John Thaw

Born: 1942-01-03


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Chaplin

as Fred Karno
Released: 1992-12-17

An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to...

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Cry Freedom

as Kruger
Released: 1987-11-06

A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling...

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Catch Me a Spy

as (uncredited)
Released: 1971-09-06

While on vacation, a woman's husband is taken by the Russian government. After one attempt...

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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

as Bosworth
Released: 1962-09-20

A rebellious youth sentenced to a reformatory for robbing a bakery rises through the ranks of...

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Dr. Phibes Rises Again

as Shavers
Released: 1972-07-01

The eminent Dr. Phibes awakens from a decade of suspended animation and heads to Egypt with the...

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The Sign of Four

as Jonathan Small
Released: 1987-03-07

Mary Morstan has received a pearl in the post every year since her father's disappearance. This...

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Goodnight, Mister Tom

as Tom Oakley
Released: 1998-10-25

We're in an English village shortly before Dunkirk. "Mr. Tom" Oakley still broods over the death...

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Sweeney!

as Detective Inspector Jack Regan
Released: 1977-01-14

When one of Regan's snouts complains that his girlfriend's recent suicide was murder, the flying...

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Bomber Harris

as Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris
Released: 1989-09-03

Biography of Arthur Harris (aka "Bomber Harris") of RAF Bomber Command, during WW2 - in...

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The Last Grenade

as Terry Mitchell
Released: 1970-06-24

British mercenaries (Stanley Baker, Alex Cord) finish their Congo feud in Hong Kong, with a...

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Into the Blue

as Harry Barnett
Released: 1997-06-30

Contemporary thriller set partly on the island of Rhodes. A bankrupt former garage owner, now...

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Sweeney 2

as Detective Inspector Jack Regan
Released: 1978-03-30

The plot is set on a group of bank robbers, who are both violent and successful, strangely...

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Buried Treasure

as Harry Jenkins
Released: 2001-04-13

Harry Jenkins is a self-made business man, who one day receives a message that his only daughter...

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Regan

as Det. Insp. Jack Regan
Released: 1974-06-04

Rough, tough and politically incorrect in the way that only the best 70's dramas can be, Regan...

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The Life and Death of King John

as Hubert de Burgh
Released: 1984-11-24

The reign of England's King John is threatened by Philip of France who demands that John's...

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Macbeth

as Banquo
Released: 1970-09-20

The Thane of Cawdor plots to become King of Scotland.

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We'll Support You Evermore

as Geoff Hollins
Released: 1985-07-14

A father is intent on finding the truth as to how his soldier son met his death while serving in...

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The Absence of War

as George Jones
Released: 1995-05-18

Political drama written by David Hare and starring John Thaw and based on Labour's disastrous...

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Dinner at The Sporting Club

as Dinny Mathews
Released: 1978-11-07

John Thaw plays Vinny Mathews a small time boxing promoter who struggles with his conscience as...

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Business as Usual

as Kieran Flynn
Released: 1987-01-01

After seeing her husband fail in fighting a battle to keep his factory open, a manageress loses...

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Serjeant Musgrave's Dance

as Pte. Hurst
Released: 1961-10-24

Serjeant Musgrave and his small band of men arrive in an impoverished northern coal town,...

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The Grass Is Singing

as Dick Turner
Released: 1981-08-30

In Southern Rhodesia in the 1940s, city-dweller Mary marries farmer Dick Turner and is plucked...

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Dead Man's Chest

as David Jones
Released: 1965-10-27

Two young journalists simulate a murder, but the scheme backfires when the mock victim disappears.

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The Bofors Gun

as Gunner Featherstone
Released: 1968-04-04

A national service NCO (David Warner) comes face to face with an embittered Irish Gunner (Nicol...

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The Waiting Time

as Joshua Mantle
Released: 1999-10-28

When British Intelligence Officer Tracy Barnes attacks visiting German politician Dieter Krause,...

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Competition

as Tony
Released: 1971-10-05

An out of work man must take his son to a school poetry competition while accompanied by his...

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The Capone Investment

as Tom
Released: 1974-06-07

Abridged movie version of the 1974 British TV series concerning the whereabouts of Al Capone's...

