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Deadly Slumber
Season 7, Episode 1
A former bookie falls under suspicion for the murder of a hospital benefactor, who is found dead in his car. As the detectives investigate the case, it becomes clear their prime suspect had a strong motive, believing the victim was responsible for putting his daughter into a coma. Brian Cox guest stars, with John Thaw and Kevin Whately
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Detective/Thriller
Movie/Drama
Mystery
Cast & Crew
John Thaw
(Actor)
.. Chief Inspector Morse
Kevin Whately
(Actor)
.. Det Sgt Lewis
James Grout
(Actor)
.. Chief Superintendent Strange
Brian Cox
(Actor)
.. Michael Steppings
Jason Durr
(Actor)
.. John Brewster
Carol Starks
(Actor)
.. Jane Folley
Richard Owens
(Actor)
.. Mathew Brewster
Jestyn Philips
(Actor)
.. Card player
Robert Swann
(Actor)
.. Mark Felsham
Ian McNeice
(Actor)
.. Pathologist
Patrick Godfrey
(Actor)
.. Dr Greer
Penny Downie
(Actor)
.. Wendy Hazlitt
Connor Byrne
(Actor)
.. Constable Willis
Tim Morand
(Actor)
.. Mr Hart
Su Elliot
(Actor)
.. Mrs Hart
Peter Aubrey
(Actor)
.. Sgt Benson
John Bett
(Actor)
.. Thomas Neely
Adam Maxwell
(Actor)
.. Policeman
David Gouge
(Actor)
.. Policeman
Lou Wakefield
(Actor)
.. Forensic scientist
Jenny Lynch
(Actor)
.. WPC
Nicholas Haverson
(Actor)
.. Operator
Charlie Hawkins
(Actor)
.. Policeman
Kate Hillier
(Actor)
.. Nurse
Peter Leafe
(Actor)
.. Caretaker
Fiona Farley
(Actor)
.. Fingerprint officer
Keith Hazemore
(Actor)
.. Policeman
Martin East
(Actor)
.. Policeman
Sarah Souster
(Actor)
.. Nurse
Chris Burt
(Producer)
Stuart Orme
(Director)
Daniel Boyle
(Writer)
More Information
Did You Know..
John Thaw
(Actor)
.. Chief Inspector Morse
Born:
January 03, 1942
in
Manchester
Best Known For:
Inspector Morse.
Early-life:
John Edward Thaw was born on January 3, 1942, in Manchester. He had a younger brother, Ray, but theirs wasn't an easy childhood. The boys' mother, Dorothy, left home when John was seven, while their father, Jack, was often away working as a long-distance lorry driver. Despite being painfully shy, John began appearing in amateur dramatics productions and eventually won a place at RADA, where he studied alongside his friend, Tom Courteney.
Career:
Thaw's first professional job came at the Liverpool Playhouse. His film debut came in 1962's The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, which starred Courteney. Thaw worked extensively on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre, and early TV roles came in Z Cars and Redcap. But it was The Sweeney, alongside Dennis Waterman, that made him a household name thanks to its uncompromising style. He switched to comedy with Home to Roost, but it was playing Inspector Morse that made him a national treasure. Almost everything he touched then turned to gold; he starred in top-rated dramas such as Kavanagh QC, Goodnight Mister Tom and Buried Treasure. He died in 2002 following a battle with cancer of the oesophagus.
Quote:
"I was born looking fifty."
Trivia:
Divorced first wife Sally Alexander after four years and one daughter in 1968. Married Sheila Hancock in 1974. They had a daughter together, and Thaw adopted Hancock's daughter from her first marriage.
Kevin Whately
(Actor)
.. Det Sgt Lewis
Born:
February 06, 1951
in
Newcastle upon Tyne
Best Known For:
Playing John Thaw's right-hand man Lewis in Inspector Morse.
Early-life:
Kevin George Edward Whately was born on February 6, 1951, in Hexham, and grew up in the remote Northumberland countryside. His father was in the Navy, and Whately only saw him two or three times a year. He began acting at the age of four and it remained a passion throughout school, alongside a short-lived desire to be a doctor. When his careers teacher advised against acting, he went into accountancy for three years. He later trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. His brother, Frank, is a drama lecturer.
Career:
Whately's TV debut came in a 1979 episode of Shoestring. Two years later he had a six-week stint on Coronation Street. His big break came in 1983, when he landed the role of Neville in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. In 1987, he made his first appearance as Sgt Lewis in Morse, and has since appeared in Peak Practice, the TV dramas Trip Trap, Gobble, and The Broker's Man, as well as Oscar-winning drama The English Patient. Other projects include Paranoid, Silent Cry, Murder in Mind, Purely Belter, Promoted to Glory and The Children. He's now the star of hit Morse spin-off Lewis.
Quote:
On John Thaw: "John had a wonderful sense of humour which is belied sometimes by journalists' impression of him as irascible. He was a wonderful mimic, particularly of people on the set rather than famous people."
Trivia:
Married to actress Madeleine Newton, who appeared alongside him in both Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Inspector Morse. They have two children, Kieran and Kitty. His daughter is an acclaimed opera singer.
