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Maurice Roëves
Born: 19th Mar 1937 Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UK - Died 14th Jul 2020
Dept: Acting
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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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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 92
Film: 50 (54%)
Television: 42 (46%)
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Filmography
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Jim Reed, a detective, investigates a case of alleged child abuse. But remaining psychologically detached proves difficult. Soon, Jim finds himself qu ... view
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Sergeant Reed
2016
When Rafe Carey’s body is washed up by the River Tweed, it looks like he’s drowned in a tragic accident on a day of extreme weather. He and his br ... view
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2015
Feature film adaptation of Shakespeare's Scottish play about General Macbeth whose ambitious wife urges him to use wicked means in order to gain power ... view
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Menteith
2014
Renowned artist and filmmaker Dave McKean (MirrorMask) brings his distinctive blend of live action and gorgeously wrought animation to this dreamlike ... view
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(Jacob) Doctor
2013
Amongst the desperation and fear growing in a crime ridden estate in northern England, one man becomes embroiled into saving what community life exist ... view
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Billy Davidson
Jun 2011 (first aired)
Case Histories is a British drama television series based on the Jackson Brodie detective novels by Kate Atkinson. It stars Jason Isaacs as Jackson Br ... view
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Ray (1 ep.)
2010
The cast and crew of The Caves of Androzani look back on the making of a legendary story. ... view
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2010
Interviews with the cast and crew of the 1992 Michael Mann film. ... view
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Self
2010
Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish. ... view
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Chief Inspector
2009
Taking over Leeds United, Brian Clough's abrasive approach and his clear dislike of the players' dirty style of play make it certain there is going to ... view
Character:
Jimmy Gordon
2008
Four young thrill-seekers (Erin Cahill, Andrew Walker, Alexia Barlier) race cars on the streets of Germany. ... view
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Schmitty
2007
Hallam's talent for spying on people reveals his darkest fears-and his most peculiar desires. Driven to expose the true cause of his mother's death, h ... view
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Raymond
Jan 2007 (first aired)
Irreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable lows of a group of raucous teenage friends in Bristol. ... view
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Alex (1 ep.)
2005
In an attempt to pull her family together, Adèlle travels with her young daughter Sarah to Wales to visit her father. The morning after they arrive, ... view
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Dafydd
2003
Seeking refuge, compulsive gambler Robert Houston Junior comes home to his estranged father, Robert Senior. Discovering a lapsed compensation claim fo ... view
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Robert Houston
2002
Marion loses her job as a psychiatric nurse, but cannot let go of her responsibility for former patient, Thomas. When he goes on the run, Marion sets ... view
Character:
Ken
Jun 2001 (first aired)
A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases. ... view
Character:
Vinnie Peverell (2 ep.)
2000
The American successful architect Michael Lewis travels to London with his partner and friend, the builder Jake, to refurbish an old hotel. Michael is ... view
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Det. Pryce's boss
2000
When Petula and Dorothy cover up the accidental murder of one jerk boyfriend, they hatch a hilarious scheme to collect a huge ransom. ... view
Character:
Ronnie McMinn
2000
David O'Neil, a plasterer and mature student Theo have been best mates for fourteen years and are practically inseparable. However, their friendship h ... view
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Michael O'Neil
1998
A surreal triptych adapted by "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh from his acclaimed collection of short stories. Combining a vicious sense of humor w ... view
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God
Nov 1998 (first aired)
In early 19th-century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society. ... view
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Captain MacMurdo (1 ep.)
Oct 1997 (first aired)
Trial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police procedural television drama series that began in 1997. It was devised and written by Lynda La Plant ... view
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Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Apr 1997 (first aired)
The tribes of Israel need to defeat the superior might of the Philistines: "Now appoint a king to lead us, such as all the other nations have." (I Sam ... view
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Joab (2 ep.)
1997
A distinguished military leader whose reign was touched by great scandal, shocking betrayals and rousing victories. A simple shepherd boy chosen to be ... view
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Joab
1996
Drama based on the real life events of April 1989, when ninety-six Liverpool supporters were crushed to death during an F.A. Cup Semi-Final match agai ... view
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Chf Supt. Duckenfield
Apr 1996 (first aired)
An ordinary man is called upon by God to do the impossible in this lovingly told production of the Old Testament story. When the Pharaoh of Egypt begi ... view
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Zerack (2 ep.)
