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Maurice Roëves

Acting

Born March 19, 1937 · Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UK

Died July 14, 2020

Also known as Maurice Roëves · John Maurice Roëves

Biography

John Maurice Roëves was a British actor. He appeared in over 120 film and television roles, in both the United Kingdom and the United States. His breakthrough performance was as Stephen Dedalus in the 1967 film adaptation of James Joyce's Ulysses. He was a regular fixture on BBC and BBC Scotland programmes, often portraying what The Guardian called "tough guys, steely villains or stalwart military figures with directness, authenticity and spiky energy".

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Filmography36 titles

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987as Romulan Captain

Skins

2007as Alex

The Sweeney

1975as Phil Deacon

Doctor Who

1963as Stotz

Case Histories

2011as Ray

Cheers

1982as Sean

A Touch of Frost

1992as Stuart Mackintosh

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Police Captain

The Last of the Mohicans

1992as Colonel Munro

The New Statesman

1987as Ken Price

Magnum, P.I.

1980as Hopkins

The Damned United

2009as Jimmy Gordon

Waking the Dead

2001as Vinnie Peverell

Hunter

1984as Michael Mullenby

Remington Steele

1982as Angus Whitewood

Rumpole of the Bailey

1975as Clive Clympton

Hidden Agenda

1990as Harris

Victory

1981as Pyrie

Hallam Foe

2007as Raymond

Bergerac

1981as Vaccarro

The Eagle Has Landed

1976as Major Corcoran

Luna

2014as (Jacob) Doctor

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969as George Smith

Macbeth

2015as Menteith

The Acid House

1998as God

The Final Option

1982as Major Steele

Casualty

1986as Carl Jackson

Young Winston

1972as Brockie

Baywatch

1989

S.O.S. Titanic

1980as Frederick Barrett, Leading Stoker

Judge Dredd

1995as Warden Miller

Brighton Rock

2010as Chief Inspector

The Dark

2005as Dafydd

When Eight Bells Toll

1971as Lt. Williams - Helicopter Pilot

Beautiful Creatures

2000as Ronnie McMinn

The Fighting Prince of Donegal

1966as Martin