John Thaw

Born: 1942-01-03 in Gorton, Manchester, England

Died: 2002-02-21

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2012

Britain At War In Colour as Narrateur

2001

The Glass as Jim Proctor
Buried Treasure as Harry Jenkins

2000

Monsignor Renard as Monsignor Augustine Renard

1999

Plastic Man as Joe McConnell
The Second World War in Colour as Himself - Narrator
Plastic Man as Joe McConnell
The Waiting Time as Joshua Mantle

1998

Goodnight, Mister Tom as Tom Oakley

1997

Into the Blue as Harry Barnett

1996

Masculine Mescaline as The Man

1995

Kavanagh Q.C. as James Kavanagh Q.C.
The Absence of War as George Jones

1993

A Year in Provence as Peter Mayle
The Mystery of Morse as Himself

1992

Chaplin as Fred Karno

1991

Stanley and the Women as Stanley Duke

1989

Bomber Harris as Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris

1987

Inspector Morse as Chief Inspector Morse
Cry Freedom as Kruger
The Sign of Four as Jonathan Small
Business as Usual as Kieran Flynn

1985

Screen Two as George Jones
Home to Roost as Henry Willows
We'll Support You Evermore as Geoff Hollins

1984

Sherlock Holmes as Jonathan Small
Mitch as Mitch
The Life and Death of King John as Hubert de Burgh
Killer Waiting as Peter Hastings

1982

Where Is Betty Buchus? as Jack Buchus

1981

Six Fifty-Five Special as Self
The Grass Is Singing as Dick Turner

1980

Drake's Venture as Francis Drake

1978

Sweeney 2 as Det. Insp. Jack Regan
Dinner at the Sporting Club as Dinny Mathews

1977

Sweeney! as Det. Insp. Jack Regan

1975

The Sweeney as Det. Insp. Jack Regan

1974

Armchair Cinema as Det. Insp. Jack Regan
Thick as Thieves as Stan
Regan as Det. Insp. Jack Regan
The Capone Investment as Tom
The Capone Investment as Tom

1972

The Protectors as Mario Carpiano
The Frighteners as Wood
Dr. Phibes Rises Again as Shavers
Whatever Became of Me? as Peter

1971

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Lt. Holst
The Onedin Line as Mr, Carby
Budgie as Denzil Davies
Catch Me a Spy as (uncredited)
Competition as Tony

1970

Play for Today
Menace as Don
The Last Grenade as Terry Mitchell
Macbeth as Banquo
Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition as Dom

1969

ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Rolf
Strange Report as Inspector Jenner

1968

The Bofors Gun as Gunner Featherstone

1967

ITV Playhouse as Williams
Inheritance as Will Oldroyd

1966

Bat Out of Hell as Mark Paxton

1965

BBC Play of the Month as George J. Bundavin
Dead Man's Chest as David Jones

1964

Redcap as Sergeant John Mann

1963

Five to One as Alan Roper