James Grout
(Actor)
.. Chief Superintendent Strange
Brian Cox
(Actor)
.. Michael Steppings
Born:
June 01, 1946
in
Dundee
Best Known For:
Being the original Hannibal Lecktor in Manhunter.
Early-life:
Brian Denis Cox was born on June 1, 1946, in Dundee, to an Irish immigrant family. He was the youngest of five children. His mother, Mary Ann Guillerline, worked in the jute mills as a spinner, while his dad, Charles McArdle Campbell Cox, was a weaver and died of cancer when Brian was nine. Brian developed a passion for movies and, inspired by the work of Marlon Brando and Spencer Tracy, decided he wanted to become an actor. At 14, he joined the Dundee Repertory Theatre, and in 1966 honed his craft with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Career:
Cox's earliest TV appearances were as an extra in cult TV series The Prisoner. He has been a mainstay in the world of TV and film ever since, popping up in Hammer House of Horror, Minder, Frasier and Deadwood. He played Hannibal Lecktor in Manhunter, Michael Mann's adaptation of Red Dragon. (The name was later spelled Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs). He has appeared in a string of major Hollywood offerings, including The Long Kiss Goodnight, X-Men 2, Troy, The Bourne Supremacy, Zodiac and Red. On the stage he has appeared in Titus Andronicus, Taming of the Shrew and King Lear. He has also voiced characters in the video games Killzone and Manhunt.
Quote:
"I'm an actor who does really interesting work in independent movies. I want to keep doing that because I don't want the burden of an opening weekend sitting on my shoulders."
Trivia:
In 2003, Cox was awarded a CBE for services to drama.
Jason Durr
(Actor)
.. John Brewster
Born:
December 02, 1967
in
Singapore
Best Known For:
Playing Mike Bradley in Heartbeat and David Hide in Casualty.
Early-life:
Born on December 2, 1967 in Singapore and raised in Hong Kong. Jason trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before attending the Royal Shakespeare Company. Here, he worked with director Trevor Nunn in Measure for Measure and The Blue Angel and with director Adrian Noble in Macbeth.
Career:
Since his days with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Durr has made a number of TV appearances in such shows as Inspector Morse and A Dark Adapted Eye and in television films like Gawain and the Green Knight (1991) and Sharpe's Battle (1995). He landed the role of policeman Mike Bradley in the TV series Heartbeat in 1997 and played the character until 2003. His other TV credits include Above Suspicion, Lewis and New Tricks. Durr also played the lead role in Down Dog (2014). More recently, he has played David Hide in Casualty.
Quote:
"I have lived all over the world but my heart now lies in the English countryside - if only it didn't rain quite so much."
Trivia:
He enjoys rock climbing.
Carol Starks
(Actor)
.. Jane Folley
Richard Owens
(Actor)
.. Mathew Brewster
Jestyn Philips
(Actor)
.. Card player
Robert Swann
(Actor)
.. Mark Felsham
Ian McNeice
(Actor)
.. Pathologist
Born:
October 02, 1950
in
Basingstoke
Best Known For:
Doc Martin.
Early-life:
McNeice was born in Basingstoke in Hampshire in 1950. His acting training started at the Taunton School in Somerset, followed by two years at the Salisbury Playhouse. His childhood was hard, as the shy youngster struggled with a stammer, and he lost his older brother in a car accident. Determined to overcome his shyness, he stuck at acting and spent years in theatre, including a four-year career with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and a production of Nicholas Nickleby on Broadway.
Career:
McNeice's TV breakthrough was in the drama series Edge of Darkness. He has also appeared in a number of films, including 84 Charing Cross Road, Day of the Dead, No Escape, From Hell and The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain. His breakthrough into American films occurred when he played opposite Jim Carrey as Fulton Greenwall in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995). Other notable credits include Conspiracy (2001), Valkyrie (2009) and the HBO hit series Rome. Since 2004, he has played Bert Large in Doc Martin.
Quote:
"In a funny kind of way, the problems that my weight and stammer created were also the foundations of my career as an entertainer."
Trivia:
McNeice has played Winston Churchill in a number of projects, including Doctor Who and the stage version of The King's Speech.
Patrick Godfrey
(Actor)
.. Dr Greer
Penny Downie
(Actor)
.. Wendy Hazlitt
Connor Byrne
(Actor)
.. Constable Willis
Tim Morand
(Actor)
.. Mr Hart
Su Elliot
(Actor)
.. Mrs Hart
Peter Aubrey
(Actor)
.. Sgt Benson
John Bett
(Actor)
.. Thomas Neely
Adam Maxwell
(Actor)
.. Policeman
David Gouge
(Actor)
.. Policeman
Lou Wakefield
(Actor)
.. Forensic scientist
Jenny Lynch
(Actor)
.. WPC
Nicholas Haverson
(Actor)
.. Operator
Charlie Hawkins
(Actor)
.. Policeman
Kate Hillier
(Actor)
.. Nurse
Peter Leafe
(Actor)
.. Caretaker
Fiona Farley
(Actor)
.. Fingerprint officer
Keith Hazemore
(Actor)
.. Policeman
Martin East
(Actor)
.. Policeman
Sarah Souster
(Actor)
.. Nurse
Chris Burt
(Producer)
Stuart Orme
(Director)
Daniel Boyle
(Writer)
