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Acting

John Thaw

Titles: 36movies44TV shows

Career: Active from 1961 to 2012, with a break from 2002 to 2011, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 41
top three billing

Average score: 68/100

Highest rated: The Sweeney
80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 28 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

John Thaw Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Uncanny
1.2, average 2.5
Scare
1.4, average 2.6
Fantasy
0.6, average 1.8
Absurdist Humor
1.0, average 2.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 5
Political Intrigue 4
Witty Dialogue 4
Character Study 3
Biographical Drama 2
Gritty Realism 2
Moral Dilemmas 2
80s Television Drama 2
Character-Driven Journalism 2
Ethical Dilemmas 2
Human Interest Stories 2
Character-Focused 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

76

Group by

Newest first Oldest first

2010s

1 title

Poster for Britain At War In Colour

TV show · as Narrateur

2000s

3 titles · average score 70

Poster for The Glass

TV show · as Jim Proctor

Poster for Buried Treasure

as Harry Jenkins

Poster for Monsignor Renard

TV show · as Monsignor Augustine Renard

1990s

11 titles · average score 69

Poster for Plastic Man

TV show · as Joe McConnell

Poster for Plastic Man

as Joe McConnell

Poster for The Waiting Time

as Joshua Mantle

Poster for Goodnight, Mister Tom

as Tom Oakley

Poster for Into the Blue

as Harry Barnett

Poster for Masculine Mescaline

as The Man

Poster for Kavanagh Q.C.

TV show · as James Kavanagh Q.C.

Poster for The Absence of War

as George Jones

Poster for A Year in Provence

TV show · as Peter Mayle

Poster for Chaplin

as Fred Karno

Poster for Stanley and the Women

TV show · as Stanley Duke

1980s

17 titles · average score 69

Poster for Bomber Harris

as Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris

Poster for Inspector Morse

TV show · as Chief Inspector Morse

Poster for Cry Freedom

as Kruger

Poster for Business as Usual

as Kieran Flynn

Poster for The Sign of Four

as Jonathan Small

Poster for Home to Roost

TV show · as Henry Willows

Poster for We'll Support You Evermore

as Geoff Hollins

Poster for Mitch

TV show · as Mitch

Poster for Killer Waiting

as Peter Hastings

Poster for Sherlock Holmes

TV show · as Jonathan Small

Poster for The Grass Is Singing

as Dick Turner

Poster for Drake's Venture

as Francis Drake

All 17 titles from the 1980s

1970s

26 titles · average score 66

Poster for Sweeney 2

as Det. Insp. Jack Regan

Poster for Dinner at the Sporting Club

as Dinny Mathews

Poster for Sweeney!

as Det. Insp. Jack Regan

Poster for The Sweeney

TV show · as Det. Insp. Jack Regan

Poster for Thick as Thieves

TV show · as Stan

Poster for Regan

as Det. Insp. Jack Regan

Poster for The Capone Investment

as Tom

Poster for The Capone Investment

TV show · as Tom

Poster for Competition

as Tony

Poster for Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition

as Dom

Poster for Macbeth

as Banquo

Poster for Play for Today

TV show

All 26 titles from the 1970s

1960s

16 titles · average score 70

Poster for ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV show · as Rolf / Larry Gains

Poster for Strange Report

TV show · as Inspector Jenner

Poster for The Bofors Gun

as Gunner Featherstone

Poster for Inheritance

TV show · as Will Oldroyd

Poster for ITV Playhouse

TV show · as Williams

Poster for Bat Out of Hell

TV show · as Mark Paxton

Poster for Dead Man's Chest

as David Jones

Poster for BBC Play of the Month

TV show · as George J. Bundavin / Banquo

Poster for Redcap

TV show · as Sergeant John Mann

Poster for Five to One

as Alan Roper

Poster for The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

as Bosworth (uncredited)

Poster for Drama 61-67

TV show · as Harry Fox

All 16 titles from the 1960s

1950s

2 titles · average score 72

Poster for Edgar Wallace Mysteries

TV show · as David Jones / Alan Roper

Poster for Armchair Theatre

TV show · as Peter / Tony