Maurice Roëves

Maurice Roëves

1937-03-19 – 2020-07-14 (age 83) Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UK
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Biography

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

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
The Last of the Mohicans

1992

as Colonel Munro

Judge Dredd
Judge Dredd

1995

as Warden Miller

The Eagle Has Landed
The Eagle Has Landed

1976

as Major Corcoran

Escape to Victory
Escape to Victory

1981

as Pyrie

Hallam Foe
Hallam Foe

2007

as Raymond

Macbeth
Macbeth

2015

as Menteith

Hidden Agenda
Hidden Agenda

1990

as Harris

David
David

1997

as Joab

The Damned United
The Damned United

2009

as Jimmy Gordon

When Eight Bells Toll
When Eight Bells Toll

1971

as Lt. Williams - Helicopter Pilot

Oh! What a Lovely War
Oh! What a Lovely War

1969

as George Smith

Who Dares Wins
Who Dares Wins

1982

as Major Steele

The Dark
The Dark

2005

as Dafydd

Young Winston
Young Winston

1972

as Brockie

S.O.S. Titanic
S.O.S. Titanic

1980

as Frederick Barrett, Leading Stoker

The Big Man
The Big Man

1990

as Cam Colvin

Fast Track: No Limits
Fast Track: No Limits

2008

as Schmitty

The Acid House
The Acid House

1998

as God

Harrigan
Harrigan

2013

as Billy Davidson

Beautiful Creatures
Beautiful Creatures

2000

as Ronnie McMinn