John Thaw

John Thaw CBE (3 January 1942 - 21 February 2002) was a British actor.

Thaw was born in Longsight, and grew up in Gorton and Burnage, all areas of south Manchester. He is best known for his starring roles in The Sweeney, Inspector Morse and Kavanagh QC.

Thaw was married to actress Sheila Hancock (born 1933) from 1973 until his death from oesophageal cancer in Luckington, Wiltshire.

Honours and awards
1989 British Academy Award
1992 British Academy Award
1994 CBE
1998 "Most Popular Actor"  - National TV Awards
1998 "Special Recognition Award" - National TV Awards
1999 "Most Popular Actor"  - National TV Awards
2001 BAFTA fellowship

Performances
Television series
1961 The Younger Generation
1963–64 "Z-Cars"
1965–66 Redcap
1966–67 Inheritance
1974 Thick As Thieves
1975–78 The Sweeney
1983 Mitch
1985–89 Home to Roost
1987–2000 Inspector Morse
1991 Stanley and the Women
1992 A Year in Provence
1995–2001 Kavanagh QC
1999 Plastic Man
2000 Monsignor Renard
2001 The Glass

TV Movies
1961 Serjeant Musgrave's Dance
1963 The Lads
1964 I Can Walk Where I Like, Can't I?
1964 The Other Man
1966 The Making of Jericho
1974 Regan
1978 Dinner at the Sporting Club
1980 Drake's Venture
1984 The Life and Death of King John
1984 Killer Waiting
1985 We'll Support You Ever More
1987 The Sign of Four
1992 Bomber Harris
1993 The Mystery of Morse
1994 The Absence of War
1996 Into the Blue"
1998 Goodnight Mister Tom1999 The Waiting Time2000 The Last Morse2000 Inspector Morse: Rest in Peace2001 Hidden Treasure / Buried TreasureMovies
1962 Nil Carborundum1962 Smashing Day1962 The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner1963 Five to One1965 Dead Man's Chest1968 The Bofors Gun1970 Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition1970 The Last Grenade1972 Dr. Phibes Rises Again1976 The Sensible Action of Lieutenant Holst1977 Sweeney!1978 Sweeney 21981 Killing Heat1987 Business As Usual1987 Cry Freedom (aka Biko - Biko Asking for Trouble)
1992 Chaplin1996 Masculine MesculineStage
1960 A Shred of Evidence1961 The Fire Raisers1962 Women Beware Women1962 Semi-Detached (with Laurence Olivier)
1964 The Father1969 So What About Love?1970 Random Happenings in the Hebrides by John McGrath
1971 The Lady from the Sea1973 Collaborators1976 Absurd Person Singular1978 Night and Day1982 Serjeant Musgrave's Dance1983 Twelfth Night1983 The Time of Your Life1983 Henry VIII1984 Pygmalion1988 All My Sons1993 The Absence of War'' by David Hare

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Category:Actors from Manchester
Category:BAFTA Award winners
Category:Cancer deaths in England
Category:Deaths from esophageal cancer
Category:Disease-related deaths in Wiltshire
Category:English movie actors
Category:English stage actors
Category:English television actors
Category:English television producers