Maurice Colbourne

Maurice Colbourne
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.
Name Maurice Colbourne
Also Known As Roger Middleton
Birthday 1939-09-24
Deathday 1989-08-04
Gender Male
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Place of Birth Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
As: Luke Armstrong
1976-05-26
The Littlest Horse T...
As: man
1970-10-11
Times For...
As: John Kline
1975-01-09
Gangsters...
As: Feraud's Second
1977-08-31
The Duellists...
As: Sampson
1981-11-28
Venom...
As: Axe Man 1
1980-08-27
Hawk the Slayer...
As: SS Officer
1985-02-17
Hitler's SS : Portra...
As: Jon Swinton
1979-06-29
Bloodline...
As: Lytton
1984-02-15
Doctor Who: Resurrec...
As: Lytton
1985-01-12
Doctor Who: Attack o...
As: Lt. Cmdr. Kobahl
1980-09-30
Dead Man's Kit...
As: Villager
1970-07-22
Cry of the Banshee...
As: Unknown
1982-04-28
Rating Notman...
As: Tom Howard
1985-09-01
Howards' Way...
As: Jack Coker
1981-09-10
The Day of the Triff...
As: Nick Scholtz
1972-09-13
Van der Valk...
As: Unknown
1976-09-09
Gangsters...
As: Commander Lytton
1963-11-23
Doctor Who...
As: Unknown
1979-09-30
Shoestring...
As: Jake
1983-11-10
Johnny Jarvis...
As: Lytton
1963-11-23
Doctor Who...
As: Jed Blacket
1978-09-10
Return of the Saint...