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.
Fish (singer) 16 April. He played "Derek Trout", a record producer in the 1999 series, "The Young Person's Guide To Becoming A Rock Star". He also appeared as "Barry Judd" in a 2000 episode of the TV detective series "Rebus" alongside John Hannah. Later in 2000, Fish would go on to act this time in the popular Scottish detective television programme "Taggart" episode number 48 "Skin Deep". In 2001, he auditioned (unsuccessfully) for the James Bond film "Die Another Day". He then went on to appear in two episodes of "Snoddy", a short lived Scottish television sitcom. In 2004, Fish played "Finlay