Maurice Roëves

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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Filmography (96 Appearances)

Murder: The Third Voice

2016

Macbeth

2015

Luna

2014

Harrigan

2013

Case Histories

2011

Chain Reaction

2010

Making The Last of the Mohicans

2010

Brighton Rock

2010

The Damned United

2009

Fast Track: No Limits

2008

Hallam Foe

2007

Skins

2007

The Dark

2005

Solid Air

2003

Family

2002

Waking the Dead

2001

The Sight

2000

Beautiful Creatures

2000

Forgive and Forget

2000

The Acid House

1998

Vanity Fair

1998

David

1997

David

1997

Guardians

1996

Hillsborough

1996

Moses

1996

Judge Dredd

1995

919 Fifth Avenue

1995

The Negotiator

1994

A Touch of Frost

1992

The Last of the Mohicans

1992

Spender

1991

Hidden Agenda

1990

The Big Man

1990

El C.I.D.

1990

Baywatch

1989

Unreported Incident

1988

The Play on One

1988

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987

Jake and the Fatman

1987

The New Statesman

1987

Tutti Frutti

1987

Casualty

1986

Lytton's Diary

1985

Murder, She Wrote

1984

Hunter

1984

Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani

1984

Heather Ann

1983

Remington Steele

1982

Cheers

1982

Who Dares Wins

1982

Inside the Third Reich

1982

Bergerac

1981

Escape to Victory

1981

The Nightmare Man

1981

The Nightmare Man

1981

The Chinese Detective

1981

The Journal of Bridget Hitler

1981

Magnum, P.I.

1980

S.O.S. Titanic

1980

An Enemy of the People

1980

Twelfth Night

1980

Danger UXB

1979

Return of the Saint

1978

Target

1977

The Eagle Has Landed

1976

Willie Rough

1976

Rumpole of the Bailey

1975

Oil Strike North

1975

The Sweeney

1975

Playhouse

1974

Warship

1973

Scotch on the Rocks

1973

The Operation

1973

Young Winston

1972

The Scobie Man

1972

Highlands

1972

Jason King

1971

Orkney

1971

When Eight Bells Toll

1971

Taste of Evil

1971

Play for Today

1970

Confession

1970

A Day at the Beach

1970

Doomwatch

1970

Paul Temple

1969

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969

Mackintosh

1968

Ulysses

1967

The Fighting Prince of Donegal

1966

Cock, Hen and Courting Pit

1966 Debut

Out of the Unknown

1965

The Wednesday Play

1964

Doctor Who

1963

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

1962

Dixon of Dock Green

1955
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