Gareth Thomas
Acting • Born 1945-02-12 – Died 2016-04-13
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.
Filmography
70 credits
Emlyn's Moon
Movie • 1990
Idris Llewelyn
The Chestnut Soldier
Movie • 1991
Idris Llewelyn
Sparrow
Movie • 1994
Corrado
Mafia Junction
Movie • 1973
Trenchcoated Detective (uncredited)
Made in Romania
Movie • 2010
Gary Devane
Bewitched
Movie • 1983
Owen Bosworth
Morgan's Boy
Movie • 1984
Morgan
Blasphemy at the Old Bailey
Movie • 1977
G. Robertson
Blake's Seven
Movie • 2018
Possessions
Movie • 2001
Inspector Sabworth
Stocker's Copper
Movie • 1972
Herbert Griffin
Dummy Run
Movie • 1974
Commentator
Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
Movie • 2002
Rev Denis Thomas
Hamlet
Movie • 2003
Claudius
Smokey Joe's Revenge
Movie • 1974
Juggernaut
Movie • 1974
Liverpool Joiner
Gotcha / Campion's Interview
Movie • 1977
Ton
Waterland
Movie • 1992
Publican
Breath
Movie • 1975
Rodney Hamer
The Ragman's Daughter
Movie • 1972
Tom
Visitor from the Grave
Movie • 1980
Richard/Gupta
Zigger Zagger
Movie • 1967
Quatermass and the Pit
Movie • 1967
Workman (uncredited)
The Witch's Daughter
Movie • 1996
Dan Mackay
Dogfood Dan and the Carmarthen Cowboy
Movie • 1982
Aubrey
The Watercress Girl
Movie • 1972
Frank Oppidan
Blake's 7: The Beginning
Movie • 1985
Roj Blake
Blake's 7: Duel
Movie • 1986
Roj Blake
Blake's 7: Orac
Movie • 1986
Roj Blake
Sutherland's Law
Movie • 1972
Alec Duthie
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Huw Mostyn
Torchwood
TV • 2006
Ed Morgan
Bergerac
TV • 1981
Towers
Blake's 7
TV • 1978
Distant Shores
TV • 2005
Charles McCallister
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Telfer
Taggart
TV • 1983
Star Maidens
TV • 1976
Shem
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Nathaniel Clegghorn
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
TV • 2000
Children of the Stones
TV • 1977
Adam Brake
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Achillas
Space Cadets
TV • 1997
Self
The Strangerers
TV • 2000
Police Sergeant
Play for Today
TV • 1970
The Citadel
TV • 1983
Dr. Philip Denny
Maigret
TV • 1992
Hammer House of Horror
TV • 1980
Richard / Gupta
The Bell
TV • 1982
James Tayper Pace
Sherlock Holmes
TV • 1984
Joseph Harrison
Blake's 7
TV • 1978
Roj Blake
Casualty
TV • 1986
Jim Bailey
Morgan's Boy
TV • 1984
Morgan Thomas
Justice
TV • 1971
Gordon Mostyn
Public Eye
TV • 1965
Briggs
Public Eye
TV • 1965
Tom Lewis
Peter and Paul
TV • 1981
Julius
Crown Prosecutor
TV • 1995
Harry Thomsen
David Copperfield
TV • 1974
Edward Murdstone
Shadows
TV • 1975
Benson
Churchill's People
TV • 1974
Laurence Kemys
Baddiel's Syndrome
TV • 2001
Colin
Sutherland's Law
TV • 1973
Alec Duthie
How Green Was My Valley
TV • 1975
Reverend Merddyn Gruffydd
Victorian Scandals
TV • 1976
William Makepeace Thackeray
Country Matters
TV • 1972
Frank Oppidan
Centre Play
TV • 1973
Commentator
The Sextet
TV • 1972
M.I. High
TV • 2007
Patrick Houston
Personal Affairs
TV • 2009
Leo Hartmann