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Maurice Roëves
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Maurice Roëves is a Scottish actor, born in Sunderland, County Durham (now Tyne and Wear) on 19 March 1937.
His television roles include Danger UXB (1979), The Nightmare Man (1981), the 1984 Doctor Who serial The Caves of Androzani, Days of our Lives (1986), Tutti Frutti (1987), Rab C. Nesbitt (1990), The New Statesman (1990), Spender (1991), Star Trek: The Next Generation, the BBC adaptation of Vanity Fair (1998) and EastEnders (2003).
He also played Chief Superintendent David Duckenfield in the 1996 television film Hillsborough, in which his character patrolled the FA Cup semi-final in the Liverpool F.C. game where a crush (blame on loss of police control) led to the deaths of 96 fans.
In 2006 he starred in the BBC docudrama Surviving Disasters, portraying Sir Matt Busby in the story of the Munich air disaster.
He starred as Robert Henderson in BBC Scotland's drama River City.
As actor
Murder: The Third Voice
Macbeth
Luna
Harrigan
Making The Last of the Mohicans
Brighton Rock
Chain Reaction
The Damned United
Fast Track: No Limits
Hallam Foe
The Dark
Solid Air
Family
Beautiful Creatures
Forgive and Forget
The Sight
The Acid House
David
Hillsborough
Judge Dredd
919 Fifth Avenue
The Negotiator
The Last of the Mohicans
Hidden Agenda
The Big Man
Unreported Incident
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
Heather Ann
Who Dares Wins
The Journal of Bridget Hitler