1995
In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is convicted for a crime he did not commit while his m ... view
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Warden Miller
1995
When Ben Constant agreed to write a biography on the wealthy Van Degan family, he never suspected the depth of scandal and intrigue surrounding them. ... view
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Patrick
1994
A serious heart condition puts an end to Charlie King's job as a "street copper", but he refuses the offer of a desk job and a promotion. When a secre ... view
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Eddie Gemonill
1992
In war-torn colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native American allies, the aristocratic daughter of a B ... view
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Colonel Munro
Jan 1991 (first aired)
Jimmy Nail plays tough cop Spender, forced to return to his native Newcastle after a failed undercover operation in London. He uses tough and unconven ... view
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Mal Balmer (1 ep.)
1990
In Ireland, American lawyer Ingrid Jessner and her activist partner, Paul Sullivan, struggle to uncover atrocities committed by the British government ... view
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Harris
1990
An unemployed Scottish miner is forced into bare-knuckle boxing to make ends meet. ... view
Character:
Cam Colvin
Feb 1990 (first aired)
Two British police officers uproot themselves and move to Spain. They watch ex-pat British mobsters. ... view
Character:
Charlie (1 ep.)
Apr 1989 (first aired)
Join the Baywatch lifeguards on their thrilling adventures filled with beautiful beaches and those iconic red swimsuits. ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1988
Jack Lawrence and Jimmy Dunne were once, briefly, enemies at opposite ends of a gun on the Irish border; now their lives have become inextricably mixe ... view
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Jack
Jan 1988 (first aired)
A series of plays specially written for television. ... view
Character:
Jack Lawrence (1 ep.)
Sep 1987 (first aired)
Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new world ... view
Character:
Romulan Captain (1 ep.)
Sep 1987 (first aired)
Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. ... view
Character:
Tattooist (1 ep.)
Sep 1987 (first aired)
The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time. ... view
Character:
Ken Price (1 ep.)
Mar 1987 (first aired)
Trouble ensues for the Majestics, Scotland's "Kings of Rock", when a good-looking redhead joins the band on tour. ... view
Character:
Vincent Diver (6 ep.)
Sep 1986 (first aired)
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional ... view
Character:
Carl Jackson (2 ep.)
Jan 1985 (first aired)
Lytton's Diary is a 1985–86 British comedy-drama programme created and written by Peter Bowles and Philip Broadley. Produced by Thames Television fo ... view
Character:
Maxim (1 ep.)
Sep 1984 (first aired)
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases. ... view
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Police Captain (1 ep.)
Sep 1984 (first aired)
Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. D ... view
Character:
Michael Mullenby (1 ep.)
1984
Arriving on the barren world of Androzani Minor, the Doctor and Peri find themselves embroiled in a long running, literal underground war. At the hear ... view
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Stotz
1983
Cornish fisherman John Lewis is waiting for a stroke of luck which will give him the money to pay his debts and rid himself of his wife and his trawle ... view
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John Lewis
Oct 1982 (first aired)
Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solv ... view
Character:
Angus Whitewood (1 ep.)
Sep 1982 (first aired)
The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and wonderful people who worked and drank there. ... view
Character:
Sean (1 ep.)
1982
When SAS Captain Peter Skellen is thrown out of the service for gross misconduct due to unnecessary violence and bullying, he is soon recruited by The ... view
Character:
Major Steele
May 1982 (first aired)
A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler’s young architect and onetime confidant, and his meteoric rise into the Nazi hierarchy. Based up ... view
Character:
Rudolf Hess (2 ep.)
Oct 1981 (first aired)
Jim Bergerac is a detective sergeant in The Foreigners Office who likes to do things his own way.
While dealing with his own personal demons Bergerac ... view
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Vaccarro (1 ep.)
1981
A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of prisoners ... view
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Pyrie
May 1981 (first aired)
The population of a small Scottish island is gripped with fear following a strange discovery and a series of savage murders. Adapted from David Wiltsh ... view
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Inspector Inskip (4 ep.)
1981
A heavy fog cuts the small isolated Scottish island off from the mainland, and dentist Michael Gaffikin has just discovered a dismembered corpse on th ... view
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Inspector Inskip
Apr 1981 (first aired)
Chinese British Detective Sergeant John Ho solves cases in the East End of London. Ho fits the pattern of the maverick detective, prepared to use unor ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1981
An Irishwoman married to a German in pre-First World War Liverpool prepares to meet her brother-in-law – a young man named Adolf Hitler. Years later ... view
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Adolf Hitler
Dec 1980 (first aired)
A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar ... view
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Hopkins (1 ep.)
