Mark McManus

Acting

Mark McManus

Born 1935-02-21 · Hamilton, Scotland, UK

Mark McManus was a Scottish actor best known for his role as Detective Chief Inspector Jim Taggart in the long-running television series "Taggart", which aired from 1983 until his death in 1994. He died in Glasgow.

Acting credits

Rogue Male poster
6.5

In 1939, Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot misses its mark. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo and left for dead, Sir Robert makes his way back to England where he discovers the Gestapo has followed him. Knowing that his government would turn him over to German authorities, Sir Robert goes underground in his battle with his pursuers.

Rogue Male

1976

Ned Kelly poster
4.8

Unable to support his family in the Australian outback, a man turns to stealing horses in order to make money. He gets more deeply drawn into the outlaw life, and eventually becomes involved in murders. Based on the life of famed 19th-century Australian outlaw Ned Kelly.

Ned Kelly

1970

Peer Gynt poster
9.0

The 1972 BBC adaptation of Ibsen’s epic dramatic fantasy about a man in search of his soul.

Peer Gynt

1972

Double Scotch & Wry poster
8.5

Rikki Fulton and friends return with another selection of sketches and comedy characters, including the Reverend I.M. Jolly, Supercop, dirty barber Alky Broon and Big Chief Swift Half.

Double Scotch & Wry

1987

Two Thousand Weeks poster
3.0

A subjective view of a crisis in the life of a writer who calculates he has 2,000 weeks left in his life to fulfill himself.

Two Thousand Weeks

1969

The Long and the Short and the Tall poster
NR

Psychological drama about a British patrol in the Burmese jungle who fall out among themselves.

The Long and the Short and the Tall

1979

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4.0

A touring company of actors arriving at a theatre, rehearsing and preparing a performance of a revue based on the book 'Knots' by R.D. Laing, devised by Edward Petherbridge

Knots

1975