British Academy Television Award for Best Actor "Inspector Morse" "'1994 Robbie Coltrane as Dr. Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald in "Cracker" "'1995 Robbie Coltrane as Dr. Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald in "Cracker" "'1996 Robbie Coltrane as Dr. Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald in "Cracker" "'1997 Nigel Hawthorne as Edgar Pascoe in "The Fragile Heart" "'1998 Simon Russell Beale as Kenneth Widmerpool in "A Dance to the Music of Time" "'1999 Tom Courtenay as Roy Southgate in "A Rather English Marriage" "'2000 Michael Gambon as Squire Hamley in "Wives and Daughters" "'2001 Michael Gambon as John Harrison in "Longitude" "'2002 Michael Gambon as Raymond Symon in "Perfect Strangers" "'2003 Albert Finney as Winston
John Coltrane expired, sessions with Coltrane as a sideman later reissued with his name featured more prominently, or posthumous compilations, except for the one he approved before his death. See main discography link above for full list. John Coltrane John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes and was at the forefront of free jazz. He led at least fifty recording sessions and appeared on many albums by other musicians, including trumpeter Miles Davis