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Maurice Colbourne‌

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Birthday

calendar1939-09-24

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Maurice Colbourne

Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK

Maurice Colbourne

Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1939-09-24

Popularity

star6.0

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.

Movie Credits

Rating Notman

Rating Notman‌
star7.0
calendar 1982

The Littlest Horse Thieves

The Littlest Horse Thieves‌
star6.9
calendar 1976

Times For

Times For‌
star7.0
calendar 1970

Gangsters

Gangsters‌
star0.0
calendar 1975

The Duellists

The Duellists‌
star7.3
calendar 1977

Venom

Venom‌
star5.5
calendar 1981

Hawk the Slayer

Hawk the Slayer‌
star4.8
calendar 1980

Hitler's SS : Portrait In Evil

Hitler's SS : Portrait In Evil‌
star4.5
calendar 1985

Bloodline

Bloodline‌
star4.8
calendar 1979

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks‌
star7.8
calendar 1984

Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen

Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen‌
star6.2
calendar 1985

Dead Man's Kit

Dead Man's Kit‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

Cry of the Banshee

Cry of the Banshee‌
star5.3
calendar 1970

Tv Credits

Howards' Way

Howards' Way‌
star5.6
calendar 1985

Doctor Who

Doctor Who‌
star7.9
calendar 1963

Shoestring

Shoestring‌
star6.8
calendar 1979

The Day of the Triffids

The Day of the Triffids‌
star6.4
calendar 1981

Van der Valk

Van der Valk‌
star5.6
calendar 1972

Gangsters

Gangsters‌
star7.0
calendar 1976

Johnny Jarvis

Johnny Jarvis‌
star5.0
calendar 1983

Doctor Who

Doctor Who‌
star7.9
calendar 1963

Return of the Saint

Return of the Saint‌
star7.0
calendar 1978