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John Edward Thaw was a British actor born in 1942 in Longsight, also described as Gorton, Manchester, England. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began his work period in 1960. Thaw performed as a stage, television, and film actor, speaking English. He was married to Sheila Hancock and Sally Alexander and had a child named Abigail Thaw.
Thaw received the Commander of the Order of the British Empire and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He died in 2002 at Luckington from esophageal cancer, with natural causes listed as the manner of death.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Kavanagh Q.C. - Diplomatic Baggage
- Infernal Serpent (Inspector Morse)
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Film & TV
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…
Known for
- Britain At War In Colour — Narrateur2012
- Buried Treasure — Harry Jenkins2001
- The Glass — Jim Proctor2001
- Monsignor Renard — Monsignor Augustine Renard2000
- The Waiting Time — Joshua Mantle1999
- Plastic Man — Joe McConnell1999
- The Second World War in Colour — Himself - Narrator1999
- Plastic Man — Joe McConnell1999
- Goodnight, Mister Tom — Tom Oakley1998
- Into the Blue — Harry Barnett1997
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1942
- Active to
- 2022
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4
- Total plays
- 13
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Longsight
- Place of death
- Luckington
- Spouse
- Sally Alexander
- Child
- Abigail Thaw
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1942-01-00
- date of death
- 2002-02-21
- cause of death
- esophageal cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- John Edward Thaw
- nominated for
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
via Wikidata · CC0