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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 19, 1937
Place of Birth:
Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UK
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Maurice Roëves
Biography
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Maurice Roëves is a Scottish actor, born in Sunderland, County Durham (now Tyne and Wear) on 19 March 1937.
His television roles include Danger UXB (1979), The Nightmare Man (1981), the 1984 Doctor Who serial The Caves of Androzani, Days of our Lives (1986), Tutti Frutti (1987), Rab C. Nesbitt (1990), The New Statesman (1990), Spender (1991), Star Trek: The Next Generation, the BBC adaptation of Vanity Fair (1998) and EastEnders (2003).
He also played Chief Superintendent David Duckenfield in the 1996 television film Hillsborough, in which his character patrolled the FA Cup semi-final in the Liverpool F.C. game where a crush (blame on loss of police control) led to the deaths of 96 fans.
In 2006 he starred in the BBC docudrama Surviving Disasters, portraying Sir Matt Busby in the story of the Munich air disaster.
He starred as Robert Henderson in BBC Scotland's drama River City.
His film roles include Oh! What a Lovely War, Ulysses, Hidden Agenda, the 1992 version of The Last of the Mohicans, the Judge Dredd movie (1995) and Beautiful Creatures (2000).
In 2003 he appeared in May Miles Thomas's film Solid Air.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Murder: The Third Voice | |
| 2015 | Macbeth | Menteith |
| 2014 | Luna | (Jacob) Doctor |
| 2013 | Harrigan | Billy Davidson |
| 2010 | Making The Last of the Mohicans | Self |
| 2010 | Brighton Rock | Chief Inspector |
| 2010 | Chain Reaction | |
| 2009 | The Damned United | Jimmy Gordon |
| 2008 | Fast Track: No Limits | Schmitty |
| 2007 | Hallam Foe | Raymond |
| 2005 | The Dark | Dafydd |
| 2003 | Solid Air | Robert Houston |
| 2002 | Family | Ken |
| 2000 | Beautiful Creatures | Ronnie McMinn |
| 2000 | Forgive and Forget | Michael O'Neil |
| 2000 | The Sight | Det. Pryce's boss |
| 1998 | The Acid House | God |
| 1997 | David | Joab |
| 1996 | Hillsborough | Chf Supt. Duckenfield |
| 1995 | Judge Dredd | Warden Miller |
| 1995 | 919 Fifth Avenue | Patrick |
| 1994 | The Negotiator | Eddie Gemonill |
| 1992 | The Last of the Mohicans | Colonel Munro |
| 1990 | Hidden Agenda | Harris |
| 1990 | The Big Man | Cam Colvin |
| 1988 | Unreported Incident | Jack |
| 1984 | Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani | Stotz |
| 1983 | Heather Ann | John Lewis |
| 1982 | Who Dares Wins | Major Steele |
| 1982 | Inside the Third Reich | Rudolf Hess |
| 1981 | The Journal of Bridget Hitler | Adolf Hitler |
| 1981 | The Nightmare Man | Inspector Inskip |
| 1981 | Escape to Victory | Pyrie |
| 1980 | S.O.S. Titanic | Frederick Barrett, Leading Stoker |
| 1980 | Twelfth Night | Antonio |
| 1976 | The Eagle Has Landed | Major Corcoran |
| 1976 | Willie Rough | Charlie McGrath |
| 1973 | The Operation | Ted Hardin |
| 1972 | Highlands | Narrator |
| 1972 | Young Winston | Brockie |
| 1971 | When Eight Bells Toll | Lt. Williams - Helicopter Pilot |
| 1971 | Orkney | Bill |
| 1970 | A Day at the Beach | Nicholas |
| 1969 | Oh! What a Lovely War | George Smith |
| 1968 | Mackintosh | |
| 1967 | Ulysses | Stephen Dedalus |
| 1966 | Cock, Hen and Courting Pit | Ian Tiggott |
| 1966 | The Fighting Prince of Donegal | Martin |
| Guardians | Sergeant Reed |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Case Histories | Ray |
| 2007 | Skins | Alex |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead | Vinnie Peverell |
| 1998 | Vanity Fair | |
| 1997 | Trial & Retribution | |
| 1997 | David | Joab |
| 1996 | Moses | Zerack |
| 1991 | Spender | Mal Balmer |
| 1990 | El C.I.D. | Charlie |
| 1989 | Baywatch | |
| 1988 | The Play on One | Jack Lawrence |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Romulan Captain |
| 1987 | Tutti Frutti | Vincent Diver |
| 1987 | The New Statesman | Ken Price |
| 1987 | Jake and the Fatman | Tattooist |
| 1986 | Casualty | Carl Jackson |
| 1985 | Lytton's Diary | Maxim |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Police Captain |
| 1984 | Hunter | Michael Mullenby |
| 1982 | Remington Steele | Angus Whitewood |
| 1982 | Cheers | Sean |
| 1981 | Bergerac | Vaccarro |
| 1981 | The Nightmare Man | Inspector Inskip |
| 1981 | The Chinese Detective | |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | Hopkins |
| 1979 | Danger UXB | Sergeant James |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Antonio |
| 1978 | Return of the Saint | Willcox |
| 1977 | Target | |
| 1975 | The Sweeney | Phil Deacon |
| 1975 | Rumpole of the Bailey | |
| 1975 | Oil Strike North | |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Adolf Hitler |
| 1973 | Warship | |
| 1972 | The Shadow of the Tower | |
| 1971 | Jason King | |
| 1970 | Doomwatch | Peter Shipton |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Ted Hardin |
| 1969 | Paul Temple | |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Stotz |
| 1962 | Dr. Finlay's Casebook |