John ThawFilmography

Inspector Morse: The Remorseful Day

Actors: John Thaw

WWII in Color: The British Story - Unknown Warriors

Synopsis: This tape introduces some of the British soldiers, sailors, airmen, and civilians whose battles and struggles were profiled in the other episodes of World War II: The British Story. Included in the interviews are short talks with some of the surviving soldiers depicted in newsreel footage, as well Read More

The Last Morse

WWII in Color: The British Story - Darkest Hour

Synopsis: This documentary covers the first four years of World War II from the British perspective, a time when Britain stood largely alone among the countries of Europe and absorbed defeat after thundering defeat. Concentrating on the war as experienced by the home front, this tape investigates how a Read More

Plastic Man

Actors: John Thaw, Sorcha Cusack, Frances Barber, Phillipa Peak, Stuart Piper

Synopsis: John Thaw of Inspector Morse fame starred in this two-part British miniseries as renowned plastic surgeon Joe MacConnell. His torrid affair with his client Louise Ferman (Frances Barber) ended up having disastrous consequences on his wife and grown children. The story came to a head when Read More

Monsignor Renard

Actors: John Thaw, Cheryl Campbell

Synopsis: Created by Russell Lewis, the four-episode British miniseries Monsignor Renard was set in the French town of St-Josse-des-Bois during the Nazi occupation of the 1940s. The title character, played by John Thaw of Inspector Morse fame, initially tried to keep himself above politics. Ultimately Read More

The Waiting Time

Actors: John Thaw, Zara Turner, Struan Rodger, Hartmut Becker, Colin Baker

Synopsis: Based on a novel by Gerald Seymour, the two-part British miniseries starred John Thaw as Joshua Mantle, a solicitor's clerk pressed into duty by British intelligence. It is Joshua's job to find out why otherwise level-headed Intelligence officer Tracy Barnes (Zara Turner) suddenly, and without Read More

Inspector Morse: The Wench is Dead

Synopsis: Part of the long-running British mystery series based on the stories by Colin Dexter, Inspector Morse: The Wench Is Dead was first aired in the U.K. in 1995. While attending a Victorian crime conference, Inspector Morse (John Thaw) gets sick and is subsequently hospitalized. He ends up reading a Read More

Goodnight Mister Tom

Actors: John Thaw, Nick Robinson, Annabelle Apsion, John Cater, Geoffrey Hutchings

Synopsis: In this adaptation of the novel by Michelle Magorian, John Thaw stars as Tom Oakley, an old man with a short temper who doesn't have much use for people. However, after the outbreak of World War II, Tom is forced to take in Willie Bech (Nick Robinson), a young boy who has been evacuated from Read More

Inspector Morse: Death is Now My Neighbour

Synopsis: The British Inspector Morse TV series, based on Colin Dexter's novels, follows a pair of police officers through mystery-solving investigations. "Death Is Now My Neighbour" is a complex tale regarding the murders of two victims within the same block, and the strange correlation with a neighboring Read More

Into the Blue

Actors: John Thaw, Matthew Marsh, Abigail Cruttenden

Synopsis: More than one case of mistaken identity is leading an expatriate Briton into hot water in Greece in this tale of suspense. Harry Barnett (John Thaw) was once a successful British businessman, but after his luck and his business acumen went south, Harry suddenly found himself single, and these days Read More

Inspector Morse: The Daughters of Cain

Synopsis: Part of the long-running British mystery series based on the stories by Colin Dexter, Inspector Morse: Daughters of Cain first aired in the U.K. in 1996. Inspector Morse (John Thaw) and Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately) investigate the murder of retired Oxford University Professor Dr. Felix McClure Read More

Kavanagh Q.C.: Series 05

Actors: John Thaw, Daisy Bates, Tom Brodie, Lisa Harrow

Synopsis: The fifth and last season of Kavanagh Q.C. begins with the first of its four episodes, "Previous Convictions," in which prominent barrister James Kavanagh (John Thaw) risks public scorn by defending a woman whose sexual peccadillos may have brought about a tragic airplane accident. Next up is "The Read More

