
John Thaw
Born January 3, 1942 · Gorton, Manchester, England
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

Chaplin

Cry Freedom

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

Goodnight, Mister Tom

Dr. Phibes Rises Again

We'll Support You Evermore

The Sign of Four

The Grass Is Singing

Sweeney!

Serjeant Musgrave's Dance

Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition

Sweeney 2

Drake's Venture

Catch Me a Spy

The Capone Investment

The Absence of War

Into the Blue

Dead Man's Chest

The Life and Death of King John

Buried Treasure

Five to One

Regan

Dinner at the Sporting Club

The Last Grenade

Masculine Mescaline

The Bofors Gun

Bomber Harris

The Waiting Time

Competition

Business as Usual
TV Shows

Sherlock Holmes

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

Inspector Morse

The Sweeney

The Onedin Line

The BBC Television Shakespeare

The BAFTA Awards

The Protectors

Kavanagh Q.C.

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Budgie

Edgar Wallace Mysteries

Six Fifty-Five Special

The Frighteners

Redcap

Home to Roost

A Year in Provence

Strange Report

The Glass

Armchair Cinema

Armchair Theatre

Bat Out of Hell

Mitch

Stanley and the Women

The Second World War in Colour

Plastic Man

Thick as Thieves

Monsignor Renard

The Capone Investment




