Maurice Colbourne
Also Known As: Roger Middleton
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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
Birthday: September 24, 1939
Deathday: August 04, 1989
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Gender: Male
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Rating Notman
Overview: A BAFTA award nominated drama about a British POW's collaboration with the Nazis during WWII.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-04-28
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Times For
Overview: A sexually frustrated man complies with the emotional and erotic wishes of four women, but afterwards he is left even lonelier than before.
Genres: Drama Romance Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-10-11
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The Littlest Horse Thieves
Overview: When the owner of a Yorkshire coal-mine decides to mechanize to increase profits, the mine's pit ponies are scheduled to be destroyed. So, three children plan to steal them to keep them safe. But when they're caught, it's up to the mine owners and the miners themselves to decide what's right.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-05-26
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Gangsters
Overview: Birmingham is a melting pot of races and every community has a stake in the city's underworld. When former SAS officer John Kline is released from prison after serving a sentence for murder, he becomes the unwilling catalyst in a gang war. Movie screened as part of Play of Today.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-09
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The Duellists
Overview: In 1800, as Napoleon Bonaparte rises to power in France, a rivalry erupts between Armand and Gabriel, two lieutenants in the French Army, over a perceived insult. For over a decade, they engage in a series of duels amidst larger conflicts, including the failed French invasion of Russia in 1812, and shifts in the political and social systems of Europe.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-08-31
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Venom
Overview: International terrorists attempt to kidnap a wealthy couple's child. Their plan comes unstuck when a deadly Black Mamba, sent by mistake instead of a harmless snake, escapes and the terrorists and several hostages are trapped in the boy's London home.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-28
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Hawk the Slayer
Overview: Hawk the Slayer, after seeing both his father and bride die at the hands of his malevolent brother, Voltan, sets out for revenge and the chance to live up to his title. Tooling himself up with the "mind-sword" and recruiting a motley band of warriors: a giant, a dwarf, a one-armed man with a machine-crossbow and an elf with the fastest bow in the land; Hawk leads the battle against Voltan to free the land from the forces of evil and avenge his loved ones.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-08-27
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Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
Overview: The two-part TV movie Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil crystallizes that evil by concentrating on two Berlin brothers. In 1931, Helmut Hoffman a brilliant student and self-styled opportunist, joins Hitler's SS. At the same time, his younger brother Karl, a top athlete and idealist, becomes a chauffeur for the "S.A.".
Genres: TV Movie Drama War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-17
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Bloodline
Overview: A pampered heiress inherits her father's pharmaceutical empire when he dies in a suspicious accident, and soon finds herself surrounded by ruthless board members and grasping family members who will seemingly stop at nothing to profit.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-29
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Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Overview: Captured in a time corridor, the Doctor and his companions are forced to land on 20th century Earth, diverted by the Doctor's oldest enemy - the Daleks. It is here the true purpose of the time corridor becomes apparent: after ninety years of imprisonment, Davros, the ruthless creator of the Daleks, is to be liberated to assist in the resurrection of his army. Not even the Daleks foresee the poisonous threat of their creator. Indeed, who would suspect Davros of wanting to destroy his own Daleks - and why? Only the Doctor knows the truth. Will he descend to Davros' level of evil to stop him?
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-02-15
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Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen
Overview: An alien distress call draws the Doctor and Peri to Earth, 1985, where they uncover a Cyberman plot to change the course of history.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-12
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Dead Man's Kit
Overview: After shore-leave in Lisbon for the crew of HMS Diana, Master-at-Arms 'Toby' Toberman makes an official complaint to the ship's Captain about the behaviour of an officer he saw in a casino. Following the ship's 'Sod's Opera' party, Toby is reported missing from the deck - presumed lost overboard. Was it an accident or suicide - or was he given the proverbial push?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-30
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Cry of the Banshee
Overview: In seventeenth century England Lord Whitman wages unending war on what he sees as the ever-present scourge of witchcraft, and many local villagers have suffered at his hands. But one victim uses her occult powers to curse his family, enlisting unknowing help from one of the household.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-07-22
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