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Gareth Thomas

Born 1945-02-12
Died 2016-04-13
📍 Wales, UK

From Wikipedia

Gareth Daniel Thomas (12 February 1945 – 13 April 2016) was a Welsh actor. He is best known for his role as Roj Blake in the BBC science fiction television series Blake's 7, but appeared in many other films and television programmes, including Shem in the ITV sci-fi series Star Maidens and Adam Brake in the fantasy series Children of the Stones.

From 1999 to 2005, Thomas took part in 12 of 14 CD episodes of MJTV's original audio comedy sci-fi drama series Soldiers of Love, playing camp Welsh TV host Hywel Hammond and villain of the piece Aaron Arkenstein.

In 2001 he appeared in Storm Warning, an audio drama based on Doctor Who by Big Finish Productions. He also played the part of Kalendorf in the Big Finish Productions Dalek Empire series. In 2006 he appeared as a guest star in the Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood, in the episode "Ghost Machine". In 2012, Thomas returned to the role of "Roj Blake" in Big Finish Productions' Blake's 7: The Liberator Chronicles, a series of dramatic readings which take place during Series One before the death of Olag Gan. Thomas stars as "Blake" in Counterfeit by Peter Anghelides and False Positive by Eddie Robson. In 2013 he appeared as Brother Cadfael in Middle Ground Theatre Company's adaption of The Virgin in the Ice by Ellis Peters.

Thomas died of heart failure on 13 April 2016, he was 71.

Filmography 66

Blake's Seven
2018
Made in Romania
as Gary Devane
2010
Personal Affairs
as Leo Hartmann
2009
M.I. High
as Patrick Houston
2007
Torchwood
as Ed Morgan
2006
Distant Shores
as Charles McCallister
2005
Hamlet
as Claudius
2003
Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
as Rev Denis Thomas
2002
Possessions
as Inspector Sabworth
2001
Baddiel's Syndrome
as Colin
2001
The Strangerers
as Police Sergeant
2000
Midsomer Murders
as Huw Mostyn
1997
The Witch's Daughter
as Dan Mackay
1996
Sparrow
as Corrado
1994
Waterland
as Publican
1992
Heartbeat
as Nathaniel Clegghorn
1992
Maigret
1992
The Chestnut Soldier
as Idris Llewelyn
1991
Emlyn's Moon
as Idris Llewelyn
1990
Casualty
as Jim Bailey
1986
Blake's 7: Duel
as Roj Blake
1986
Blake's 7: Orac
as Roj Blake
1986
Blake's 7: The Beginning
as Roj Blake
1985
Morgan's Boy
as Morgan Thomas
1984
Morgan's Boy
as Morgan
1984
Sherlock Holmes
as Joseph Harrison
1984
Strangers and Brothers
as Arthur Mounteney
1984
Taggart
1983
Bewitched
as Owen Bosworth
1983
The Citadel
as Dr. Philip Denny
1983
Bergerac
as Towers
1981
Peter and Paul
as Julius
1981
Visitor from the Grave
as Richard/Gupta
1980
Hammer House of Horror
as Richard / Gupta
1980
Tales of the Unexpected
as Telfer
1979
Blake's 7
1978
Blake's 7
as Roj Blake
1978
Blasphemy at the Old Bailey
as G. Robertson
1977
Gotcha / Campion's Interview
as Ton
1977
Children of the Stones
as Adam Brake
1977
Star Maidens
as Shem
1976
Victorian Scandals
as William Makepeace Thackeray
1976
How Green Was My Valley
as Reverend Merddyn Gruffydd
1975
Shadows
as Benson
1975
Breath
as Rodney Hamer
1975
Churchill's People
as Laurence Kemys
1974
David Copperfield
as Edward Murdstone
1974
Juggernaut
as Liverpool Joiner
1974
Dummy Run
as Commentator
1974
Smokey Joe's Revenge
1974
Centre Play
as Commentator
1973
Mafia Junction
as Trenchcoated Detective (uncredited)
1973
Sutherland's Law
as Alec Duthie
1972
Country Matters
as Frank Oppidan
1972
The Sextet
1972
Stocker's Copper
as Herbert Griffin
1972
The Ragman's Daughter
as Tom
1972
Justice
as Gordon Mostyn
1971
Play for Today
1970
Quatermass and the Pit
as Workman (uncredited)
1967
Zigger Zagger
1967
ITV Playhouse
as Schmidt
1967
ITV Playhouse
as Aubrey Owen / The Carmarthen Cowboy
1967
Public Eye
as Briggs
1965
Public Eye
as Tom Lewis
1965
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Achillas
1951