# Jim McManus (actor)

Jim McManus (19 May 1940 – 11 April 2023) was a British actor who starred in various television, stage and film roles, including Tipping the Velvet, Lawless Heart and Only Fools and Horses. In the 1970s he appeared in the Doctor Who serial The Invisible Enemy. He also starred in the popular television drama Heartbeat and twice in critically acclaimed drama Minder. He's also been a voice actor in the 1997 TV series The Treacle People and the 2007 animated film Quest for a Heart.
McManus briefly played Aberforth Dumbledore (credited as "Barman") in the fifth Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in 2007. He also had roles in Silver Dream Racer (1980), Just Ask for Diamond (1988), Buddy's Song (1991) and Easy Virtue (2008), and featured in the 2014 film Pride, directed by Matthew Warchus.
McManus died on 11 April 2023, at the age of 82.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1959 | The Square Peg | New Recruit | Uncredited |
| 1959 | Danger Within | Prisoner of War | Uncredited |
| 1961 | The Day the Earth Caught Fire | Man at Water Station | Uncredited |
| 1975 | Legend of the Werewolf | Emigre Husband | Credited as James McManus |
| 1978 | Sweeney 2 | Barman | |
| 1979 | Murder by Decree | Policeman | Uncredited |
| 1980 | Silver Dream Racer | Bike Salesman | |
| 1988 | Just Ask for Diamond | Hammett | |
| 1991 | Buddy's Song | Detective | |
| 2001 | Lawless Heart | Chef | |
| 2003 | Machine | Unknown | Short film |
| 2004 | Nella Notte | Ministro Russo | |
| 2005 | Beneath Still Waters | Additional voices | |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Barman | |
| 2008 | Easy Virtue | Jackson | |
| 2014 | Pride | Old Man | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1963 | Comedy Playhouse | Left Luggage Attendant (as James McManus) | Episode: "The Plan" |
| 1964 | Sykes and A... | Unknown (as James McManus) | Episode: "Sykes and a Following" |
| 1964 | Detective | Police Constable (as James McManus) | Episode: "The Drawing" |
| 1964 | The Graham Stark Show | Actor (as James McManus) | Episode: #1.4 |
| 1965–1966 | Crossroads | Ron Bateman (as James McManus) | 2 episodes |
| 1963–1966 | Hugh and I | Record Store Customer (as James McManus) | 4 episodes |
| 1966 | The Frankie Howerd Show | Unknown (as James McManus) | Episode: #2.2 |
| 1966–1967 | Softly Softly | McMichael Niggy White (as James McManus) | 2 episodes |
| 1967 | The Wednesday Play | Man (as James McManus) | Episode: "The Playground" |
| 1968 | The Spanish Farm | Jerry (as James McManus) | Episode: "The Crime at Vanderlynden's" |
| 1968 | The Expert | Ambulanceman (as James McManus) | Episode: "And So Say All of Us" |
| 1962–1968 | Z Cars | Clarke Cowboy (as James McManus) | 2 episodes |
| 1968 | Harry Worth | Collins Flight Sergeant McAllister (as James McManus) | 2 episodes |
| 1969 | The Gnomes of Dulwich | Gnome (as James McManus) | Episode: #1.4 |
| 1970 | Steptoe and Son | Journalist (as James McManus) | Episode: "Robbery with Violence" |
| 1971 | Albert! | Ken Farrell (as James McManus) | Episode: "The Compulsive Gambler" |
| 1971 | The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder | Louie (as James McManus) | Episode: "The Duke" |
| 1971 | Armchair Theatre | Gould (as James McManus) | Episode: "Brown Skin Gal, Stay Home and Mind Bay-Bee" |
| 1971 | Softly Softly: Task Force | Parson (as James McManus) | Episode: "Once Bitten" |
| 1972 | Clochemerle | 4th Secretary (as James McManus) | Episode: "The Inexorable Power of the Third Republic" |
