TV favourite John Thaw is undergoing treatment for cancer, he revealed today. The 59-year-old actor, known to a generation as Inspector Morse, is suffering from cancer of the oesophagus.

John Thaw may have played some of the grumpiest and ... reserved man who hated violence and craved only privacy. The Manchester-born actor, who brought to life not only the inimitably gruff ...

The Northumberland-born actor, 73, rose to fame playing John Thaw’s right-hand man Lewis in detective drama Inspector Morse. He has been recognised for services to drama and to charity.

The John Thaw Studio Theatre is named after the actor John Thaw in recognition of the generous support from The John Thaw Foundation.