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Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition

as Dom
Released: 1970-01-01

A Marxist-Leninist expelled from the British Communist Party joins the Revolutionary Party of...

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Five to One

as Alan Roper
Released: 1963-12-01

Alan Roper tells Bookie Larry Hart that he is planning to steal £60,000 and Hart offers to...

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Sherlock Holmes

as Jonathan Small
First aired: 1984-04-24

Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the...

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Play for Today

as uncredited
First aired: 1970-10-15

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...

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BBC Play of the Month

as Banquo
First aired: 1965-10-19

Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and...

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Inspector Morse

as Chief Inspector Morse
First aired: 1987-01-06

Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse...

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BBC Television Shakespeare

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-12-03

The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of...

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Kavanagh Q.C.

as James Kavanagh QC
First aired: 1995-01-03

James Kavanagh QC is one of the top flight barristers in Britain. Each episode has him handling...

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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

as Lt. Holst
First aired: 1971-09-20

Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.

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The Onedin Line

as Mr, Carby
First aired: 1971-10-15

The Onedin Line is a BBC television drama series which ran from 1971 to 1980. The series was...

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The Protectors

as Mario Carpiano
First aired: 1972-09-29

The Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It...

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The Sweeney

as Det. Insp. Jack Regan
First aired: 1975-01-02

Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue...

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Edgar Wallace Mysteries

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-03-01

The Edgar Wallace Mysteries was a British second-feature film series, produced at Merton Park...

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The Morecambe & Wise Show

as Guvnor
First aired: 1968-09-02

Long-running BBC variety show presented by Britain's best-loved comedy duo, Eric Morecambe and...

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Home to Roost

as Henry Willows
First aired: 1985-04-19

Home to Roost is a British television sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television in the 1980s....

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The Adventures of Black Beauty

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-17

Black Beauty is a pure black, thoroughbred horse in late 19th Century rural England who is...

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Strange Report

as Inspector Jenner
First aired: 1969-09-21

Strange Report is a British television Adam Strange, a retired Home Office criminologist,...

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Redcap

as Sergeant John Mann
First aired: 1964-10-17

Redcap is a British television series produced by ABC Weekend Television and broadcast on the...

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Budgie

as uncredited
First aired: 1971-04-09

Budgie is a popular British television series starring former popstar Adam Faith which was...

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The Glass

as Jim Proctor
First aired: 2001-05-27

Jim Proctor, a middle-aged tycoon, decides to hand over his glass-making company to his young...

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A Year in Provence

as Peter Mayle
First aired: 1993-02-28

Annie and Peter Mayle decide, in their own words, to take the plunge: they quit their jobs as a...

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Armchair Cinema

as Det. Insp. Jack Regan
First aired: 1974-05-28

British television drama anthology series of single plays.

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Thick As Thieves

as Stan
First aired: 1974-06-01

British ITV sitcom starring John Thaw and Bob Hoskins as two friends in a love triangle.

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Monsignor Renard

as Monsignor Augustine Renard
First aired: 2000-03-27

Monsignor Renard was a four-part ITV television drama set in occupied France during World War...

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Stanley and the Women

as Stanley Duke
First aired: 1991-11-28

The life of Stanley Duke, a fortysomething advertising executive, is thrown into turmoil when...

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The Frighteners

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-05-14

A horror anthology series, with each episode featuring a different eerie tale.

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Bat Out of Hell

as Mark Paxton
First aired: 1966-11-26

Bat Out of Hell is a British thriller television serial created by Francis Durbridge and...

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Plastic Man

as Joe McConnell
First aired: 1999-05-19

A seemingly happily married, successful plastic surgeon embarks on a torrid affair with tragic...

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The Second World War in Colour

as Himself - Narrator
First aired: 1999-09-09

The Second World War In Colour [1999] is a three-part documentary which reveals hours of...

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Armchair Theatre

as Tony
First aired: 1956-07-08

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the...

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The Capone Investment

as Tom
First aired: 1974-07-09

A brutal murder triggers an investigation revealing that $4m of legendary Chicago gangster, Al...

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Britain At War In Colour

as Narrateur
First aired: 2012-08-01

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