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.
Tamara Taggart and her husband Dave have a son, Beckett, born August 2, 2007; a daughter, Zoë, born September 24, 2008; and a daughter, Poppy, born August 16, 2010. Taggart co-hosted "Live! with Regis and Kelly" for one day on Friday August 21, 2009. On December 8, 2010, it was announced that Taggart would co-anchor the "CTV News at Six" alongside Mike Killeen, effective January 3, 2011, following the stepping-down of longtime anchors Pamela Martin and Bill Good.Tamara Taggart was recently fired from CTV due to restructuring. On December 11, 2018, Taggart announced that she was seeking the Liberal nomination for the