John Thaw
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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.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.2849 |
| Birthday | 1942-01-03 |
| Place of Birth | Gorton, Manchester, England |
| Also Known As | Джон Тоу, John Edward Thaw, |
1998
Goodnight, Mister Tom
7.006/77
A shy and quiet World War II evacuee is housed by a disgruntled old man, and they soon develop a close bond.
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Goodnight, Mister Tom
1993
The Mystery of Morse
0/0
Documentary on the making of the Inspector Morse series.
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The Mystery of Morse
1999
The Waiting Time
7/2
When British Intelligence Officer Tracy Barnes attacks visiting German politician Dieter Krause, solicitor's clerk Joshua Mantle is called to help unr...
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The Waiting Time
1989
Bomber Harris
7.8/3
Biography of Arthur Harris (aka "Bomber Harris") of RAF Bomber Command, during WW2 - in particular his strategy of heavy bomber "Millenium Raids" on G...
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Bomber Harris
1977
Sweeney!
6.679/28
When one of Regan's snouts complains that his girlfriend's recent suicide was murder, the flying squad detective feels compelled to investigate. He un...
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Sweeney!
1978
Sweeney 2
6.2/13
Second theatrical spin-off from the popular 1970's police series. Regan and Carter head a Flying Squad investigation into a series of bank raids by a...
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Sweeney 2
1981
The Grass Is Singing
4.7/6
In Southern Rhodesia in the 1940s, city-dweller Mary marries farmer Dick Turner and is plucked from the comforts of her cosmopolitan life and forced t...
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The Grass Is Singing
1997
Into the Blue
6.5/6
Contemporary thriller set partly on the island of Rhodes. A bankrupt former garage owner, now working as a waiter and a caretaker on the Greek isle, i...
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Into the Blue
1978
Dinner at the Sporting Club
5/2
Vinny Mathews is a small time boxing promoter who struggles with his conscience over what to do with a fighter he knows is unfit to face his opponent....
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Dinner at the Sporting Club
2001
Buried Treasure
6.4/5
Harry Jenkins is a self-made business man, who one day receives a message that his only daughter has died in a car crash. Last time he saw his daughte...
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Buried Treasure
1970
The Last Grenade
5.667/6
Two ruthless mercenaries break their friendship when one of them changes sides.
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The Last Grenade
1965
Dead Man's Chest
6/4
Two young journalists simulate a murder, but the scheme backfires when the mock victim disappears.
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Dead Man's Chest
1992
Chaplin
7.41/1243
An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealth and comedic fame from poverty, his turbulent per...
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Chaplin
1963
Five to One
6.3/3
Alan Roper tells Bookie Larry Hart that he is planning to steal £60,000 and Hart offers to launder the money for him. What Hart doesn't know is that i...
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Five to One
1972
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
6.267/161
The eminent Dr. Phibes awakens from a decade of suspended animation and heads to Egypt with the corpse of his dead wife, which he intends to resurrect...
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Dr. Phibes Rises Again
1987
The Sign of Four
7.402/82
Mary Morstan has received a pearl in the post every year since her father's disappearance. This leads Holmes and Watson to the truth about a secret pa...
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The Sign of Four
1987
Business as Usual
6.5/2
After seeing her husband fail in fighting a battle to keep his factory open, a manageress loses her job in a disagreement with the manager over sexual...
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Business as Usual
1970
Macbeth
0/0
The Thane of Cawdor plots to become King of Scotland.
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Macbeth
1985
We'll Support You Evermore
7.75/4
A father is intent on finding the truth as to how his soldier son met his death while serving in Northern Ireland.
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We'll Support You Evermore
1972
Whatever Became of Me?
0/0
Peter feels his life has to change, but should he risk his marriage with another woman?
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Whatever Became of Me?
1995
The Absence of War
10/1
Political drama written by David Hare and starring John Thaw and based on Labour's disastrous 1992 election campaign. Labour leader George Jones batt...
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The Absence of War
1987
Cry Freedom
6.992/238
A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods...
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Cry Freedom
1970
Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition
3/3
A Marxist-Leninist expelled from the British Communist Party joins the Revolutionary Party of the Third World, sleeps around, and attempts to rethink...
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Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition
1974
The Capone Investment
6.2/5
Abridged movie version of the 1974 British TV series concerning the whereabouts of Al Capone's illegal gains, garnered during the Prohibition era.
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The Capone Investment
1984
The Life and Death of King John
7.333/3
The reign of England's King John is threatened by Philip of France who demands that John's nephew Arthur be placed on the throne. Pragmatic and decisi...
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The Life and Death of King John
1999
Plastic Man
3.667/3
A seemingly happily married, successful plastic surgeon embarks on a torrid affair with tragic consequences for his marriage and those close to him.
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Plastic Man
1980
Drake's Venture
5.75/4
Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates the world in search of adventure and treasure.
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Drake's Venture
1974
Regan
8.667/3
Rough, tough and politically incorrect in the way that only the best 70's dramas can be, Regan was a pilot film for The Sweeney - one of the major tel...
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Regan
1962
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
7.234/175
A rebellious youth, sentenced to a boy’s reformatory for robbing a bakery, rises through the ranks of the institution by impressing its Governor throu...
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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1968
The Bofors Gun
6.5/6
A national service NCO (David Warner) comes face to face with an embittered Irish Gunner (Nicol Williamson) who is determined to humiliate him.
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The Bofors Gun
1971
Competition
0/0
An out of work man must take his son to a school poetry competition while accompanied by his friendly neighbours, of which, he's not too secretly been...
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Competition
1971
Catch Me a Spy
5/17
While on vacation, a woman's husband is taken by the Russian government. After one attempt fails, she begins looking for a suitable spy to capture and...
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Catch Me a Spy
1961
Serjeant Musgrave's Dance
0/0
Serjeant Musgrave and his small band of men arrive in an impoverished northern coal town, ostensibly on a recruiting drive.....but their intentions ar...
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Serjeant Musgrave's Dance
1996
Masculine Mescaline
0/0
A London 'wide boy' alcoholic is forced to face his responsibilities by a 'heavenly' messenger.
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Masculine Mescaline
1982
Where Is Betty Buchus?
0/0
A man returns home from a business trip to find his wife is gone. He assumes she's left him after years of rowing and affairs but everyone else seems...
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Where Is Betty Buchus?
1984
Killer Waiting
0/0
First in a trilogy of plays. An assassin is out to kill Major Hastings in his isolated country home.
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