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John Edward Thaw, CBE (3 January 1942 – 21 February 2002) was an English actor. He appeared in a range of television, stage, and cinema roles, his most popular being television series such as Inspector Morse, Redcap, The Sweeney, Home to Roost, and Kavanagh QC.
Thaw was born in Longsight, Manchester, to working class parents Dorothy (née Ablott) and John, a long-distance lorry driver. Thaw had a difficult childhood as his mother left when he was seven years old and he did not see her again for 12 years. His younger brother, Raymond Stuart "Ray" emigrated to Australia in the mid-1960s. Thaw grew up in Gorton and Burnage, attending the Ducie Technical High School for Boys. He entered the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) at the age of 16, where he was a contemporary of Tom Courtenay.
Soon after leaving RADA Thaw made his formal stage début in A Shred of Evidence at the Liverpool Playhouse and was awarded a contract with the theatre. His first film role was a bit part in the 1962 adaptation of The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner starring Tom Courtenay and he also acted on-stage opposite Sir Laurence Olivier in Semi-Detached (1962) by David Turner. He appeared in several episodes of the BBC police series Z-Cars in 1963–64 as a detective constable who left the force because of an unusual drink problem: he could not take the alcohol so often part of the policeman's work. Between 1964 and 1966, he starred in two series of the ABC Weekend Television/ITV production Redcap, playing the hard-nosed military policeman Sergeant John Mann. He was also a guest star in an early episode of The Avengers. In 1967 he appeared in the Granada TV/ITV series, Inheritance, alongside James Bolam and Michael Goodliffe, as well as appearing in TV plays such as The Talking Head and episodes of series such as Budgie, where he played against type (opposite Adam Faith) as an effeminate failed playwright with a full beard and a Welsh accent.
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John Edward Thaw CBE (3rd January 1942 - 21st February 2002) was an English actor, who appeared in a range of television, stage and cinema roles, his most popular being police and legal dramas such as Redcap, The Sweeney, Inspector Morse and Kavanagh QC. A heavy drinker, and smoker for 40 years, Thaw was diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus in June 2001. He underwent chemotherapy in hope of overcoming the illness, but had a setback in early January 2002. He died on Thursday, 21st February 2002, seven weeks after his 60th birthday, the day after he signed a new contract with ITV, and the day before his wife's birthday. At the time of his death he was living at his country place, near the villages of Luckington and Sherston in Wiltshire, and was cremated at Westerleigh Crematorium in Sout...
After serving a three-year prison stretch for burglary, George (Bob Hoskins) returns home to discover that his wife Annie (Pat Ashton) has been living with his best friend and partner in crime, Stan (John Thaw). However, Annie has affections for both men; a reluctant agreement is reached, and a delicate manage-a-trois develops... Debuting June 1, 1974 over ITV's London Weekend Television service, Thick As Thieves ran for eight episodes before co-star John Thaw left to star in the detective series The Sweeney, whereupon writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais resumed their customary duties on another prison-based sitcom, Porridge. **Thanks to JuiCe & dapostie at thebox.bz.
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Tribute to Mr. John Thaw and all the Inspector Morse Series Inspector Endeavour Morse is a fictional character in the eponymous series of detective novels by British author Colin Dexter, as well as the 33-episode 1987--2000 television adaptation of also named Inspector Morse, in which the character was portrayed by John Thaw. Morse is a senior CID (Criminal Investigation Department) officer with the Thames Valley Police force in Oxford, England. With a Jaguar car (a Lancia in the early novels), a thirst for English real ale and a penchant for music (especially opera and Wagner), poetry, art, classics, classic cars, and cryptic crossword puzzles, Morse presents a likeable persona, despite his sullen temperament. This is a tribute as if we could see Morse growing old from an early stage a...
A short clip of John Thaw arriving in the Consul GT and getting a surprise reception by the crew on The Sweeney.
This is a video of clips from some of the films and TV series that John Thaw acted in during his long career. It is not definitive list as many of the shows John acted in have either been lost, wiped or are difficult to find. Please visit my blog about all things Morse, Lewis and Endeavour. https://morseandlewisandendeavour.wordpress.com/ I dp not own the copyright of the video clips. All rights are with the owners. I have not monetised this video.