Maurice Colbourne

Maurice Colbourne

Birthday: 1939-09-24

Deathday: 1989-08-04

Place of birth: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK

Also known as: Roger Middleton

imdb_id: nm0170324

Biography:

Maurice Colbourne (24 September 1939 – 4 August 1989) was a British stage and television actor who specialised in playing villains and hard men until 1985, when he took the key role of Tom Howard in the BBC Television serial, Howards' Way. Colbourne was born Roger Middleton but took his stage name after reading about the death of actor Maurice Colbourne who shared the same birthday as he did. Colbourne's biggest success in the 1970s was as the lead in the crime drama series Gangsters. In the 80s he starred in Johnny Jarvis and the acclaimed adaptation of John Wyndham's classic sci-fi novel, The Day of the Triffids. Staying with sci-fi, he had a recurring guest role in Doctor Who as the mercenary Lytton, playing opposite the fifth and sixth doctors (Peter Davison and Colin Baker) in adventures featuring the timelords deadliest foes; the Daleks and the Cybermen. But it was the leading role in Howards' Way that he will perhaps best be remembered for. He played Tom Howard until 1989, when he died suddenly aged 49 from a heart attack. The show ended a year later.

Played in movies:

Gangsters

Score: 10.0

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

Score: 7.8

The Duellists

Score: 7.3

Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen

Score: 7.0

Times For

Score: 7.0

Rating Notman

Score: 7.0

The Littlest Horse Thieves

Score: 6.8

Venom

Score: 5.6

Cry of the Banshee

Score: 5.3

Bloodline

Score: 4.9

Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil

Score: 4.8

Hawk the Slayer

Score: 4.8

Dead Man's Kit

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Gangsters

Score: 8.0

Doctor Who

Score: 7.9

Doctor Who

Score: 7.9

Return of the Saint

Score: 7.0

Shoestring

Score: 6.8

The Day of the Triffids

Score: 6.5

Play for Today

Score: 6.3

Van der Valk

Score: 5.8

Howards' Way

Score: 5.4

Johnny Jarvis

Score: 5.0

Jesus of Nazareth

Score: 0.0