Best known for his portrayal of Michael ‘Mouse’ Tolliver in the original TV adaptation of Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City books, actor Marcus D’Amico has died at the age of 55.
His sister Melissa D’Amico announced that he died on December 16 at his home in Oxfordshire.
The cause of death was bronchial pneumonia.The 1993 Channel 4 miniseries of Tales of the City brought to the screen Maupin’s colourful depiction of LGBTQ+ characters living in San Francisco at 28 Barbary Lane, overseen by eccentric trans landlady Anna Madrigal (Olympia Dukakis). ‘Mouse’ was a sweet and genial gay gardener, one of a group of friends helping naïve Mary Ann Singleton navigate her way in California’s most eclectic city.