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Acting

Maurice Roëves

Born
Mar 19, 1937 · Aged 83
Died
Jul 14, 2020
Place of birth
Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UK
Gender
Male
Movie credits
50
TV credits
50
Also known as (2)
  • Maurice Roëves
  • John Maurice Roëves

Biography

John Maurice Roëves (19 March 1937 – 14 July 2020) was a British actor. 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…