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John Thaw

Acting · 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.​

John Thaw movies and shows

  • Play for Today1970
  • BBC Play of the Month1965
  • Screen Two1985
  • Sherlock Holmes1984
  • ITV Playhouse1967
  • Inspector Morse1987
  • ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969
  • The Sweeney1975
  • The BAFTA Awards1949
  • The Protectors1972
  • The BBC Television Shakespeare1978
  • The Onedin Line1971
  • Kavanagh Q.C.1995
  • The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes1971
  • Edgar Wallace Mysteries1959
  • Six Fifty-Five Special1981
  • Budgie1971
  • Redcap1964
  • Home to Roost1985
  • A Year in Provence1993
  • Chaplin1992
  • Strange Report1969
  • The Frighteners1972
  • Armchair Cinema1974