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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1945-02-12 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Wales, UK

Gareth Thomas

Biography:

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.

Known For

Acting

2018

2010

Made in Romania as Gary Devane

2007

2006

Torchwood as Ed Morgan

2005

Distant Shores as Charles McCallister

2003

Hamlet as Claudius

2002

Harold Shipman: Doctor Death as Rev Denis Thomas

2001

Possessions as Inspector Sabworth

2000

1997

Midsomer Murders as Huw Mostyn
Space Cadets as Self

1996

The Witch's Daughter as Dan Mackay

1994

Sparrow as Corrado

1992

Waterland as Publican
Heartbeat as Nathaniel Clegghorn

1991

The Chestnut Soldier as Idris Llewelyn

1990

Emlyn's Moon as Idris Llewelyn

1987

1986

Casualty as Jim Bailey

1984

Morgan's Boy as Morgan
Sherlock Holmes as Joseph Harrison
Morgan's Boy as Morgan Thomas

1983

Bewitched as Owen Bosworth
The Citadel as Dr. Philip Denny

1982

The Bell as James Tayper Pace

1981

Bergerac as Towers
Peter and Paul as Julius

1980

Visitor from the Grave as Richard/Gupta
Hammer House of Horror as Richard / Gupta

1979

1978

Blake's 7 as Roj Blake

1977

1976

1975

Breath as Rodney Hamer
How Green Was My Valley as Rev. Gruffydd

1974

Dummy Run as Commentator
Juggernaut as Liverpool Joiner

1973

Mafia Junction as Trenchcoated Detective (uncredited)

1972

Stocker's Copper as Herbert Griffin

1971

Justice as Gordon Mostyn

1970

1969

1967

Quatermass and the Pit as Workman (uncredited)

1965

Public Eye as Briggs
Public Eye as Tom Lewis

1951