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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 12, 1945
Died
April 13, 2016
Place of Birth
Wales, UK
Also Known As
- Гарет Томас
Gareth Thomas
0.3 Popularity
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.
Known For
0.0
Blake's Seven
2018
4.1
Gary Devane
Made in Romania
2010
6.2
M.I. High
2007
7.3
Ed Morgan
Torchwood
2006
6.5
Charles McCallister
Distant Shores
2005
3.0
Claudius
Hamlet
2003
6.7
Rev Denis Thomas
Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
2002
0.0
Inspector Sabworth
Possessions
2001
6.1
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
6.0
Police Sergeant
The Strangerers
2000
Credits
Blake's Seven
2018
0.0
Made in Romania
as Gary Devane
2010
4.1
M.I. High
2007
6.2
Torchwood
as Ed Morgan
2006
7.3
Distant Shores
as Charles McCallister
2005
6.5
Hamlet
as Claudius
2003
3.0
Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
as Rev Denis Thomas
2002
6.7
Possessions
as Inspector Sabworth
2001
0.0
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
6.1
The Strangerers
as Police Sergeant
2000
6.0
🎬
Space Cadets
as Self
1997
7.5
Midsomer Murders
as Huw Mostyn
1997
7.5
The Witch's Daughter
as Dan Mackay
1996
6.3
Sparrow
as Corrado
1994
7.4
Waterland
as Publican
1992
6.3
Heartbeat
as Nathaniel Clegghorn
1992
7.0
Maigret
1992
6.9
The Chestnut Soldier
as Idris Llewelyn
1991
7.0
Emlyn's Moon
as Idris Llewelyn
1990
7.0
Knights of God
1987
5.0
Casualty
as Jim Bailey
1986
6.1
🎬
Morgan's Boy
as Morgan Thomas
1984
0.0
Morgan's Boy
as Morgan
1984
0.0
Sherlock Holmes
as Joseph Harrison
1984
8.1
Taggart
1983
6.3
Bewitched
as Owen Bosworth
1983
0.0
The Citadel
as Dr. Philip Denny
1983
7.5
🎬
The Bell
as James Tayper Pace
1982
1.0
Bergerac
as Towers
1981
6.7
Peter and Paul
as Julius
1981
7.0
Visitor from the Grave
as Richard/Gupta
1980
1.0
Hammer House of Horror
as Richard / Gupta
1980
7.1
Tales of the Unexpected
as Telfer
1979
6.7
Blake's 7
1978
7.2
Blake's 7
as Roj Blake
1978
7.2
Blasphemy at the Old Bailey
as G. Robertson
1977
0.0
Gotcha / Campion's Interview
as Ton
1977
0.0
Children of the Stones
as Adam Brake
1977
6.6
Star Maidens
as Shem
1976
3.2
🎬
Victorian Scandals
1976
0.0
How Green Was My Valley
as Rev. Gruffydd
1975
6.5
Breath
as Rodney Hamer
1975
0.0
Juggernaut
as Liverpool Joiner
1974
6.2
Dummy Run
as Commentator
1974
0.0
🎬
Smokey Joe's Revenge
1974
0.0
🎬
Sutherland's Law
1973
9.0
Mafia Junction
as Trenchcoated Detective (uncredited)
1973
5.2
Stocker's Copper
as Herbert Griffin
1972
0.0
The Ragman's Daughter
as Tom
1972
3.7
Justice
as Gordon Mostyn
1971
6.0
Play for Today
1970
6.3
Special Branch
1969
4.3
Quatermass and the Pit
as Workman (uncredited)
1967
6.6
Zigger Zagger
1967
0.0
Public Eye
as Briggs
1965
7.8
Public Eye
as Tom Lewis
1965
7.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Achillas
1951
8.6