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Maurice Roëves

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Maurice Roëves

Born March 19, 1937 in Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UKDied July 14, 202046 films

John Maurice Roëves (19 March 1937 – 14 July 2020) was a British actor.

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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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The Last of the Mohicans posterFirst watchThe Last of the Mohicans19927.4as Colonel MunroIn war-torn colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native American allies, the aristocratic daughter of a British Colonel and her party are…View film

Essential films

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Escape to Victory poster6.9Escape to Victory1981The Damned United poster7.2The Damned United2009Macbeth poster6.4Macbeth2015Judge Dredd poster5.9Judge Dredd1995The Eagle Has Landed poster6.7The Eagle Has Landed1976Hallam Foe poster6.7Hallam Foe2007Hidden Agenda poster7.0Hidden Agenda1990The Dark poster5.7The Dark2005

Filmography

46 films as actor
  1. 2016Murder: The Third Voice
  2. 2015MacbethMenteith
  3. 2014Luna(Jacob) Doctor
  4. 2013HarriganBilly Davidson
  5. 2010Brighton RockChief Inspector
  6. 2009The Damned UnitedJimmy Gordon
  7. 2008Fast Track: No LimitsSchmitty
  8. 2007Hallam FoeRaymond
  9. 2005The DarkDafydd
  10. 2003Solid AirRobert Houston
  11. 2002FamilyKen
  12. 2000The SightDet. Pryce's boss
  13. 2000Beautiful CreaturesRonnie McMinn
  14. 2000Forgive and ForgetMichael O'Neil
  15. 1998The Acid HouseGod
  16. 1997DavidJoab
  17. 1996GuardiansSergeant Reed
  18. 1996HillsboroughChf Supt. Duckenfield
  19. 1995Judge DreddWarden Miller
  20. 1995919 Fifth AvenuePatrick
  21. 1994The NegotiatorEddie Gemonill
  22. 1992The Last of the MohicansColonel Munro
  23. 1990Hidden AgendaHarris
  24. 1990The Big ManCam Colvin
  25. 1988Unreported IncidentJack
  26. 1984Doctor Who: The Caves of AndrozaniStotz
  27. 1983Heather AnnJohn Lewis
  28. 1982Who Dares WinsMajor Steele
  29. 1981Escape to VictoryPyrie
  30. 1981The Nightmare ManInspector Inskip
  31. 1981The Journal of Bridget HitlerAdolf Hitler
  32. 1980S.O.S. TitanicFrederick Barrett, Leading Stoker
  33. 1980An Enemy of the PeopleCarmichael
  34. 1980Twelfth NightAntonio
  35. 1976The Eagle Has LandedMajor Corcoran
  36. 1976Willie RoughCharlie McGrath
  37. 1973The OperationTed Hardin
  38. 1972Young WinstonBrockie
  39. 1971OrkneyBill
  40. 1971When Eight Bells TollLt. Williams - Helicopter Pilot
  41. 1971Taste of EvilStephen Chambers
  42. 1970A Day at the BeachNicholas
  43. 1969Oh! What a Lovely WarGeorge Smith
  44. 1967UlyssesStephen Dedalus
  45. 1966The Fighting Prince of DonegalMartin
  46. 1966Cock, Hen and Courting PitIan Tiggott