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He lived quietly in an 18th century manor house in Wiltshire, England.

A memorial service was held for him at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London on 4 September 2002.

In June 2001, he was treated for cancer of the oesophagus. His wife, Sheila Hancock, had been a breast cancer survivor.

Awards include C.B.E., a B.A.F.T.A Fellowship and in 1998 a Special Recognition Award.

He was a heavy drinker until he gave it up in 1995.

He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1993 Queen's New Year Honours List for his services to drama.

It established him as British television's most bankable actor, and during the 1990s he had many other starring vehicles.

For Inspector Morse (1987), Thaw was yet again cast as a policeman, but this time a more cultured character than Regan. The leisurely-paced series, set in beautiful Oxfordshire, was Thaw's most popular and long-running project.

1984 In the play 'Pygmalion' with Peter O'Tole playing Doolittle.

His first great success, though, was as Detective Inspector Regan in The Sweeney (1974).

He married Sheila Hancock on 24 December 1973 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire.

Violent and uncompromising, the series changed the portrayal of police work on British television and was one of the defining dramas of the 1970s.

He was the father of actress Abigail Thaw, born 1965, (with first wife Sally Alexander) and Joanna Thaw, born 1974, (with second wife Sheila Hancock), and adopted father of Melanie Thaw, born 1964 (Sheila Hancock's daughter by her first marriage to Alec Ross).

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).

He was accepted by RADA in 1958 when he was two years underage. Thaw was told to say he was 19 if anyone asked.

His first stage role was at Green End Junior School in Manchester, England as Uncle Joseph, the leading part in "Where the Rainbow Ends" (1953).

His younger brother, Ray, was born November 15, 1944. He died in 2004.

Son of John Edward (1919-1997) and Dorothy (née Ablott) Thaw (1921-1974).