marcus first appears in november 1990, to represent phil on some handling and receiving charges which he beats the following summer. marcus is summoned once again to assist phil when he asks him to see if he can get ricky butcher (sid owen) sectioned in order to stop him marrying his teenage sister, sam mitchell (danniella westbrook). marcus is present when grant is questioned over the murder of eddie royle (michael melia). phil contacts marcus on christmas day 1999 in order to make the legalize the sale of his half of the queen victoria public house to dan sullivan (craig fairbrass) for £5, in order to spite his mother peggy mitchell (barbara windsor). marcus reappears in the summer of 2000 when he helps phil con dan into selling back his share of the pub back to him during a poker game, where phil smugly refunds dan's money.