Maurice Roëves
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Maurice Roëves is a Scottish actor, born in Sunderland, County Durham (now Tyne and Wear) 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 (blame on loss of police control) led to the deaths of 96 fans.
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.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.0507 |
| Birthday | 1937-03-19 |
| Place of Birth | Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Maurice Roëves, John Maurice Roëves, |
2005
The Dark
5.691/291
In an attempt to pull her family together, Adèlle travels with her young daughter Sarah to Wales to visit her father. The morning after they arrive, S...
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The Dark
2007
Hallam Foe
6.645/183
Hallam's talent for spying on people reveals his darkest fears-and his most peculiar desires. Driven to expose the true cause of his mother's death, h...
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Hallam Foe
1997
David
6.532/63
A distinguished military leader whose reign was touched by great scandal, shocking betrayals and rousing victories. A simple shepherd boy chosen to be...
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David
1969
Oh! What a Lovely War
6.7/49
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the five boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfa...
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Oh! What a Lovely War
1976
The Eagle Has Landed
6.629/372
When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious sc...
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The Eagle Has Landed
2009
The Damned United
7.231/680
Taking over Leeds United, Brian Clough's abrasive approach and his clear dislike of the players' dirty style of play make it certain there is going to...
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The Damned United
2010
Making The Last of the Mohicans
0/0
Interviews with the cast and crew of the 1992 Michael Mann film.
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Making The Last of the Mohicans
1998
The Acid House
6.256/133
A surreal triptych adapted by "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh from his acclaimed collection of short stories. Combining a vicious sense of humor w...
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The Acid House
1995
Judge Dredd
5.845/2676
In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is convicted for a crime he did not commit while his m...
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Judge Dredd
1992
The Last of the Mohicans
7.384/3353
In war-torn colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native American allies, the aristocratic daughter of a B...
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The Last of the Mohicans
2002
Family
0/0
Marion loses her job as a psychiatric nurse, but cannot let go of her responsibility for former patient, Thomas. When he goes on the run, Marion sets...
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Family
2000
Beautiful Creatures
5.6/77
When Petula and Dorothy cover up the accidental murder of one jerk boyfriend, they hatch a hilarious scheme to collect a huge ransom.
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Beautiful Creatures
1966
Cock, Hen and Courting Pit
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A couple revisit a past love affair when they meet again ten years later.
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Cock, Hen and Courting Pit
1982
Who Dares Wins
6.24/49
When SAS Captain Peter Skellen is thrown out of the service for gross misconduct due to unnecessary violence and bullying, he is soon recruited by The...
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Who Dares Wins
1967
Ulysses
5.8/19
Dublin; June 16, 1904. Stephen Dedalus, who fancies himself as a poet, embarks on a day of wandering about the city during which he finds friendship a...
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Ulysses
2000
Forgive and Forget
5.3/18
David O'Neil, a plasterer and mature student Theo have been best mates for fourteen years and are practically inseparable. However, their friendship h...
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Forgive and Forget
1981
The Journal of Bridget Hitler
0/0
An Irishwoman married to a German in pre-First World War Liverpool prepares to meet her brother-in-law – a young man named Adolf Hitler. Years later s...
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The Journal of Bridget Hitler
1972
Highlands
0/0
The industries of the Scottish Highlands.
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Highlands
1995
919 Fifth Avenue
1/1
When Ben Constant agreed to write a biography on the wealthy Van Degan family, he never suspected the depth of scandal and intrigue surrounding them.
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919 Fifth Avenue
1968
Mackintosh
7/1
The life and work of the Scottish architect and artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
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Mackintosh
1984
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
9.778/9
Arriving on the barren world of Androzani Minor, the Doctor and Peri find themselves embroiled in a long running, literal underground war. At the hear...
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Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
1980
S.O.S. Titanic
5.9/41
The Titanic disaster as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board.
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S.O.S. Titanic
2016
Murder: The Third Voice
1.8/2
When Rafe Carey’s body is washed up by the River Tweed, it looks like he’s drowned in a tragic accident on a day of extreme weather. He and his brothe...
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Murder: The Third Voice
1996
Hillsborough
7.2/20
Drama based on the real life events of April 1989, when ninety-six Liverpool supporters were crushed to death during an F.A. Cup Semi-Final match agai...