| 1972 | Bless This House | Man in Pub (as James McManus) | Episode: "Wives and Lovers" |
| 1971–1972 | Father, Dear Father | Porter Taxi Man (as James McManus) | 2 episodes |
| 1972 | Doctor in Charge | Workman (as James McManus) | Episode: "Long Day's Journey Into Knighthood" |
| 1972 | Scoop | Shumble (as James McManus) | 2 episodes |
| 1973 | The Upper Crusts | 2nd Auctioneer (as James McManus) | Episode: "Decline and Fall" |
| 1973 | Barlow | Denby (as James McManus) | Episode: "Wheelbarrows" |
| 1973 | Ooh La La! | Jean (as James McManus) | Episode: "Kept on a String" |
| 1971–1973 | The Fenn Street Gang | Football Trainer Taxi Driver Voice | 3 episodes |
| 1973 | New Scotland Yard | The Painter (as James McManus) | Episode: "Daisy Chain" |
| 1973 | Bowler | Milkman (as James McManus) | Episode: "Without Let or Hindrance" |
| 1966–1976 | Dixon of Dock Green | Various | 4 episodes |
| 1976 | The Sweeney | Ollie Parsons | Episode: "Visiting Fireman" |
| 1977 | Rough Justice | Squatter | Episode: "Trespass" |
| 1977 | Doctor Who | Ophthalmologist | 3 episodes |
| 1978 | The Professionals | Lorry Driver's Mate | Episode: "Heroes" |
| 1980 | Juliet Bravo | Accrington Stanley | Episode: "The Anastasia Syndrome" |
| 1981 | The Other 'Arf | Driver | Episode: "Moving Away" |
| 1981 | The Chinese Detective | Eel & Pie Shop Proprietor | Episode: "The Four from Fulham" |
| 1981 | Rosie | Vinnie | Episode: "Tune on a Silent Dog Whistle" |
| 1981 | Roger Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Cab driver | Episode: #1.3 |
| 1982 | Harry Carpenter Never Said It Was Like This | Unknown | Television film |
| 1982 | Only Fools and Horses | Alex | Episode: "It Never Rains..." |
| 1986 | Bergerac | Filing Clerk | Episode: "Fires in the Fall" |
| 1987 | ScreenPlay | Damian | Episode: "The Trial of Klaus Barbie" |
| 1988 | Casting Off | Bernard | 4 episodes |
| 1988 | Bad Boyes | Fred | Episode: "Rose Arrives" |
| 1989 | Young Charlie Chaplin | Cab Driver | Episode: #1.6 |
| 1990 | T-Bag | Sir Cedric | Episode: "Cedric Sackbutt's Search for a Song" |
| 1990 | Press Gang | Station Master Dutton | Episode: "Friends Like These" |
| 1991 | The Diamond Brothers | Mr. Innocent (uncredited) | Episode: "Strangers on a Chain" |
| 1991 | Trouble in Mind | Stanley Chambers | 8 episodes |
| 1992 | The House of Eliott | Reginald | Episode: #2.3 |
| 1992 | Screen One | Driver 1 | Episode: "Running Late" |
| 1982–1994 | Minder | Brian George | 2 episodes |
| 1994 | Chef! | Policeman 1 | Episode: "Masterchef" |
| 1995 | Dangerous Lady | Mr. Critchley | Episode: #1.2 |
| 1996 | Sharpe | Smithers | Episode: "Sharpe's Siege" |
| 1996 | Jack and Jeremy's Real Lives | Unknown | Episode: "Hospital Entrepreneurs" |
| 1993–1996 | Casualty | Harry Ronnie Lee Davis | 2 episodes |
| 1997 | Underworld | Police Officer | Episode: #1.4 |
| 1996–1997 | The Treacle People | Voice | 26 episodes |
| 1999 | Goodnight Sweetheart | Brian Merry | Episode: "How I Won the War" |
| 1988–2000 | The Bill | Various | 7 episodes |
| 2001 | EastEnders | Mr. Samson | Episode dated 7 May 2001 |
| 2002 | Doctors | Jack Hampton | Episode: "Golden Years" |
| 2002 | Tipping the Velvet | Tricky Reeves | Episode: #1.1 |
| 2003 | Hownblower: Loyalty | Pawnbroker | Television film |
| 2003 | Serious and Organised | Cafe Owner | Episode: "Greed" |
| 2004 | Heartbeat | Clive Formby | 2 episodes |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2007 | Hellgate: London | Voice | |