Kavanagh Q.C.: Series 04

Actors: John Thaw, Daisy Bates, Tom Brodie, Lisa Harrow

Synopsis: An unexpected and ironic twist caps barrister James Kavanagh's (John Thaw) defense of a doctor accused of murder in "Memento Mori," the opening episode of Kavanagh Q.C.'s fourth season. The eponymous hero subsequently returns to his home town of Bolton to unravel a confusing case of infanticide in Read More

The Mystery of Morse: The Making of Inspector Morse

Synopsis: The Mystery of Morse: The Making of Inspector Morse is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the popular British mystery series Inspector Morse. This 50-minute documentary special includes classic moments from the series, interviews with star John Thaw, and a tour of the on-location shooting Read More

Inspector Morse: The Way Through the Woods

Synopsis: Part of the long-running British mystery series based on the stories by Colin Dexter, Inspector Morse: The Way Through the Woods was first aired in the U.K. in 1995. Inspector Morse (John Thaw) and Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately) investigate the death of "the Lovers Lane Killer" Steven Parnell Read More

The Absence of War

Actors: John Thaw, Richard Pasco, Nicholas Day, Saskia Wickham, Martin Jarvis

Synopsis: Adapted by David Hare from his own play (the last in Hare's "political trilogy"), this British TV movie stars John Thaw as politician George Jones. Going against the grain of his bosses during a tough political contest, Jones finds himself campaigning against his own party. Though the ending is Read More

Kavanagh Q.C.: Series 02

Actors: John Thaw, Daisy Bates, Tom Brodie, Lisa Harrow

Synopsis: John Thaw returns as wily British barrister James Kavanagh as Kavanagh Q.C. enters its second season. The first of the year's six feature-length episodes is "True Commitment," in which Kavanagh tries to sift the truth out of a case involving the daughter of a Jewish businessman, a plot to murder a Read More

Kavanagh Q.C.: Series 01

Actors: John Thaw, Daisy Bates, Tom Brodie, Lisa Harrow

Synopsis: Crusty, crafty British barrister James Kavanagh (John Thaw) fluctuates between defender and prosecutor in the four movie-length episodes comprising the first season of Kavanagh Q.C. In the opener, "Nothing But the Truth," Kavanagh defends an accused rapist, while in the second episode Read More

Kavanagh Q.C.: Series 03

Actors: John Thaw, Daisy Bates, Tom Brodie, Lisa Harrow

Synopsis: The first episode of Kavanagh Q.C.'s third season is "Mute of Malice," in which high-profile British barrister James Kavanagh (John Thaw) is saddled with a client who is unable to speak -- literally -- after confessing to fratricide. Next on the docket is "Blood Money," wherein Kavanagh prosecutes Read More

Inspector Morse: Deadly Slumber

Synopsis: Part of the long-running British mystery series based on the stories by Colin Dexter, Inspector Morse: Deadly Slumber first aired in the U.K. in 1993. Inspector Morse (John Thaw) and Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately) investigate the murder of Dr. Mathew Brewster (Richard Owens). The police suspect Read More

Inspector Morse: The Day of the Devil

Synopsis: Part of the long-running British mystery series based on the stories by Colin Dexter, Inspector Morse: Day of the Devil first aired in the U.K. in 1993. In this thrilling case, the murderous rapist John Peter Barrie (Keith Allen) escapes from the prison. The severely mentally ill Barrie sets up Read More

Promised Land

Actors: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Con O'Neill, Rhondda Findleton, John Jarratt

Synopsis: In this made-for-British-TV mystery, Inspector Morse and his sidekick Lewis fly Down Under to locate a key witness against a gang of burglars. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Chaplin

Actors: Robert Downey, Jr., Dan Aykroyd, Geraldine Chaplin, Kevin Dunn, Anthony Hopkins

Synopsis: Partly based on Charlie Chaplin's My Autobiography, this humorous and dramatic biopic features an all-star cast including Oscar nominee Robert Downey Jr., Dan Aykroyd, Anthony Hopkins, Kevin Kline, Diane Lane, and Chaplin's real-life daughter, Geraldine Chaplin, who portrays his mentally ill Read More

Inspector Morse: The Death of the Self

Synopsis: Inspector Morse (John Thaw) and Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately) dig up another mystery in this episode of the popular British TV series. The splendor of Northern Italy serves as the backdrop for "Death of the Self," where Morse and Lewis are assigned to figure out the strange death of a British Read More

