castillo says on 21/Feb/10
Right, I've been in an old phone box and, wearing flat shoes, I (5'11" bare feet) was 5" or so taller than the line Thaw came up to. Given he was wearing 70s heels in The Sweeney, 5'6" would be extremely generous to him at his peak.

castillo says on 21/Feb/10
Right, I've been in an old phone box and I (5'11") was 5" or so taller than the line Thaw came up to. Given he was wearing 70s heels, 5'7" would be generous to him at his peak.

castillo says on 3/Feb/10
Just watched a Sweeney where Regan makes a call from an old red public phone box. He comes up to the last line on the window at best. I'll measure and report back. (This may shed light on Waterman, too, who usually looked 1" taller than Thaw.)

Ever Surprised says on 15/Oct/09
Thaw's authority seemed to come from a carefully presented grim thoughtfulness and an odd kind of beauty. This was emphasised in the Morse films by making Whatley appear plain and slightly simple-minded, which he isn't by nature. I don't believe Thaw was an inch over 5' 7". Whatley lays claim to 5' 11", but they were always filmed from above or below - usually below - to bring their heads closer to the same height. To the extent that Whatley was obviously taller he was made to appear gangling and ungainly. That's fiction for you!

beatlefan says on 30/Jan/09
A sadly missed actor from British television. I always thought he was a tad shorter than this having seen all the 'Inspector Morse' episodes, especially in the later ones but that all depends on how tall Kevin Whatley his co-star is. If Whatley is six feet or therabouts then this height is very accurate.

Chris says on 24/Jun/07
I always thought this guy was 6' plus. He had a kind of presence and authority like Paul Gleason. Goes to show that height isn't that important in determining image, I guess.

CarbonM5 says on 25/May/07
Spot on. He filmed Kavanagh QC outside my office about 7 years ago.