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| name = John Thaw | honorific_suffix = CBE | image = ThawKavanaghQC.jpg | caption = Thaw as Inspector Morse | birth_name = John Edward Thaw | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1942|1|3}} | birth_place = Longsight, Manchester, Lancashire, England | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2002|2|21|1942|1|3}} | death_place = Luckington, Wiltshire, England | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1960–2001 | spouse = {{marriage|Sally Alexander|1964|1968|reason=divorced}} {{marriage|Sheila Hancock|1973}} | children = 3, Abigail Thaw, Joanna Thaw and Melanie Thaw (adopted daughter of Sheila Hancock) }} John Edward Thaw, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE}} (3 January 1942 – 21 February 2002) was an English actor who appeared in a range of television, stage, and cinema roles, his most popular being television series such as Inspector Morse, Redcap, The Sweeney, Home to Roost and Kavanagh QC. Early lifeThaw was born in Longsight, Manchester, to working class parents Dorothy (née Ablott) and John, a long-distance lorry driver. Thaw had a difficult childhood as his mother left when he was seven years old[1]. His younger brother, Raymond Stuart "Ray" emigrated to Australia in the mid-1960s.[2] Thaw grew up in Gorton and Burnage, attending the Ducie Technical High School for Boys.[3] He entered the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) at the age of 16.[4] CareerSoon after leaving RADA, Thaw made his formal stage début in A Shred of Evidence at the Liverpool Playhouse and was awarded a contract with the theatre. His first film role was a bit part in the adaptation of The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) starring Tom Courtenay and he also acted on-stage opposite Sir Laurence Olivier in Semi-Detached (1962) by David Turner. He appeared in several episodes of the BBC police series Z-Cars in 1963–64 as a detective constable. 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 also a guest star in an early episode of The Avengers. In 1967 he appeared in Bat Out of Hell. In 1967 he appeared in the Granada TV/ITV series, Inheritance, alongside James Bolam and Michael Goodliffe, as well as appearing in TV plays such as The Talking Head and episodes of series such as Budgie, where he played against type (opposite Adam Faith) as an effeminate failed playwright with a full beard and a Welsh accent. Thaw will perhaps be best remembered for two roles: the hard-bitten, tough talking Flying Squad detective Jack Regan in the Thames Television/ITV series The Sweeney (1975–1978), which established him as a major star in the United Kingdom. The series had two film spin-offs. Thaw was only 32 when he was cast in The Sweeney, although many viewers thought he was older. The second role was the quietly spoken, introspective, well-educated and bitter detective Inspector Morse (1987–93, with later specials until 2000). Alongside his put-upon Detective Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately), Morse became a high-profile character—"a cognitive curmudgeon with his love of classical music, his drinking, his classic Jaguar and spates of melancholy".[5] Thaw was the definitive Morse, grumpy, crossword-fixated, drunk, slightly anti-feminist, and pedantic about grammar.[6] 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.[7] 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). Thaw also appeared in two sitcoms—Thick as Thieves (London Weekend/ITV, 1974) with Bob Hoskins and Home to Roost (Yorkshire/ITV, 1985–90). Thaw is mainly known in America for the Morse series, as well as the BBC series A Year in Provence (1993) with Lindsay Duncan. He appeared in a number of films for director Richard Attenborough, including Cry Freedom, where he portrayed the conservative South African justice minister Jimmy Kruger (for which he received a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actor), and Chaplin alongside Robert Downey Jr.. Thaw also appeared in the TV adaptation of the Michelle Magorian book Goodnight Mister Tom (Carlton Television/ITV). It won "Most Popular Drama" at the National Television Awards, 1999.[8] During the 1970s and '80s, Thaw appeared in productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre. 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 lifeIn the summer of 1964, Thaw married Sally Alexander,[9] a feminist activist and theatre stage manager, and now professor of history at Goldsmiths, University of London. They divorced four years later.[10] He met actress Sheila Hancock in 1969 on the set of a London comedy So What About Love?[11] 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.[11] After the death of her husband (from oesophageal cancer) in 1971, Thaw and Hancock married on 24 December 1973 in Cirencester,[11][12] and he remained with her until his death in 2002 (also from oesophageal cancer).[13] 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.[10][14] Melanie Jane legally changed her surname from Ross to Thaw.[11] Thaw was a committed socialist[15] and lifelong supporter of the Labour Party.[16] He was appointed a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in March 1993 by Queen Elizabeth II.[17] 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.[18] Illness and deathA heavy drinker until going teetotal in 1995,[11] and a heavy smoker from the age of 12,[14] Thaw was diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus in June 2001.[19][20] He underwent chemotherapy in hope of overcoming the illness, at first had appeared to respond well to the treatment but just before Christmas 2001 he was told that the cancer had spread.[21] He died on 21 February 2002,[14] seven weeks after his 60th birthday, the day after he signed a new contract with ITV,[22][23] and the day before his wife's birthday. At the time of his death he was living at his country home, near the villages of Luckington and Sherston in Wiltshire,[24] and was cremated in Westerleigh, near Yate in South Gloucestershire, in a private service.[25] A memorial service was held on 4 September 2002 at St Martin-in-the-Fields church in Trafalgar Square, attended by 800 people including Prince Charles, Richard Attenborough, Tom Courtenay and Cherie Blair.[26] Television, film and stage performancesTelevision series
