Born John Edward Thaw
(1942-01-03 ) 3 January 1942Died 21 February 2002(2002-02-21) (aged 60) Cause of death Oesophageal cancer Occupation Actor Years active 1960–2001 Spouse(s)
Sally Alexander
(
m. –1968)
(divorced ); 1 child
(his death); 2 children
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 .
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 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 Tom
1999 The Waiting Time
2000 The Last Morse
2000 Inspector Morse: Rest in Peace
2001 Hidden Treasure / Buried Treasure 1962 Nil Carborundum
1962 Smashing Day
1962 The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1963 Five to One
1965 Dead Man's Chest
1968 The Bofors Gun
1970 Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition
1970 The Last Grenade
1972 Dr. Phibes Rises Again
1976 The Sensible Action of Lieutenant Holst
1977 Sweeney!
1978 Sweeney 2
1981 Killing Heat
1987 Business As Usual
1987 Cry Freedom (aka Biko - Biko Asking for Trouble)
1992 Chaplin
1996 Masculine Mesculine 1960 A Shred of Evidence
1961 The Fire Raisers
1962 Women Beware Women
1962 Semi-Detached (with Laurence Olivier )
1964 The Father
1969 So What About Love?
1970 Random Happenings in the Hebrides by John McGrath
1971 The Lady from the Sea
1973 Collaborators
1976 Absurd Person Singular
1978 Night and Day
1982 Serjeant Musgrave's Dance
1983 Twelfth Night
1983 The Time of Your Life
1983 Henry VIII
1984 Pygmalion
1988 All My Sons
1993 The Absence of War by David Hare