1980
The Titanic disaster as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board. ... view
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Frederick Barrett, Leading Stoker
1980
Ibsen wrote An Enemy of the People as a direct response to the public's outcry over his earlier play Ghosts. Channeling his feelings into on Dr. Stock ... view
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Carmichael
1980
Viola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises herself like her brother and goes into ... view
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Antonio
Jan 1979 (first aired)
Danger UXB is a 1979 British television series developed by John Hawkesworth and starring Anthony Andrews as Lieutenant Brian Ash, an officer in the R ... view
Character:
Sergeant James (13 ep.)
Sep 1978 (first aired)
Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts. ... view
Character:
Willcox (1 ep.)
Sep 1977 (first aired)
A crime drama set in Southampton following a team of detectives and the cases they solve. ... view
Character:
Harry Skeats (1 ep.)
1976
When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious sc ... view
Character:
Major Corcoran
1976
In the dark days of 1914 Willie Rough set out to find work in Greenock. He becomes a shipbuilding shop steward and soon finds himself involved in a bi ... view
Character:
Charlie McGrath
Dec 1975 (first aired)
Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Hor ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Aug 1975 (first aired)
Oil Strike North is a BBC television drama series produced in 1975.
The series was created and produced by Gerard Glaister and dealt with life on Nel ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (3 ep.)
Jan 1975 (first aired)
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter. ... view
Character:
Phil Deacon (1 ep.)
Mar 1974 (first aired)
A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC. ... view
Character:
Adolf Hitler (1 ep.)
Jun 1973 (first aired)
Written and filmed to reflect the reality of life in the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines in the 1970s, most stories focus on the Captain and his fell ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1973
David Adler is an operator. He strips assets, other men's wives, and his oldest friend's soul - anything for a cool million. ... view
Character:
Ted Hardin
1972
This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his time as a war corres ... view
Character:
Brockie
Sep 1971 (first aired)
Jason King - a suavely sophisticated former secret agent turned novelist - travels the world searching for material to fill his books, encountering an ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1971
Three stories reflecting life in the Orkney Islands, two set in the past, and one in the present. ... view
Character:
Bill
1971
Phillip Calvert is a British Treasury secret service agent assigned to stop the ruthless pirating of millions in gold bullion off the western coast of ... view
Character:
Lt. Williams - Helicopter Pilot
1971
Stephen Chambers, a new master of Warby Stones school for the 'ultra-intelligent boys', finds strange things happening to him. Reason tells him that t ... view
Character:
Stephen Chambers
Oct 1970 (first aired)
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more tha ... view
Character:
Ted Hardin (1 ep.)
Bill - A Time to Keep (1 ep.)
1970
Bernie is a silver tongued wanderer with a fondness for drink and no clear goal in life. What was supposed to be a day of fun at the seaside turns to ... view
Character:
Nicholas
Feb 1970 (first aired)
Doomwatch is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, which ran on BBC 1 between 1970 and 1972. The series was set in the t ... view
Character:
Peter Shipton (1 ep.)
Nov 1969 (first aired)
Paul Temple is a British-German television series . It features Francis Matthews as Paul Temple, the fictional detective created by Francis Durbridge, ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1969
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the five boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfa ... view
Character:
George Smith
1968
The life and work of the Scottish architect and artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh. ... view
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1967
Dublin; June 16, 1904. Stephen Dedalus, who fancies himself as a poet, embarks on a day of wandering about the city during which he finds friendship a ... view
Character:
Stephen Dedalus
1966
Ireland 1587. Hugh O'Donnell inherits the title of The O'Donnell, the prince of Donegal, and tries to unite Ireland to make war on England. But then H ... view
Character:
Martin
1966
A couple revisit a past love affair when they meet again ten years later. ... view
Character:
Ian Tiggott
Oct 1965 (first aired)
Out of the Unknown is a British television science fiction anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in four series between 19 ... view
Character:
Stephen Chambers (1 ep.)
Nov 1963 (first aired)
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling ... view
Character:
Stotz (4 ep.)
Aug 1962 (first aired)
Dr Finlay's Casebook is a BBC television series that was broadcast from 1962 until 1971. Based on A. J. Cronin's novella Country Doctor, the storyline ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Jul 1955 (first aired)
Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities of police officers at a fictional Metropolitan Police station in the East End ... view
Character:
Richard Bennett (1 ep.)