Gareth Thomas
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 12, 1945
- Died
- Apr 13, 2016 (aged 71)
- Place of birth
- Wales, UK
- Credits
- 77
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
Filmography
Blake's Seven
2018Movie
Made in Romania
2010Movie
Gary Devane
Personal Affairs
2009TV
Leo Hartmann
M.I. High
2007TV
Patrick Houston
Torchwood
2006TV
Ed Morgan
Distant Shores
2005TV
Charles McCallister
Hamlet
2003Movie
Claudius
Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
2002Movie
Rev Denis Thomas
Possessions
2001Movie
Inspector Sabworth
Baddiel's Syndrome
2001TV
Colin
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000TV
The Strangerers
2000TV
Police Sergeant
Space Cadets
1997TV
Self
Midsomer Murders
1997TV
Huw Mostyn
The Witch's Daughter
1996Movie
Dan Mackay
Crown Prosecutor
1995TV
Harry Thomsen
Sparrow
1994Movie
Corrado
Waterland
1992Movie
Publican
Heartbeat
1992TV
Nathaniel Clegghorn
Maigret
1992TV
The Chestnut Soldier
1991Movie
Idris Llewelyn
Emlyn's Moon
1990Movie
Idris Llewelyn
Chelworth
1989TV
Peter Thornton
Casualty
1986TV
Jim Bailey
Blake's 7: Duel
1986Movie
Roj Blake
Blake's 7: Orac
1986Movie
Roj Blake
Blake's 7: The Beginning
1985Movie
Roj Blake
Morgan's Boy
1984TV
Morgan Thomas
Morgan's Boy
1984Movie
Morgan
Sherlock Holmes
1984TV
Joseph Harrison
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1984TV
Joseph Harrison
Strangers and Brothers
1984TV
Arthur Mounteney
Love and Marriage
1984TV
Stephen
Dramarama
1983TV
Long John Silver
Taggart
1983TV
Bewitched
1983Movie
Owen Bosworth
Shades of Darkness
1983TV
Owen Bosworth
The Citadel
1983TV
Dr. Philip Denny
Dogfood Dan and the Carmarthen Cowboy
1982Movie
Aubrey
The Bell
1982TV
James Tayper Pace
Bergerac
1981TV
Towers
Peter and Paul
1981TV
Julius
Visitor from the Grave
1980Movie
Richard/Gupta
Hammer House of Horror
1980TV
Richard / Gupta
Border Country
1979TV
Evan ap Evan
Tales of the Unexpected
1979TV
Telfer
Blake's 7
1978TV
Roj Blake
Blasphemy at the Old Bailey
1977Movie
G. Robertson
Gotcha / Campion's Interview
1977Movie
Ton
Children of the Stones
1977TV
Adam Brake
Star Maidens
1976TV
Shem
Victorian Scandals
1976TV
William Makepeace Thackeray
How Green Was My Valley
1975TV
Reverend Merddyn Gruffydd
Shadows
1975TV
Benson
Breath
1975Movie
Rodney Hamer
Churchill's People
1974TV
Laurence Kemys
David Copperfield
1974TV
Edward Murdstone
Juggernaut
1974Movie
Liverpool Joiner
Dummy Run
1974Movie
Commentator
Smokey Joe's Revenge
1974Movie
P.C. Grundy
Centre Play
1973TV
Commentator
Sutherland's Law
1973TV
Alec Duthie
Mafia Junction
1973Movie
Trenchcoated Detective (uncredited)
The Watercress Girl
1972Movie
Frank Oppidan
Sutherland's Law
1972Movie
Alec Duthie
Country Matters
1972TV
Frank Oppidan
The Sextet
1972TV
Stocker's Copper
1972Movie
Herbert Griffin
The Ragman's Daughter
1972Movie
Tom
Justice
1971TV
Gordon Mostyn
Play for Today
1970TV
Parkin's Patch
1969TV
Ron Radley
Quatermass and the Pit
1967Movie
Workman (uncredited)
Zigger Zagger
1967Movie
ITV Playhouse
1967TV
Schmidt, Aubrey Owen / The Carmarthen Cowboy
Public Eye
1965TV
Briggs, Tom Lewis
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Achillas