Taggart "Taggart" was one of the UK's longest-running television dramas and the longest-running police drama after the cancellation of "The Bill". Mark McManus, who played the title character Jim Taggart, died in 1994; however, the series continued under the same name. The series theme music is "No Mean City" sung by Maggie Bell. The Scottish BAFTA-winning pilot episode, "Killer", directed by Laurence Moody and broadcast in 1983, introduced the character Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) Jim Taggart (played by Mark McManus until his death in 1994), a tough and experienced detective who had worked his way up through the ranks. His original
Errol Taggart also directed seven films, including "Sinner Take All", "Song of the City", and "The Women Men Marry". Taggart died in 1940 at the age of 45. Errol Taggart Errol Taggart (July 15, 1895 – August 30, 1940) was a Canadian film director and film editor who worked in Hollywood during the 1920s and 1930s. He was the editor of four movies directed by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney: "The Unknown" (uncredited) with Joan Crawford, "The Road to Mandalay", "The Blackbird", and the lost film "London After Midnight" (uncredited). He also edited Browning's film "Drifting" featuring Wallace Beery and Anna