John Thaw

Known for

Acting

Born

January 3, 1942

Birthplace

Gorton, Manchester, England

Died

February 21, 2002 (aged 60)

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

John Edward Thaw, CBE (3 January 1942 – 21 February 2002) was an English actor who appeared in a range of television, stage, and cinema roles. He starred in the television series Inspector Morse as title character Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse, Redcap as Sergeant John Mann, The Sweeney as Detective Inspector Jack Regan, Home to Roost as Henry Willows, and Kavanagh QC as title character James Kavanagh.

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Best known work

Chaplin

1992

Sherlock Holmes

1984

Cry Freedom

1987

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

1962

Dr. Phibes Rises Again

1972

Inspector Morse

1987

The Sign of Four

1987

Goodnight, Mister Tom

1998

Sweeney!

1977

The Sweeney

1975

Filmography

2012
Britain At War In ColourTV
as Narrateur (4 episodes)
2001
The GlassTV
as Jim Proctor (6 episodes)
2001
Buried Treasure
as Harry Jenkins
2000
Monsignor RenardTV
as Monsignor Augustine Renard (4 episodes)
1999
The Waiting Time
as Joshua Mantle
1999
The Second World War in ColourTV
as Himself - Narrator (3 episodes)
1999
Plastic ManTV
as Joe McConnell (2 episodes)
1999
Plastic Man
as Joe McConnell
1998
Goodnight, Mister Tom
as Tom Oakley
1997
Into the Blue
as Harry Barnett
1996
Masculine Mescaline
as The Man
1995
The Absence of War
as George Jones
1995
Kavanagh Q.C.TV
as James Kavanagh Q.C. (26 episodes)
1993
The Mystery of Morse
as Himself
1993
A Year in ProvenceTV
as Peter Mayle (12 episodes)
1992
Chaplin
as Fred Karno
1991
Stanley and the WomenTV
as Stanley Duke (4 episodes)
1989
Bomber Harris
as Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris
1987
Cry Freedom
as Kruger
1987
The Sign of Four
as Jonathan Small
1987
Inspector MorseTV
as Chief Inspector Morse (28 episodes), Executive Producer
1987
Business as Usual
as Kieran Flynn
1985
We'll Support You Evermore
as Geoff Hollins
1985
Home to RoostTV
as Henry Willows (28 episodes)
1985
Screen TwoTV
as George Jones (1 episode)