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A memorial bench is dedicated to Thaw on the grounds of St Paul's Covent Garden.[27] References1. ^{{cite web|title=The extraordinary world of John Thaw|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/the-extraordinary-world-of-john-thaw-1167147|website=Manchester Evening News|accessdate=9 February 2016|date=17 February 2007}} 2. ^{{citation |last=Whitty |first=Fiona |title=The last interview before Morse dies |newspaper=The Sun |date=13 November 2000}} {{citation |title=House of the Week Boulevard beauty is Creek choice |newspaper=The Northern Times |date=13 April 2001}} {{citation |author=Viner, Brian |title=Is there life after Inspector Morse? |newspaper=The Independent |date=11 October 2001}} {{citation |author=Dibben, Kay |title=Mother's rejection that haunted my brother John Thaw – Brisbane man tells of family heartache |newspaper=The Sunday Mail |date=10 March 2002 }} {{citation |author=Moon, Timur |title=The secret hideaway of John Thaw |newspaper=The Northern Echo |date=7 April 2002 }} {{citation |title=A class of his own |newspaper=The Sun |date=31 August 2002}} {{citation |author=Nixson, Matt |title=Sally, the wife who Thaw just couldn't forget |newspaper=The Mail on Sunday |date=22 September 2002 }} {{citation |last=Pritchard |first=Louisa |title=Now tragic John Thaw 's brother battles cancer |newspaper=The Mail on Sunday |date=11 April 2004}} {{citation |last=Hancock |first=Sheila |year=2009 |title=The Two of Us: My Life with John Thaw |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-4088-0693-7}} 3. ^{{cite web|last1=Purser|first1=Philip|title=Obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/feb/22/broadcasting.guardianobituaries|work=The Guardian|accessdate=20 January 2016|date=22 February 2002}} 4. ^{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/1399178.stm |title=John Thaw: Forever Morse |work=BBC News|date=21 February 2002 |accessdate=20 May 2010}} 5. ^BBC Obit. Retrieved 20 February 2010 6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/shortcuts/2014/mar/25/no-one-else-play-inspector-morse-colin-dexter-john-thaw |title=No one else should play Inspector Morse, says his creator Colin Dexter | Television & radio |work=The Guardian |date=25 March 2014 |accessdate=30 June 2014}} 7. ^ITV Morse synopsis {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128182348/http://www.itv.com/drama/copsandcrime/morseweekend/abouttheshow/default.htm |date=28 January 2012 }}. Retrieved 20 February 2010 8. ^Goodnight Mister Tom synopsis {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124032940/http://www.itv.com/ClassicTVshows/familydrama/GoodnightMrTom/default.html |date=24 November 2010 }}. ITV. Retrieved 20 February 2010. 9. ^[https://books.google.ca/books?id=_zvLAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT50&dq=john+thaw+1964+sally&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi71KjK5LTfAhVpw1QKHUkjCYQQ6AEISDAF#v=onepage&q=john%20thaw%201964%20sally&f=false Shut It!] 10. ^1 {{cite news |author=McGowan, Bob and Catherine Avery |title=Mystery of John Thaw fortune |newspaper=Express on Sunday |date=22 September 2002 }} 11. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news |author=Driscoll, Margarette |title=The Morse Saga – Interview |newspaper=The Sunday Times |date=19 December 2004 }} 12. ^{{cite news |author=Lee, David |title=Friends' tribute to Morse star Thaw |newspaper=The Scotsman |date=22 February 2002 }} 13. ^{{cite news |author=Guinness, Daphne |title=Morse: More Sad, More Angry Than You Ever Knew |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=11 November 2004 }} 14. ^1 2 {{cite news |title=John Thaw – Obituary |newspaper=The Times |date=23 February 2002 }} 15. ^{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1399178.stm |work=BBC News| title=John Thaw: Forever Morse | date=21 February 2002}} 16. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/prince-and-cherie-booth-at-thaw-memorial-642043.html |work=The Independent |first=Kim |last=Sengupta |title=Prince and Cherie Booth at Thaw memorial |date=5 September 2002 |location=London}} 17. ^{{cite news |title=No Mystery Here |newspaper=The Buffalo News |date=19 March 1993}} 18. ^{{cite news |title=Who dares WINS, Rodders! – David Greatest TV Star for 50 Years |newspaper=News of the World |date=10 September 2006 }} 19. ^{{cite news |title=John Thaw Has Throat Cancer |newspaper=London Evening Standard |date=19 June 2001 }} 20. ^{{cite news |title=John Thaw Pledges Comeback as He Reveals Cancer Battle |newspaper=The Guardian |date=20 June 2001 }} 21. ^{{cite news |title=Thaw's Cancer Setback |newspaper=Herald Sun |date=6 January 2002 }} 22. ^{{cite news |title=Thaw Signed New Contract |newspaper=Wales on Sunday |date=7 April 2002 }} 23. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Thaw+signed+new+contract.-a084536918|title=Thaw signed new contract. - Free Online Library|author=|date=|website=www.thefreelibrary.com|accessdate=20 March 2018}} 24. ^{{cite news |title=Sold Down the River |newspaper=Western Daily Press |date=19 April 2006 }} 25. ^{{cite news |author=Cowling, James |title=Actor Thaw Remembered for 'Generosity and Kindness' |newspaper=Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Counties Publications |date=27 February 2002 }} 26. ^{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2234576.stm |work=BBC News| title=Charles joins Thaw memorial | date=4 September 2002}} 27. ^{{Cite web |url=https://londonist.com/2014/11/londons-famous-bench-dedications |title=London's Famous Bench Dedications |author= |date=21 October 2016 |publisher= |website=Londonist.com |accessdate=12 October 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306002313/https://londonist.com/2014/11/londons-famous-bench-dedications |archivedate=6 March 2018 |deadurl=no }} Bibliography
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