Inspector Morse: Dead on Time

Synopsis: Inspector Morse (John Thaw) and Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately) dig up another mystery in this episode of the popular British TV series. In "Dead on Time," a suicide brings up questions of foul play -- and Morse finds that he has a familial connection with the dead man, causing Lewis to question Read More

Inspector Morse: Cherubim & Seraphim

Synopsis: Part of the long-running British mystery series based on the stories by Colin Dexter, Inspector Morse: Cherubim and Seraphim first aired in the U.K. in 1992. Inspector Morse (John Thaw) goes to visit his stepmother only to discover that his step-niece has committed suicide. He takes a leave of Read More

Inspector Morse: Absolute Conviction

Synopsis: In this episode, the intrepid Morse examines the fishy circumstances surrounding the death of a convicted, imprisoned businessman. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Inspector Morse: Happy Families

Synopsis: Inspector Morse (John Thaw) and Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately) dig up another mystery in this episode of the popular British TV series. In "Happy Families," the duo find themselves contending with two belligerent organizations: a deceased millionaire's family, who resent the intrusion of the Read More

Second Time Around, Part 1

Actors: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Kenneth Colley, Ann Bell, Oliver Ford Davies

Synopsis: In this mystery, Inspector Morse investigates the murder of an ex-police commissioner and discovers that it is linked to a death he looked into nearly twenty years before. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Stanley and the Women

Actors: John Thaw, Samuel West

Synopsis: Based on the novel by Kingsley Amis, the British miniseries Stanley and the Women starred future Inspector Morse leading man John Thaw as Stanley Duke, a fortysomething advertising executive. Stanley's life was thrown into turmoil when his son Stephen (Samuel West) was diagnosed a schizophrenic. Read More

Inspector Morse: Promised Land

Synopsis: Part of the long-running British mystery series based on the stories by Colin Dexter, Inspector Morse: Promised Land was first aired in the U.K. in 1991. Inspector Morse (John Thaw) and Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately) travel to Australia to investigate the disappearance of a criminal informer who Read More

Inspector Morse: Fat Chance

Synopsis: Part of the long-running British mystery series based on the stories by Colin Dexter, Inspector Morse: Fat Chance first aired in the U.K. in 1991. Inspector Morse (John Thaw) and Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately) investigate the death of deacon Victoria Hazlett (Sarah Carpenter). While questioning Read More

Inspector Morse: Second Time Around

Synopsis: Part of the long-running British mystery series based on the stories by Colin Dexter, Inspector Morse: Second Time Around was first aired in the U.K. in 1991. Inspector Morse (John Thaw) and Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately) investigate the death of a former deputy police commissioner. This reunites Read More

Inspector Morse: The Infernal Serpent

Synopsis: Part of the long-running British mystery series based on the stories by Colin Dexter, Inspector Morse: The Infernal Serpent was first aired in the U.K. in 1990. Inspector Morse (John Thaw) and Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately) investigate the murder of a famous environmentalist. Morse discovers that Read More

Inspector Morse: Masonic Mysteries

Actors: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Madelaine Newton, Ian McDiarmid, James Grout

Synopsis: When the intrepid Inspector Morse is accused of murdering his girlfriend, he finds out firsthand what it's like to be on the other side of the law. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Inspector Morse: Driven to Distraction

Synopsis: Part of the long-running British mystery series based on the stories by Colin Dexter, Inspector Morse: Driven to Distraction first aired in the U.K. in 1990. Inspector Morse (John Thaw) and Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately) investigate the murder of two young women. Morse questions the motives of Read More

Inspector Morse: The Sins of the Fathers

Actors: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Lionel Jeffries, Isabel Dean

Synopsis: In this episode of the popular British detective drama, Morse visits a micro brewery and solves the murder of one of its board of directors. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Inspector Morse [TV Series]

Synopsis: This long-running TV series features John Thaw as the morose but shrewd detective of the title, who along with his partner -- the dependable Sgt. Lewis -- investigates a variety of murderous crimes against the picturesque back-drop of Oxford, England. ~ Mark Hockley, All Movie Guide Read More

Home to Roost: Series 04

Actors: John Thaw, Reece Dinsdale

Inspector Morse: The Secret of Bay 5B

Synopsis: In the episode "The Secret of Bay 5B," the murder of a wealthy socialite occurs involving a love triangle, while Morse (John Thaw) tries to ask Dr. Grayling out for a date. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide Read More

