Cast & creator
John Thaw
Best known for Play for Today, Screen Two, BBC Play of the Month
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.
Also known as: Джон Тоу, John Edward Thaw
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film credits
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television credits
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1949–2012 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (93)
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Play for Today
1970
Screen Two
George Jones
1985
BBC Play of the Month
George J. Bundavin
1965BBC Play of the Month
Banquo
1965BBC Play of the Month
1965
Sherlock Holmes
Jonathan Small
1984
ITV Playhouse
Williams
1967
Inspector Morse
Chief Inspector Morse
1987Inspector Morse
Executive Producer
1987
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Rolf
1969ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Larry Gains
1969ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
The Sweeney
Det. Insp. Jack Regan
1975
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Hubert de Burgh
1978
The BAFTA Awards
Self
1949Drama 61-67
Harry Fox
1961
The Onedin Line
Mr, Carby
1971
The Protectors
Mario Carpiano
1972
Kavanagh Q.C.
James Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
Budgie
Denzil Davies
1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Lt. Holst
1971
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
1959Edgar Wallace Mysteries
Alan Roper
1959Edgar Wallace Mysteries
David Jones
1959
Redcap
Sergeant John Mann
1964
Six Fifty-Five Special
Self
1981
The Frighteners
Wood
1972
Mitch
Mitch
1984
A Year in Provence
Peter Mayle
1993
Strange Report
Inspector Jenner
1969
Home to Roost
Henry Willows
1985Menace
Don
1970
Chaplin
Fred Karno
1992
Armchair Theatre
Tony
1956Armchair Theatre
Peter
1956The Younger Generation
Martin
1961The Younger Generation
Denny
1961The Younger Generation
Peter
1961The Younger Generation
Charlie
1961The Younger Generation
Edward
1961The Younger Generation
Max
1961The Younger Generation
Customer
1961
Cry Freedom
Kruger
1987Big Brother
Cordon
1970Suspicion
Richard Early
1971
The Glass
Jim Proctor
2001Happy Ever After
Frank Wilshaw
1969
Stanley and the Women
Stanley Duke
1991
Monsignor Renard
Monsignor Augustine Renard
2000
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
Shavers
1972
Bat Out of Hell
Mark Paxton
1966
Armchair Cinema
Det. Insp. Jack Regan
1974
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Bosworth (uncredited)
1962Out of Town Theatre
Wally
1966Inheritance
Will Oldroyd
1967
The Sign of Four
Jonathan Small
1987
Plastic Man
Joe McConnell
1999
Thick as Thieves
Stan
1974Saturday Night Thriller
Jack Buchus
1982
Goodnight, Mister Tom
Tom Oakley
1998
Dinner at the Sporting Club
Dinny Mathews
1978
Catch Me a Spy
(uncredited)
1971Killer Waiting
Peter Hastings
1984
The Life and Death of King John
Hubert de Burgh
1984
Sweeney 2
Det. Insp. Jack Regan
1978
Sweeney!
Det. Insp. Jack Regan
1977
Dead Man's Chest
David Jones
1965
The Second World War in Colour
Himself - Narrator
1999
The Grass Is Singing
Dick Turner
1981
We'll Support You Evermore
Geoff Hollins
1985
Business as Usual
Kieran Flynn
1987
Serjeant Musgrave's Dance
Pte. Hurst
1961
Masculine Mescaline
The Man
1996
Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition
Dom
1970
Into the Blue
Harry Barnett
1997
The Absence of War
George Jones
1995
The Last Grenade
Terry Mitchell
1970
The Capone Investment
Tom
1974Where Is Betty Buchus?
Jack Buchus
1982Whatever Became of Me?
Peter
1972
The Capone Investment
Tom
1974
Five to One
Alan Roper
1963
The Bofors Gun
Gunner Featherstone
1968
Bomber Harris
Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris
1989
Buried Treasure
Harry Jenkins
2001
Drake's Venture
Francis Drake
1980
Competition
Tony
1971
Britain At War In Colour
Narrateur
2012
The Waiting Time
Joshua Mantle
1999Plastic Man
Joe McConnell
1999The Mystery of Morse
Himself
1993
Regan
Det. Insp. Jack Regan
1974Macbeth
Banquo
1970