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Hillsborough
1990
Hidden Agenda
7/103
In Ireland, American lawyer Ingrid Jessner and her activist partner, Paul Sullivan, struggle to uncover atrocities committed by the British government...
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Hidden Agenda
1970
A Day at the Beach
4.643/14
Bernie is a silver tongued wanderer with a fondness for drink and no clear goal in life. What was supposed to be a day of fun at the seaside turns to...
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A Day at the Beach
2010
Brighton Rock
5.7/111
Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.
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Brighton Rock
2015
Macbeth
6.44/1515
Feature film adaptation of Shakespeare's Scottish play about General Macbeth whose ambitious wife urges him to use wicked means in order to gain power...
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Macbeth
1990
The Big Man
4.737/19
An unemployed Scottish miner is forced into bare-knuckle boxing to make ends meet.
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The Big Man
1971
When Eight Bells Toll
5.673/55
Phillip Calvert is a British Treasury secret service agent assigned to stop the ruthless pirating of millions in gold bullion off the western coast of...
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When Eight Bells Toll
2000
The Sight
5.3/31
The American successful architect Michael Lewis travels to London with his partner and friend, the builder Jake, to refurbish an old hotel. Michael is...
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The Sight
2014
Luna
6.6/11
Renowned artist and filmmaker Dave McKean (MirrorMask) brings his distinctive blend of live action and gorgeously wrought animation to this dreamlike...
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Luna
1981
The Nightmare Man
6.5/2
A heavy fog cuts the small isolated Scottish island off from the mainland, and dentist Michael Gaffikin has just discovered a dismembered corpse on th...
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The Nightmare Man
2008
Fast Track: No Limits
5.8/76
Four young thrill-seekers (Erin Cahill, Andrew Walker, Alexia Barlier) race cars on the streets of Germany.
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Fast Track: No Limits
1971
Orkney
0/0
Three stories reflecting life in the Orkney Islands, two set in the past, and one in the present.
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Orkney
1973
The Operation
0/0
David Adler is an operator. He strips assets, other men's wives, and his oldest friend's soul - anything for a cool million.
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The Operation
1980
Twelfth Night
6.7/3
Viola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises herself like her brother and goes into...
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Twelfth Night
1994
The Negotiator
0/0
A serious heart condition puts an end to Charlie King's job as a "street copper", but he refuses the offer of a desk job and a promotion. When a secre...
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The Negotiator
2013
Harrigan
4.7/10
Amongst the desperation and fear growing in a crime ridden estate in northern England, one man becomes embroiled into saving what community life exist...
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Harrigan
1981
Escape to Victory
6.884/981
A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of prisoners...
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Escape to Victory
2003
Solid Air
0/0
Seeking refuge, compulsive gambler Robert Houston Junior comes home to his estranged father, Robert Senior. Discovering a lapsed compensation claim fo...
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Solid Air
1966
The Fighting Prince of Donegal
5.3/13
Ireland 1587. Hugh O'Donnell inherits the title of The O'Donnell, the prince of Donegal, and tries to unite Ireland to make war on England. But then H...
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The Fighting Prince of Donegal
1976
Willie Rough
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In the dark days of 1914 Willie Rough set out to find work in Greenock. He becomes a shipbuilding shop steward and soon finds himself involved in a bi...
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Willie Rough
1988
Unreported Incident
0/0
Jack Lawrence and Jimmy Dunne were once, briefly, enemies at opposite ends of a gun on the Irish border; now their lives have become inextricably mixe...
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Unreported Incident
1983
Heather Ann
5/1
Cornish fisherman John Lewis is waiting for a stroke of luck which will give him the money to pay his debts and rid himself of his wife and his trawle...
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Heather Ann
1972
Young Winston
6.196/51
This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his time as a war corres...
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Young Winston
Guardians
0/0
Jim Reed, a detective, investigates a case of alleged child abuse. But remaining psychologically detached proves difficult. Soon, Jim finds himself qu...
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Guardians
2010
Chain Reaction
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The cast and crew of The Caves of Androzani look back on the making of a legendary story.
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Chain Reaction
1980
An Enemy of the People
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Ibsen wrote An Enemy of the People as a direct response to the public's outcry over his earlier play Ghosts. Channeling his feelings into on Dr. Stock...
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An Enemy of the People
1971
Taste of Evil
0/0
Stephen Chambers, a new master of Warby Stones school for the 'ultra-intelligent boys', finds strange things happening to him. Reason tells him that t...
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