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Maurice Colbourne
Acting

Maurice Colbourne
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1939-09-24,Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

7

Rating Notman
1982-04-28

The Littlest Horse Thieves

6.792

The Littlest Horse Thieves
1976-05-26

7

Times For
1970-09-15

7.253

The Duellists
1977-08-31

10

Gangsters
1975-01-09

5.6

Venom
1981-11-28

Hawk the Slayer

4.8

Hawk the Slayer
1980-08-27

4.9

Bloodline
1979-06-29

Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil

4.85

Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985-02-17

Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen

7

Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen
1985-01-12

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

7.8

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984-02-15

0

Dead Man's Kit
1980-09-30

Cry of the Banshee

5.3

Cry of the Banshee
1970-07-22

5.625

Howards' Way
1985-09-01

7.865

Doctor Who
1963-11-23

6.8

Shoestring
1979-09-30

The Day of the Triffids

6.456

The Day of the Triffids
1981-09-10

5.8

Van der Valk
1972-09-13

8

Gangsters
1976-09-09

5

Johnny Jarvis
1983-11-10

7.865

Doctor Who
1963-11-23

Return of the Saint

7

Return of the Saint
1978-09-10

6.333

Play for Today
1970-10-15