Gareth Daniel Thomas (12 February 1945 â€" 13 April 2016) was a Welsh
actor. He rose to national prominence playing the role of Roj Blake in
the 1970s BBC science-fiction television drama series Blake's 7.Thomas
was born on 12 February 1945, and grew up in Aberystwyth. He was the
younger of two sons of Kenneth Thomas, a barrister who had been a
junior at the Nuremberg trials, and his wife, Olga (née Noake).
Thomas attended the King's School, Canterbury and was a member of the
National Youth Theatre, appearing with them in the 1967 production of
Zigger Zagger. He then trained at RADA and became an Associate Member.
Before his acting career, he played rugby.Thomas made many television
appearances, including The Avengers, Coronation Street, Z-Cars,
Special Branch, Sutherland's Law, Public Eye, Who Pays the Ferryman?,
Bergerac, By the Sword Divided, The Citadel, Knights of God, Boon,
London's Burning, Casualty, Taggart, Heartbeat, Sherlock Holmes, How
Green Was My Valley, Torchwood and Midsomer Murders.
actor. He rose to national prominence playing the role of Roj Blake in
the 1970s BBC science-fiction television drama series Blake's 7.Thomas
was born on 12 February 1945, and grew up in Aberystwyth. He was the
younger of two sons of Kenneth Thomas, a barrister who had been a
junior at the Nuremberg trials, and his wife, Olga (née Noake).
Thomas attended the King's School, Canterbury and was a member of the
National Youth Theatre, appearing with them in the 1967 production of
Zigger Zagger. He then trained at RADA and became an Associate Member.
Before his acting career, he played rugby.Thomas made many television
appearances, including The Avengers, Coronation Street, Z-Cars,
Special Branch, Sutherland's Law, Public Eye, Who Pays the Ferryman?,
Bergerac, By the Sword Divided, The Citadel, Knights of God, Boon,
London's Burning, Casualty, Taggart, Heartbeat, Sherlock Holmes, How
Green Was My Valley, Torchwood and Midsomer Murders.
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