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.
Errol Taggart 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 May Wong in supporting roles, and was Browning's first assistant director on "Freaks" (uncredited) featuring Olga Baclanova and a cast of actual carnival sideshow freaks. Taggart