British actor john thaw biography
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Among the most consistently bankable of stars, John Thaw was born in Manchester.
British actor john thaw biography
A versatile actor with an enormous range on television, screen and stage, he will forever be remembered for portraying two definitive fictional policemen: the tough Jack Regan and the introspective Endeavour Morse.
An underage Thaw (he was 16) successfully auditioned for a place at RADA, where he graduated with honours; he made his professional stage debut at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1960.
His first appearance on television came a year later in The Younger Generation (ITV), a series of new plays by young writers and performed by young actors.
His small screen career continued with roles in two seminal programmes: Z Cars (BBC, 1962-78) and The Avengers (ITV, 1961-69).
He landed the starring role of Sgt John Mann in Redcap (ITV, 1964), set in the Special Investigation Branch of the Royal Military Police. Two more series followed: Bat Out of Hell (BBC, 1966) and Inheritance (ITV, 1