Inspector Morse: The Last Enemy

Synopsis: In the episode "The Last Enemy," a body is found near Oxford college. Morse (John Thaw) believes the murder is a result of a bitter rivalry for a prestigious position at the university. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide Read More

Inspector Morse: Ghost in the Machine

Synopsis: Part of the long-running British mystery series based on the stories by Colin Dexter, Inspector Morse: Ghost in the Machine first aired in the U.K. in 1989. Inspector Morse (John Thaw) and Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately) investigate the burglary of some valuable erotic artwork. The owner is Read More

Inspector Morse: Deceived By Flight

Actors: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Amanda Hillwood, Norman Rodway, Sharon Maughan

Synopsis: Part of the long-running British mystery series based on the stories by Colin Dexter, Inspector Morse: Deceived by Flight first aired in the U.K. in 1989. Inspector Morse (John Thaw) and Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately) investigate the death of a player for the Clarets XI cricket team, right before Read More

Year in Provence

Actors: John Thaw, Lindsay Duncan, Jean-Pierre Delage, Bernard Spiegal, Jo Doumerg

Synopsis: British retiree John Thaw and his wife Lindsay Duncan spend a Year in Provence in this TV miniseries. Each episode covers a single season of the couple's experiences in their new home in the south of France. Purchasing a 200-year-old farmhouse, Thaw and Duncan must undergo the usual rigors of Read More

Business As Usual

Actors: Glenda Jackson, John Thaw, Cathy Tyson, Eamon Boland, James Hazeldine

Synopsis: The British Business as Usual stars Glenda Jackson and John Thaw as the husband-and-wife managers of a boutique. When a huge store chain purchases Jackson and Thaw's establishment, chain executive Eamon Boland is sent to check out the place. It seems, however, that he's more interested in checking Read More

Inspector Morse: Series 02

Actors: John Thaw, Kevin Whately

Inspector Morse: The Settling of the Sun

Synopsis: In the episode "The Settling of the Sun," a Japanese student is killed at Oxford college while Morse (John Thaw) is dining at a welcome dinner. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide Read More

Inspector Morse: Last Bus to Woodstock

Synopsis: Part of the long-running British mystery series based on the stories by Colin Dexter, Inspector Morse: Last Bus to Woodstock was first aired in the U.K. in 1988. Inspector Morse (John Thaw) and Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately) investigate the death of a secretary whose body was discovered in a Read More

Cry Freedom

Actors: Kevin Kline, Penelope Wilton, Denzel Washington, Kevin McNally

Synopsis: Richard Attenborough directed this dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods (Kevin Kline) is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko (Denzel Washington Read More

Inspector Morse: Service of All the Dead

Synopsis: This series follows the criminal investigations of the title hero, portrayed by John Thaw. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Inspector Morse: The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn

Synopsis: This series follows the criminal investigations of the title hero, portrayed by John Thaw. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Inspector Morse: Series 01

Actors: John Thaw, Kevin Whately

The Sign of Four

Inspector Morse: The Wolvercote Tongue

Actors: John Thaw, Kevin Whately

Synopsis: In this mystery, the intrepid Morse investigates the murder of an American tourist whose untimely death occurred shortly after she announced her plans to donate a fabulous jewel to a museum. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Home to Roost: Series 03

Actors: John Thaw, Reece Dinsdale, Joan Blackham

Inspector Morse: The Dead of Jericho

Synopsis: The first installment of the long-running British mystery series based on the stories by Colin Dexter, Inspector Morse: The Dead of Jericho first aired in the U.K. on January 6, 1987. Inspector Morse (John Thaw) and Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately) investigate the death of Anne Staveley (Gemma Read More

Home to Roost: Series 02

Actors: John Thaw, Reece Dinsdale, Elizabeth Bennett

Home to Roost: Series 01

Actors: John Thaw, Reece Dinsdale, Elizabeth Bennett

Gräset Sjunger

Actors: Karen Black, John Thaw, John Kani, John Moulder-Brown, Patrick Mynhardt

Synopsis: Based on the novel by Doris Lessing, The Grass is Singing stars Karen Black as a successful career woman based in South Africa. Ms. Black gives up the relative comfort of city life when she falls in love with a bush farmer. The core of the film is Karen's efforts to assimilate herself into her Read More

Sweeney 2

Actors: John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Denholm Elliott, Georgina Hale, Nigel Hawthorne

Synopsis: The Sweeney started out as a British TV detective program all about Scotland Yard's Flying Squad. Its popularity spawned a reasonably satisfying 1976 feature film, starring the TV series' Tom Thaw. In Sweeney 2, Thaw is called upon to solve a series of carefully orchestrated bank robberies, which Read More

Sweeney!

