Gareth Thomas
ActingAlso Known As
Гарет Томас
Biography
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.
Movies
(30 total)
Quatermass and the Pit
as Workman (uncredited)
Juggernaut
as Liverpool Joiner
Waterland
as Publican
Sparrow
as Corrado
Mafia Junction
as Trenchcoated Detective (uncredited)
Made in Romania
as Gary Devane
Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
as Rev Denis Thomas
The Witch's Daughter
as Dan Mackay
Hamlet
as Claudius
Visitor from the Grave
as Richard/Gupta
Emlyn's Moon
as Idris Llewelyn
The Chestnut Soldier
as Idris Llewelyn
Bewitched
as Owen Bosworth
Morgan's Boy
as Morgan
Blasphemy at the Old Bailey
as G. Robertson
Possessions
as Inspector Sabworth
Stocker's Copper
as Herbert Griffin
Dummy Run
as Commentator
TV Shows
(40 total)
Torchwood
as Ed Morgan
Midsomer Murders
as Huw Mostyn
Sherlock Holmes
as Joseph Harrison
Casualty
as Jim Bailey
Hammer House of Horror
as Richard / Gupta
Tales of the Unexpected
as Telfer
Blake's 7
as Roj Blake
Heartbeat
as Nathaniel Clegghorn
Bergerac
as Towers
M.I. High
as Patrick Houston
Children of the Stones
as Adam Brake
Personal Affairs
as Leo Hartmann
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Achillas
Star Maidens
as Shem
Public Eye
as Briggs
Public Eye
as Tom Lewis