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
We'll Support You Evermore as Geoff Hollins
Home to Roost as Henry Willows

1984

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

1982

Where Is Betty Buchus? as Jack Buchus

1981

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

1980

Drake's Venture as Francis Drake

1978

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

1977

Sweeney! as Det. Insp. Jack Regan

1975

The Sweeney as Det. Insp. Jack Regan

1974

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

1972

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

1971

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

1970

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

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

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