Actors: John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Barry Foster, Ian Bannen, Colin Welland

Synopsis: In this feature-film version of the popular British television cop show, Regan (John Thaw) and Carter (Dennis Waterman) are two British Scotland Yard detectives who find themselves involved with the exchange of oil resources on the political and economic fate of the world. Ian Bannen plays Baker Read More

The Sweeney [TV Series]

Actors: John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Garfield Morgan

Synopsis: The Sweeney was a groundbreaking British police show of the 1970s that turned John Thaw into a major television star. Created by Ian Kennedy Martin, the series told of Scotland Yard's Flying Squad (roughly the equivalent of the Major Case Squad in New York and other major American cities) Read More

Regan

Actors: John Thaw

Synopsis: This pilot movie made for British television spawned the popular series, The Sweeney, and made a star of John Thaw as a tough, rule-breaking detective named Regan, who here single-mindedly hunts down the murderer of a fellow policeman. ~ Mark Hockley, All Movie Guide Read More

Dr. Phibes Rises Again

Actors: Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Valli Kemp, Hugh Griffith, John Thaw

Synopsis: This sequel to the stylish 1971 melodrama The Abominable Dr. Phibes once more stars Vincent Price in the title role. Long believed dead, Phibes arises from a state of suspended animation, in search of the means to bring his deceased wife back to the land of the living. Phibes also wears a rubber Read More

Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition

Actors: John Thaw, Edina Ronay, Luis Mahoney, Anthony Villaroel, Helen Fleming

Synopsis: Dom (John Thaw) is the 30-year-old pseudo revolutionary whose main goals are to sleep with women and spout Marxist and Leninist slogans. He is kidnapped by party members and, in a warehouse, is subjected to a trial by his peers. They believe he is only paying lip service to the movement and is not Read More

The Last Grenade

Actors: Stanley Baker, Alex Cord, Honor Blackman, Richard Attenborough, Rafer Johnson

Synopsis: In this grim wartime drama, two vengeful soldier's of fortune engage in a deadly competition to see who can kill the other first. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Bofors Gun

Actors: Nicol Williamson, Ian Holm, David Warner, Peter Vaughan, Richard O'Callaghan

Synopsis: John McGrath's television play The Bofors Gun was expanded (if not improved) by this film adaptation. The time is 1954: a weak-willed British corporal (David Warner) desperately wants to improve his lot in the National Service by taking the officer's entrance course. A rebellious, sociopathic Read More

Inheritance [TV Series]

Actors: John Thaw, James Bolam

Dead Man's Chest

Synopsis: The British Dead Man's Chest comes to us from Merton Park Productions, the folks responsible for the long-running "Edgar Wallace" B-series. The story bears a striking resemblance to Fritz Lang's 1956 thriller Beyond Reasonable Doubt. To prove the fallability of circumstantial evidence, reporter Read More

Avengers: Espirit De Corps

Synopsis: Cathy is informed that she is of royal blood -- and in fact is next in line for the British throne. Unfortunately, her only chance of assuming her proper place in life is if an impending military coup is successful. It is up to Steed to prevent that coup. . .but can he rely upon Cathy's Read More

Five to One

Synopsis: The most carefully laid plans of mice and crooks.... A gang of criminals plots the robbery of a bookmaking joint. Unfortunately, on the day of the heist, things go haywire and tragedy ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

Actors: Tom Courtenay, Michael Redgrave, James Bolam, Avis Bunnage, James Cairncross, Alec McCowen, Peter Madden

Synopsis: One of the key "angry young man" films which helped define the British "Kitchen Sink Drama" style of the late 1950's and early 60's, this story centers on Colin Smith (Tom Courtenay), a bitter young man from a working-class family. Uninterested in school and determined not to follow his father Read More