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Maurice Colbourne

Maurice Colbourne

Known For Acting
Birthday Sep 24, 1939
Died Aug 04, 1989 (49)
Birthplace Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
Popularity 0.7 (history)
Updated Aug 04, 2024
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 a ... fter 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.

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Filmography

Hitler's SS : Portrait In Evil

Hitler's SS : Portrait In Evil

1985

as SS Officer

Venom

Venom

1981

as Sampson

Hawk the Slayer

Hawk the Slayer

1980

as Axe Man 1

Bloodline

Bloodline

1979

as Jon Swinton

The Duellists

The Duellists

1977

as Tall Second

The Littlest Horse Thieves

The Littlest Horse Thieves

1976

as Luke Armstrong

Gangsters

Gangsters

1975

as John Kline

Cry of the Banshee

Cry of the Banshee

1970

as Villager

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Television Credits

Howards' Way

as Tom Howard

Episodes: 59

First Aired: Sep 01, 1985

The Day of the Triffids

as Jack Coker

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Sep 10, 1981

Johnny Jarvis

as Jake

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Nov 10, 1983

Doctor Who

as Commander Lytton

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Nov 23, 1963

Doctor Who

as Lytton

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Nov 23, 1963

Van der Valk

as Nick Scholtz

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1972

Return of the Saint

as Jed Blacket

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1978

Gangsters

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Sep 09, 1976

Shoestring

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1979

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