John Thaw
John Thaw
John Edward Thaw, CBEwas an English actor. He 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...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth3 January 1942
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The writers have built up the Morse and Lewis characters, and their relationship. You're fascinated how these two men get to the result they get to.
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I think sadly that Morse thinks that he can exist on his own and he only realises at the end that he can't and never really has been able to. I feel sorry for him.
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I think Morse's thing about being a poor policeman but a good detective is a very good description of him.
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I feel very proud to have created a character that is so respected. On the other hand, as an actor, I have more freedom now to do other things.
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We all know that somebody did it, but how did they find the answer?
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Now are you going to save us a lot of time and trouble, Mr. Downes, and confess or are you going to be a burden on the tax payer?
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When he's solved that particular clue, then he's back to reality and he doesn't like it. I think that's why he drinks more than most.
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He picked it up, draped it round my shoulders and said, 'That's better, now you look like a real member of The Sweeney'.
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I'm not an instinctive actor.
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I'm an introspective person. I'm not an extrovert.
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Parts like Morse don't grow on trees. He's a great character.
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We were using a hand-held camera to film the scene when Morse collapses. The camera wouldn't start. Three times they said action and it still wouldn't work. To this day, they still don't know what was wrong.
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I was involved in school plays, but when I left school I did a couple of odd jobs as a baker's apprentice and then as a fruit market porter in Manchester
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There is no more final end than death