Maurice Colbourne was an English stage and television actor who starred as Tom Howard in the BBC television series Howards' Way.
14 Facts About Maurice Colbourne
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Maurice Colbourne is known for roles in other television series such as Gangsters, The Onedin Line, The Day of the Triffids and Doctor Who.
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Maurice Colbourne was usually cast as a villain in his career.
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Maurice Colbourne was born Roger Middleton in Sheffield, three weeks after Britain and France declared war on Germany upon the outbreak of the Second World War, and studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
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Maurice Colbourne took his stage name from that of an earlier film actor called Maurice Colbourne, who shared the same birthday as his.
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In 1972, Colbourne co-founded, together with Michael Irving and Guy Sprung, the Half Moon Theatre near Aldgate, east London.
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Maurice Colbourne directed several productions, including Silver Tassie, Alkestis, The Shoemakers and Pig Bank.
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Maurice Colbourne returned in 1979 to perform in Guys and Dolls.
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Maurice Colbourne played Charles Marston, the love interest of Lady Fogarty, in the seventh series of The Onedin Line screened from 22 July to 23 September 1979.
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Maurice Colbourne played a mercenary in an episode of the Return of the Saint called "Duel in Venice".
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Maurice Colbourne played the character Jack Coker in the BBC's television miniseries adaptation of John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids.
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Maurice Colbourne twice appeared in Doctor Who as the character Lytton.
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Maurice Colbourne played lead character Tom Howard in 61 episodes of the successful BBC television drama Howards' Way from 1985 to 1989.
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Howard's Way continued to the end of series five and for a sixth series, to tie up the storylines, with Maurice Colbourne's character being written out of the scripts.