Actor
John Thaw
January 3, 1942 · Gorton, Manchester, England
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Jeremy Brett
3 titles together
Sherlock Holmes, The Sign of Four, BBC Play of the Month
Dennis Waterman
3 titles together
Sweeney!, The Sweeney, Sweeney 2
John Alkin
3 titles together
Sweeney!, The Sweeney, Sweeney 2
Anthony Hopkins
2 titles together
Chaplin, BBC Play of the Month
Kevin Kline
2 titles together
Chaplin, Cry Freedom
Rosalie Williams
2 titles together
Sherlock Holmes, The Sign of Four
Full filmography · 64
Britain At War In Colour
as Narrateur
2012
The Glass
as Jim Proctor
2001
Monsignor Renard
as Monsignor Augustine Renard
2000
Plastic Man
as Joe McConnell
1999
Kavanagh Q.C.
as James Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
A Year in Provence
as Peter Mayle
1993
Stanley and the Women
as Stanley Duke
1991
Inspector Morse
as Chief Inspector Morse
19877.9
Home to Roost
as Henry Willows
1985
Screen Two
as George Jones
1985
Mitch
as Mitch
1984
Sherlock Holmes
as Jonathan Small
19848.2