John Edward Thaw, (3 January 1942 – 21 February 2002) was an English actor who appeared in a range of television, stage, and cinema roles.
4.4 (28 May 1962) 1963 ITV Television Playhouse: The Lads (15 August 1963) 1963 Z-Cars: A La Carte (18 September 1963) 1963 Z-Cars: Light the Blue Paper (25 September 1963) 1963 Z-Cars: A Quiet Night (2 October 1963) 1963 Z-Cars: Hide – And Go Seek (16 October 1963) 1964 The Avengers: Esprit De Corps (14 March 1964) 1965 A Poor Gentleman: Episode No.
He appeared in several episodes of the BBC police series Z-Cars in 1963–64 as a detective constable.
4.4 (28 May 1962) 1963 ITV Television Playhouse: The Lads (15 August 1963) 1963 Z-Cars: A La Carte (18 September 1963) 1963 Z-Cars: Light the Blue Paper (25 September 1963) 1963 Z-Cars: A Quiet Night (2 October 1963) 1963 Z-Cars: Hide – And Go Seek (16 October 1963) 1964 The Avengers: Esprit De Corps (14 March 1964) 1965 A Poor Gentleman: Episode No.
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 the subject of This Is Your Life in 1981 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews in the foyer of the National Theatre in London. ==Personal life== In the summer of 1964, Thaw married Sally Alexander, a feminist activist and theatre stage manager, and now professor of history at Goldsmiths, University of London.
4.4 (28 May 1962) 1963 ITV Television Playhouse: The Lads (15 August 1963) 1963 Z-Cars: A La Carte (18 September 1963) 1963 Z-Cars: Light the Blue Paper (25 September 1963) 1963 Z-Cars: A Quiet Night (2 October 1963) 1963 Z-Cars: Hide – And Go Seek (16 October 1963) 1964 The Avengers: Esprit De Corps (14 March 1964) 1965 A Poor Gentleman: Episode No.
1.1 (12 October 1965) 1965 A Poor Gentleman: Episode No.
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.
In 1967 he appeared in Bat Out of Hell.
He met actress Sheila Hancock in 1969 on the set of a London comedy So What About Love? She was married to fellow actor Alexander "Alec" Ross, and after Thaw professed his love to Hancock, she told him that she would not have an affair.
It won "Most Popular Drama" at the National Television Awards, 1999. During the 1970s and '80s, Thaw appeared in productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre.
After the death of her husband (from oesophageal cancer) in 1971, Thaw and Hancock married on 24 December 1973 in Cirencester, and he remained with her until his death in 2002 (also from oesophageal cancer). He had three daughters (all of whom are actresses): Abigail from his first marriage to Sally Alexander, Joanna from his second marriage to Sheila Hancock, and he also adopted Sheila Hancock's daughter Melanie Jane, from Hancock's first marriage to Alec Ross.
After the death of her husband (from oesophageal cancer) in 1971, Thaw and Hancock married on 24 December 1973 in Cirencester, and he remained with her until his death in 2002 (also from oesophageal cancer). He had three daughters (all of whom are actresses): Abigail from his first marriage to Sally Alexander, Joanna from his second marriage to Sheila Hancock, and he also adopted Sheila Hancock's daughter Melanie Jane, from Hancock's first marriage to Alec Ross.
Thaw also appeared in two sitcoms—Thick as Thieves (London Weekend/ITV, 1974) with Bob Hoskins and Home to Roost (Yorkshire/ITV, 1985–90).
He was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1981 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews in the foyer of the National Theatre in London. ==Personal life== In the summer of 1964, Thaw married Sally Alexander, a feminist activist and theatre stage manager, and now professor of history at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Thaw also appeared in two sitcoms—Thick as Thieves (London Weekend/ITV, 1974) with Bob Hoskins and Home to Roost (Yorkshire/ITV, 1985–90).
He was appointed a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in March 1993 by Queen Elizabeth II.
In September 2006, Thaw was voted by the general public as number 3, after David Jason and Morecambe and Wise, in a poll of TV's 50 Greatest Stars for the past 50 years. ==Illness and death== A heavy drinker until going teetotal in 1995, and a heavy smoker from the age of 12, Thaw was diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus in June 2001.
He won "Most Popular Actor" at the 1999 National Television Awards and won two BAFTA awards for his role as Morse. He subsequently played liberal working-class Lancastrian barrister James Kavanagh in Kavanagh QC (1995–99, and a special in 2001).
It won "Most Popular Drama" at the National Television Awards, 1999. During the 1970s and '80s, Thaw appeared in productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre.
According to The Guardian, "Thaw was the definitive Morse, grumpy, crossword-fixated, drunk, slightly anti-feminist, and pedantic about grammar." Inspector Morse became one of the UK's most loved TV series; the final three episodes, shown in 2000, were seen by 18 million people, about one third of the British population.
He won "Most Popular Actor" at the 1999 National Television Awards and won two BAFTA awards for his role as Morse. He subsequently played liberal working-class Lancastrian barrister James Kavanagh in Kavanagh QC (1995–99, and a special in 2001).
In September 2006, Thaw was voted by the general public as number 3, after David Jason and Morecambe and Wise, in a poll of TV's 50 Greatest Stars for the past 50 years. ==Illness and death== A heavy drinker until going teetotal in 1995, and a heavy smoker from the age of 12, Thaw was diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus in June 2001.
However, just before Christmas 2001 he was informed that the cancer had spread and the prognosis was terminal. He died on 21 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.
John Edward Thaw, (3 January 1942 – 21 February 2002) was an English actor who appeared in a range of television, stage, and cinema roles.
After the death of her husband (from oesophageal cancer) in 1971, Thaw and Hancock married on 24 December 1973 in Cirencester, and he remained with her until his death in 2002 (also from oesophageal cancer). He had three daughters (all of whom are actresses): Abigail from his first marriage to Sally Alexander, Joanna from his second marriage to Sheila Hancock, and he also adopted Sheila Hancock's daughter Melanie Jane, from Hancock's first marriage to Alec Ross.
However, just before Christmas 2001 he was informed that the cancer had spread and the prognosis was terminal. He died on 21 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.
In September 2006, Thaw was voted by the general public as number 3, after David Jason and Morecambe and Wise, in a poll of TV's 50 Greatest Stars for the past 50 years. ==Illness and death== A heavy drinker until going teetotal in 1995, and a heavy smoker from the age of 12, Thaw was diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus in June 2001.
His granddaughter Molly Whitmey made a cameo in the Endeavour episode Oracle (series 7, episode 1, broadcast 1 February 2020) as the younger version of her grandmother Sally Alexander. Thaw was a committed socialist and lifelong supporter of the Labour Party.
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