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This week, the Manchester Evening News starts a new series of features on Great Mancs. Famous faces either hailing from Greater Manchester, or adopted Mancs, who have helped put the region on the map.

To kick us off, we're taking a look at the lad from Davyhulme who did good, Ian McShane. From his life on and off screen to his rise as a Hollywood power player.

With his unmistakable voice, and a velvet-gloved menace and screen presence few can match, he is one of the most sought-after actors working in Hollywood today.

One of the first signs that McShane was destined for great things was a small story that appeared in the Manchester Evening News on July 22, 1960. At just 17, the Stretford Grammar School boy had received a letter from the Royal Society of Dramatic Art (R

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