Maurice Roëves
| Maurice Roëves | |
|---|---|
| Born |
John Maurice Roëves 19 March 1937 Sunderland, County Durham, England |
| Occupation | actor |
John Maurice Roëves (/ˈroʊ.iːvz/; born 19 March 1937) is an English-born Scottish actor.
Roëves was born in Sunderland, County Durham to French-Canadian parents, and moved to Scotland in 1945. His television roles include The Sweeney (1975), Danger UXB (1979), The Nightmare Man (1981), the 1984 Doctor Who serial The Caves of Androzani, Days of Our Lives (1986), North and South (1985), Tutti Frutti (1987), Rab C. Nesbitt (1990), The New Statesman (1990), Spender (1991), Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993), the BBC adaptation of Vanity Fair (1998), EastEnders (2003), A Touch of Frost (2003) and Skins (2008).
He also played Chief Superintendent David Duckenfield in the 1996 television film Hillsborough.
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. He appeared as a retired police superintendent in episode 3, 'Sorrow's Child', of TV drama, Southcliffe.
His film roles include Ulysses, Oh! What a Lovely War, A Day at the Beach, The Eagle Has Landed, Hidden Agenda, a major role as Colonel Munro in the 1992 version of The Last of the Mohicans, the first Judge Dredd film (1995), The Acid House and Beautiful Creatures.
In 2003 he appeared in May Miles Thomas's film Solid Air.[1]
Selected filmography
- The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966) - Martin
- Ulysses (1967) - Stephen Dedalus
- Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) - George Patrick Michael Smith
- When Eight Bells Toll (1971) - Lt. Williams - Helicopter Pilot
- A Day at the Beach (1972) - Nicholas
- Young Winston (1972) - Nicholas
- The Eagle Has Landed (1976) - Maj. Corcoran
- S.O.S. Titanic (1979) - Leading Stoker: Fred Barret
- Outland (1981) - First Victim (uncredited)
- Escape to Victory (1981) - Pyrie - The English
- Inside the Third Reich (1982) - Rudolf Hess
- Who Dares Wins (1982) - Maj. Steele
- North and South (1985) - Shain
- Hidden Agenda (1990) - Harris
- The Big Man (1990) - Cam Colvin
- The Last of the Mohicans (1992) - Col. Edmund Munro
- Judge Dredd (1995) - Miller
- Guardians (1996) - Sergeant Reed
- The Bible Collection (1997) - Joab
- The Acid House (1998) - God (segment "The Granton Star Cause") / Drunk (segment "A Soft Touch") / Priest (segment "The Acid House")
- Forgive and Forget (2000) - Michael O'Neil
- Beautiful Creatures (2000) - Ronnie McMinn
- Solid Air (2003) - Robert Houston
- The Dark (2005) - Dafydd
- Hallam Foe (2007) - Raymond
- Fast Track: No Limits (2008) - Schmitty
- The Damned United (2009) - Jimmy Gordon
- Brighton Rock (2010) - Chief Inspector
- Harrigan (2013) - Billy Davidson
- Luna (2014) - (Jacob) Doctor
- Macbeth (2015) - Menteith
References
- ↑ "IMDB entry for "Solid Air"". Retrieved 2008-09-06.