John Edward Thaw CBE (3 January, 1942 - 21 February, 2002) was an English actor who achieved his first starring role in the military police television drama "Redcap" (1964 - 1966), and subsequently appeared in a range of television, stage and cinema roles. Thaw came from a working class background, having been born in Longsight, Manchester to parents John and Dorothy. He grew up in the Burnage area of the city. Wikipedia
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He was the working class boy from Manchester whose intensity and natural honesty made him British television's most bankable actor. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. His first starring role on TV was as Sgt John Mann in "Redcap" (1964). His www.imdb.com/name/nm0857177/
