Maurice Roëves
Actor
- Born
- March 19, 1937 · Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UK
- Died
- July 14, 2020 (age 83)
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).
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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
The Last of the Mohicans
August 26, 1992
Judge Dredd
June 30, 1995
Macbeth
September 22, 2015
Escape to Victory
June 17, 1981
The Damned United
March 27, 2009
The Eagle Has Landed
December 24, 1976
The Dark
September 28, 2005
Hallam Foe
August 30, 2007
The Acid House
December 31, 1998
Hidden Agenda
November 21, 1990
Brighton Rock
September 13, 2010
Beautiful Creatures
August 23, 2000
Acting50
- 2016Murder: The Third Voice
- 2015Macbeth as Menteith
- 2014Luna as (Jacob) Doctor
- 2013Harrigan as Billy Davidson
- 2010Chain Reaction
- 2010Making The Last of the Mohicans as Self
- 2010Brighton Rock as Chief Inspector
- 2009The Damned United as Jimmy Gordon
- 2008Fast Track: No Limits as Schmitty
- 2007Hallam Foe as Raymond
- 2005