John Thaw

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1942-01-03

Place of Birth

Gorton, Manchester, England

John Thaw

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Thaw, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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Acting History

2012
Britain At War In Colour as Narrateur
2001
The Glass as Jim Proctor
2001
Buried Treasure as Harry Jenkins
2000
Monsignor Renard as Monsignor Augustine Renard
1999
The Waiting Time as Joshua Mantle
1999
The Second World War in Colour as Himself - Narrator
1999
Plastic Man as Joe McConnell
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. as James Kavanagh Q.C.
1993
The Mystery of Morse as Himself
1993
A Year in Provence as Peter Mayle
1992
Chaplin as Fred Karno
1991
Stanley and the Women as Stanley Duke
1989
Bomber Harris as Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris
1987
Cry Freedom as Kruger
1987
The Sign of Four as Jonathan Small
1987
Inspector Morse as Chief Inspector Morse
1987
Business as Usual as Kieran Flynn
1985
We'll Support You Evermore as Geoff Hollins
1985
Home to Roost as Henry Willows
1985
Screen Two as George Jones
1984
The Life and Death of King John as Hubert de Burgh
1984
Mitch as Mitch
1984
Sherlock Holmes as Jonathan Small
1984
Killer Waiting as Peter Hastings
1982
Where Is Betty Buchus? as Jack Buchus
1981
The Grass Is Singing as Dick Turner
1981
Six Fifty-Five Special as Self
1980
Drake's Venture as Francis Drake
1978
Dinner at the Sporting Club as Dinny Mathews
1978
Sweeney 2 as Det. Insp. Jack Regan
1977
Sweeney! as Det. Insp. Jack Regan
1975
The Sweeney as Det. Insp. Jack Regan
1974
The Capone Investment as Tom
1974
The Capone Investment as Tom
1974
Regan as Det. Insp. Jack Regan
1974
Thick As Thieves as Stan
1974
Armchair Cinema as Det. Insp. Jack Regan
1972
The Protectors as Mario Carpiano
1972
Whatever Became of Me? as Peter
1972
The Frighteners as Wood
1972
Dr. Phibes Rises Again as Shavers
1971
The Onedin Line as Mr, Carby
1971
Competition as Tony
1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Lt. Holst
1971
Catch Me a Spy as (uncredited)
1971
Budgie as Denzil Davies
1970
Play for Today
1970
Macbeth as Banquo
1970
The Last Grenade as Terry Mitchell
1970
Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition as Dom
1969
Strange Report as Inspector Jenner
1968
The Bofors Gun as Gunner Featherstone
1967
Inheritance as Will Oldroyd
1966
Bat Out of Hell as Mark Paxton
1965
Dead Man's Chest as David Jones
1965
BBC Play of the Month as George J. Bundavin
1965
BBC Play of the Month as Banquo
1965
BBC Play of the Month
1964
Redcap as Sergeant John Mann
1963
Five to One as Alan Roper
1962
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner as Bosworth (uncredited)
1961
Serjeant Musgrave's Dance as Pte. Hurst
1961
The Younger Generation as Martin
1961
The Younger Generation as Denny
1961
The Younger Generation as Peter
1961
The Younger Generation as Charlie
1961
The Younger Generation as Edward
1961
The Younger Generation as Max
1961
The Younger Generation as Customer
1959
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
1956
Armchair Theatre as Tony
1949
The BAFTA Awards as Self