Mark McManus (21 February 1935 – 6 June 1994) was a Scottish actor known for his roles in the British television series Sam, Bulman, The Brothers, Strangers, and Dramarama and the feature film 2000 Weeks.
McManus began playing the title character in the crime drama Taggart in September 1983, alongside Neil Duncan, Tom Watson and Robert Robertson.
McManus drank heavily and, after several years of declining health, died from an alcohol-related illness.
[4] He was hospitalised with severe jaundice in May 1994,[5] and died in Glasgow of pneumonia brought on by liver failure,[6] on 6 June 1994, aged 59, eight months after the death of his second wife Marion.
After the death of McManus in 1994, his character was given an on-air funeral in the final episode of the 11th series, "Black Orchid".