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Maurice Colbourne

Maurice Colbourne

Acting
24 Sept 1939
04 Aug 1989
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK

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...

Also Known As

Roger Middleton

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