Gareth Thomas

Known for ActingBorn 1945-02-12Died 2016-04-13Wales, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Victorian Scandals

The Sextet

Blake's 7: The Beginning

Love and Marriage

Sutherland's Law

Space Cadets

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Sutherland's Law

Sherlock Holmes

Emlyn's Moon

Public Eye

Gotcha / Campion's Interview

Stocker's Copper

The Citadel

Shades of Darkness

Midsomer Murders

Distant Shores

Torchwood

Sparrow

The Strangerers

Maigret

Heartbeat

Blake's 7

Justice

Peter and Paul

The Chestnut Soldier

Hammer House of Horror

Morgan's Boy

Strangers and Brothers

Dogfood Dan and the Carmarthen Cowboy

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

Smokey Joe's Revenge

Centre Play

Harold Shipman: Doctor Death

The Witch's Daughter

ITV Playhouse

Tales of the Unexpected

Bergerac

Shadows

How Green Was My Valley

Children of the Stones

Play for Today

Quatermass and the Pit

Taggart

Waterland

M.I. High

Casualty

Juggernaut