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Sheila Hancock

Sheila Hancock on Jack Gold: he was the director my husband John Thaw loved and respected above all others

Jack Gold with continuity advisor Pauline Harlow on the set of Inspector Morse. John Thaw worked wit
Jack Gold with continuity adviser Pauline Harlow on the set of Inspector Morse. John Thaw worked with Gold on many occasions, and viewed him as the best director he had worked with. Photograph: ITV/Rex Shutterstock

My husband John Thaw worked with many directors, some of whom cut their teeth working on the Sweeney, Kavanagh QC and Morse before going on to illustrious careers.

Jack Gold was there at the start of his professional life in the film The Bofors Gun (1968) and at the end when he devised and directed the beautiful tribute after John’s death.

He was responsible for some of John’s, and many other actors’, best performances. Jack was the man whom John, not one to give his trust easily, loved and respected above all others.

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