswegian Detective Chief Inspector Jim Taggart in the long-running STV television series "Taggart" for eleven years from (1983-1994) until his death, McManus was born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, on 21 February 1935 and moved to Hillingdon, Uxbridge, in London when he was three years old, until he moved again at the age of sixteen to Australia, where he performed in amateur theatre groups that led him to becoming a professional actor.
Samuel Taggart Polly, Rufus, Esther, Lucy, and Moses. Elizabeth died on March 4, 1815 and he married Mary Ayer on March 25, 1816. They had three children: Catherine, Mary Ann, and William Ayer. Samuel Taggart Samuel Taggart (March 24, 1754 – April 25, 1825) was a Presbyterian Minister, an American politician and a U. S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Londonderry, New Hampshire on March 24, 1754, Taggart completed preparatory studies, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1774. He studied theology and was licensed to preach. Ordained to the Presbyterian ministry on February 19, 1777, Taggart was installed as pastor of a