- Born
- Died
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Born in Hamilton, Mark acted in school plays such as Macbeth and Julius Caesar. On finishing school he followed his father working in the pits but soon became restless and disillusioned with Britain and wanted to travel so saved his money from his job as a timber porter and went to Australia where he joined a small theatrical touring company doing potted versions of Shakespearean classics. He also did 4 films there including Mick Jagger's 'Ned Kelly' When he was broke he spent some time as a boxer resulting in getting his nose broken. After having it reshaped he returned to Britain where he did road repair work, worked in a Bookies. He started to get small acting jobs in such series as Sam. The Borrowers, Stramgers and Bullman. His first appearance in Taggert was in 1983 in an episode called 'Killer' in 1983. His interests include fishing. gardening and breeding butterflies- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tonyman 5
- SpousesMarion McManus(1990 - October 1993) (her death)Paulette McManus (divorced)
- McManus was chosen as the first posthumous recipient of the Lord Provost's Award (Glasgow). His family accepted the Performing Arts Award just a few months after his death, at a ceremony at which Lord Provost James Shields declared, "to many people Mark McManus was Glasgow".
- Always a heavy drinker, towards the end of his life, he suffered from skin cancer and alcoholism, the latter of which was exacerbated by the deaths, in just a two year period, of his wife Marion McManus in October of 1993 and his mother, two sisters and a brother. He was admitted to hospital with severe jaundice in May 1994 and died of pneumonia June 6th..
- Started acting while working as a docker in Australia in the '60s.
- His father was a coal miner.
- He's a fanatical butterfly breeder.
- I had no great talent as an actor, but I learned the techniques and applied myself.
- My own health problems began when I worked on the docks in Australia. You would take your shirt off first thing in the morning because of the heat. Nobody knew anything about sun cancer in those days, and it was only about eight years ago that the medical people became aware of it. It would have been picked up earlier if Marion had been at home instead of in hospital. The first time that I noticed it, and became aware of the problem, was when I saw my shirt was covered in blood. People who work outside will always be at risk.
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