Creator / Gareth Thomas

Gareth Thomas (12 February 1945 – 13 April 2016) was a Welsh actor, famous for playing the titular protagonist Roj Blake in Blake's 7 (1978-81), a role he reprised in audio form for Big Finish from 2012 to 2014.

His roles in works with TV Tropes pages:

Film

• Quatermass and the Pit (1967) — Workman
• Juggernaut (1974) — Liverpool Joiner

TV

• The Avengers: "Murdersville" (1967) — Assassin With Sunglasses
• Coronation Street: 2 episodes (1971) — Mel Ryan
• Z Cars:
  • "The Taker "(1971) — Tim Ward
  • "Public Relations" (1972) — Ken Knowles
• Edward the Seventh: 2 episodes^{show list} "Dearest Prince", "Scandal" (1975) — Lord Charles Beresford
• Jackanory: 5 episodes (1976) — Storyteller
• Children of the Stones: 7 episodes (1977) — Adam
• Play for Today:
  • "Stocker's Copper" (1972) — Herbert Griffith
  • "Breath" (1975) — Rodney Hamer
  • "Gotcha/Campion's Interview" (1977) — Ton (Gotcha)
• Who Pays the Ferryman?: one episode (1977) — Tony Viglis
• Blake's 7: 28 episodes^{show list} "The Way Back", "Space Fall", "Cygnus Alpha", "Time Squad", "The Web", "Seek-Locate-Destroy", "Mission to Destiny", "Duel", "Project Avalon", "Breakdown", "Bounty", "Deliverance", "Orac", "Redemption", "Shadow", "Weapon", "Horizon", "Pressure Point", "Trial", "Killer", "Hostage", "Countdown", "Voice From The Past", "Gambit", "The Keeper", "Star One", "Terminal", "Blake" (1978-81) — Roj Blake
• Hammer House of Horror: "Visitor from the Grave" (1980) — Richard / Gupta
• Bergerac:
  • "Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie" (1983) — Towers
  • "A Hole in the Bucket" (1983) — Hitman
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: "The Naval Treaty" (1984) — Joseph Harrison
• By The Sword Divided: 3 episodes (1985) — Major General Horton
• Tales of the Unexpected: "The Colonel's Lady" (1988) — Telfer
• London's Burning: 14 episodes (1989-94) — Bulstrode
• CASUAL+Y:
  • "Bringing It All Back Home" (1995) — Tom Arnold
  • "Up to Your Neck in It" (2002) — Jim Bailey
• The Creatives: "Pocy Pola" (1998) — Policeman
• Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased): "A Man of Substance" (2000) — Dickie Bechard
• Doctors: "Chip Off the Old Block" (2001) — Les Simms
• Raven (2003–2010) — Wisdom Tree (voice)
• Taggart: "Saints and Sinners" (2004) — Lord Falkland
• Torchwood: "Ghost Machine" (2006) — Ed Morgan
• Midsomer Murders: "Death and Dust" (2007) — Huw Mostyn
• M.I. High: "Moontaker" (2009) — Patrick Houston
• Holby City: "Shame" (2011) — Gareth Harper

Audio Play

• Big Finish Doctor Who:
  • Main Range: "Storm Warning" (2001) — Lord Tamworth
  • Dalek Empire: 9 stories^{show list} "Invasion of the Daleks", "The Human Factor", "Death to the Daleks!", Project Infinity", "Dalek War: Chapter One", "Dalek War: Chapter Two", "Dalek War: Chapter Three", "Dalek War: Chapter Four", "Return Of The Daleks" (2001-03, 2006) — Kalendorf
  • The Fourth Doctor Adventures: "Last of the Colophon" (2014) — Astaroth Morax
• Big Finish Blake's 7:
  • The Liberator Chronicles: 7 stories^{show list} "Counterfeit", "False Positive", "Risk Management", "Blake's Story", "The Hard Road", "Spoils", "Velandra" (2012-14) — Roj Blake
  • The Classic Audio Adventures: 7 stories^{show list} "Warship", "Fractures", "Battleground", "Drones", "Mirror", "Cold Fury", "Caged" (2013-14) — Roj Blake

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