Gareth Thomas
Acting
Born 1945-02-12
Died 2016-04-13
Wales, UK
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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.
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Acting
55 credits
Midsomer Murders
Casualty
Sherlock Holmes
Heartbeat
Bergerac
Tales of the Unexpected
Torchwood
ITV Playhouse
Blake's 7
M.I. High
Justice
Public Eye
Churchill's People
Centre Play
Hammer House of Horror
Dramarama
Shadows
Country Matters
Crown Prosecutor
Juggernaut
Sutherland's Law
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Love and Marriage
Personal Affairs
Peter and Paul
Shades of Darkness
Star Maidens
Victorian Scandals
How Green Was My Valley
Quatermass and the Pit
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Space Cadets
The Strangerers
Distant Shores
Morgan's Boy
David Copperfield
Children of the Stones
Strangers and Brothers
Baddiel's Syndrome
The Citadel
Waterland
The Bell
Sparrow
Breath
Hamlet
Parkin's Patch
Border Country
Possessions
Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
Made in Romania
Blake's 7: Orac
Blake's 7: Duel
Chelworth
Sutherland's Law
Mafia Junction
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