Maurice Roëves
Acting

Maurice Roëves

Born 19 March 1937 · Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UK · Died 14 July 2020

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.

Known for

The Last of the Mohicans
Judge Dredd
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Macbeth
Skins
Escape to Victory
The Damned United
Doctor Who
Cheers
Baywatch
Murder, She Wrote
Magnum, P.I.
Macbeth
Luna
Harrigan
Brighton Rock
The Damned United
Fast Track: No Limits
Hallam Foe
The Dark
Solid Air
Family
Beautiful Creatures
Forgive and Forget
The Sight
The Acid House
David
Hillsborough
Judge Dredd
919 Fifth Avenue
The Negotiator
The Last of the Mohicans
Hidden Agenda
The Big Man
Unreported Incident
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
Heather Ann
Who Dares Wins
The Journal of Bridget Hitler
The Nightmare Man
Escape to Victory
S.O.S. Titanic
Twelfth Night
An Enemy of the People
The Eagle Has Landed
Willie Rough
The Operation
Young Winston
When Eight Bells Toll
Orkney
Taste of Evil
A Day at the Beach
Oh! What a Lovely War
Ulysses
Cock, Hen and Courting Pit
The Fighting Prince of Donegal
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