Gareth Thomas
Acting
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
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movieMade in Romania
2010
Gary Devane
tvPersonal Affairs
2009
Leo Hartmann
tvM.I. High
2007
Patrick Houston
tvTorchwood
2006
Ed Morgan
tvDistant Shores
2005
Charles McCallister
movieHamlet
2003
Claudius
movieHarold Shipman: Doctor Death
2002
Rev Denis Thomas
moviePossessions
2001
Inspector Sabworth
tvThe Strangerers
2000
Police Sergeant
tvMidsomer Murders
1997
Huw Mostyn
movieThe Witch's Daughter
1996
Dan Mackay
Crown Prosecutor
1995
Harry Thomsen
movieSparrow
1994
Corrado
movieWaterland
1992
Publican
tvHeartbeat
1992
Nathaniel Clegghorn
movieThe Chestnut Soldier
1991
Idris Llewelyn
movieEmlyn's Moon
1990
Idris Llewelyn
tvChelworth
1989
Peter Thornton
tvCasualty
1986
Jim Bailey
movieBlake's 7: Duel
1986
Roj Blake
movieBlake's 7: Orac
1986
Roj Blake
movieBlake's 7: The Beginning
1985
Roj Blake
tvMorgan's Boy
1984
Morgan Thomas
movieMorgan's Boy
1984
Morgan
tvSherlock Holmes
1984
Joseph Harrison
tvThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1984
Joseph Harrison
tvStrangers and Brothers
1984
Arthur Mounteney
tvDramarama
1983
Long John Silver
movieBewitched
1983
Owen Bosworth
tvShades of Darkness
1983
Owen Bosworth
tvThe Citadel
1983
Dr. Philip Denny
The Bell
1982
James Tayper Pace
tvBergerac
1981
Towers
tvPeter and Paul
1981
Julius
movieVisitor from the Grave
1980
Richard/Gupta
tvHammer House of Horror
1980
Richard / Gupta
Border Country
1979
Evan ap Evan
tvBlake's 7
1978
Roj Blake
movieBlasphemy at the Old Bailey
1977
G. Robertson
tvChildren of the Stones
1977
Adam Brake
tvVictorian Scandals
1976
William Makepeace Thackeray
tvHow Green Was My Valley
1975
Reverend Merddyn Gruffydd
tvShadows
1975
Benson
movieBreath
1975
Rodney Hamer
tvChurchill's People
1974
Laurence Kemys
tvDavid Copperfield
1974
Edward Murdstone
movieJuggernaut
1974
Liverpool Joiner
movieDummy Run
1974
Commentator
tvCentre Play
1973
Commentator
Sutherland's Law
1973
Alec Duthie
movieMafia Junction
1973
Trenchcoated Detective (uncredited)
The Watercress Girl
1972
Frank Oppidan
movieSutherland's Law
1972
Alec Duthie
tvCountry Matters
1972
Frank Oppidan
movieStocker's Copper
1972
Herbert Griffin
tvJustice
1971
Gordon Mostyn
tvParkin's Patch
1969
Ron Radley
movieQuatermass and the Pit
1967
Workman (uncredited)
tvITV Playhouse
1967
Schmidt / Aubrey Owen / The Carmarthen Cowboy
tvPublic Eye
1965
Briggs / Tom Lewis
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Achillas