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Home/People/John Thaw
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Born
Jan 3, 1942Died: Feb 21, 2002
Lived 60 years
Place of Birth
Gorton, Manchester, England
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

36
Movies
43
TV Shows
Also Known As
Джон Тоу
John Edward Thaw
IMDb Profile

John Thaw

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.​
Buried Treasure poster

Buried Treasure

as Harry Jenkins
2001
The Waiting Time poster

The Waiting Time

as Joshua Mantle
1999
Plastic Man poster

Plastic Man

as Joe McConnell
1999
Goodnight, Mister Tom poster

Goodnight, Mister Tom

as Tom Oakley
1998
Into the Blue poster

Into the Blue

as Harry Barnett
1997
Masculine Mescaline poster

Masculine Mescaline

as The Man
1996
The Absence of War poster

The Absence of War

as George Jones
1995
The Mystery of Morse poster

The Mystery of Morse

as Himself
1993
Chaplin poster

Chaplin

as Fred Karno
1992
Bomber Harris poster

Bomber Harris

as Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris
1989
Cry Freedom poster

Cry Freedom

as Kruger
1987
The Sign of Four poster

The Sign of Four

as Jonathan Small
1987
Business as Usual poster

Business as Usual

as Kieran Flynn
1987
We'll Support You Evermore poster

We'll Support You Evermore

as Geoff Hollins
1985
The Life and Death of King John poster

The Life and Death of King John

as Hubert de Burgh
1984
Killer Waiting poster

Killer Waiting

as Peter Hastings
1984
Where Is Betty Buchus? poster

Where Is Betty Buchus?

as Jack Buchus
1982
The Grass Is Singing poster

The Grass Is Singing

as Dick Turner
1981
Drake's Venture poster

Drake's Venture

as Francis Drake
1980
Dinner at the Sporting Club poster

Dinner at the Sporting Club

as Dinny Mathews
1978