Maurice Roëves

John Maurice Roëves
Born	March 19, 1937 (1937-03-19)
Occupation	actor

John Maurice Roëves ( /ˈroʊ.iːvz/ ROH-eevz) is a British actor, born in Sunderland, County Durham on 19 March 1937.

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 (blamed on loss of police control) led to the deaths of 96 fans.[1]

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.

His film roles include Oh! What a Lovely War, Ulysses, Hidden Agenda, the 1992 version of The Last of the Mohicans, the Judge Dredd movie (1995) and Beautiful Creatures (2000).

In 2003 he appeared in May Miles Thomas's film Solid Air.

Selected filmography

• The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966)
• Ulysses (1967)
• Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
• A Day at the Beach (1970)
• When Eight Bells Toll (1971)
• Young Winston (1972)
• The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
• Escape to Victory (1981)
• Who Dares Wins (1982)
• Hidden Agenda (1990)
• The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
• Judge Dredd (1995)
• Beautiful Creatures (2000)
• Hallam Foe (2007)
• The Damned United (2009)

External links

• Maurice Roëves at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
• Maurice Roëves at the Internet Movie Database