What is Gareth Thomas?
{{Infobox person | name = Gareth Thomas | image = Gareth Thomas (Blake's 7).jpg | caption = Gareth Thomas at the ''Blake's 7'' DVD launch, 2005 | birth_name = Gareth Daniel Thomas | birth_date = {{birth date|1945|02|12|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Wales]], UK | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2016|04|13|1945|02|12}} | death_place = [[Surrey]], [[Greater London]], U.K. | death_cause = [[Heart failure]] | occupation = Actor | yearsactive = 1965–2011 | nationality = British }} '''Gareth Daniel Thomas''' (12 February 1945 – 13 April 2016) was a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] [[actor]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/tv/welsh-actor-blakes-7-star-11183841|title=Welsh actor and Blake's 7 star Gareth Thomas has died at the age of 71|access-date=15 April 2016|date=14 April 2016|work=[[Media Wales]]|first=Tyler|last=Mears}}</ref> He was best known for his role as [[Roj Blake (Blake's 7)|Roj Blake]] in the [[BBC]] [[science fiction]] television series ''[[Blake's 7]]'', but appeared in many other movies and television programmes, including Shem in the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] sci-fi series ''[[Star Maidens]]'' and Adam Brake in the fantasy series ''[[Children of the Stones]]''. Thomas died of [[heart failure]] in [[Surrey]], [[Greater London]] on 13 April 2016,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a790563/blakes-7-star-gareth-thomas-dies-at-age-71/|title=Blake's 7 star Gareth Thomas dies at age 71|work=Digital Spy|date=13 April 2016|access-date=14 April 2016}}</ref> aged 71.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/gareth-thomas/39917/gareth-thomas-blakes-7-actor-dies-aged-71|title=Gareth Thomas, Blake's 7 actor, dies aged 71|access-date=15 April 2016|work=Den of Geek|date=14 April 2016|first=Louisa|last=Mellor|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412124432/https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/gareth-thomas/39917/gareth-thomas-blakes-7-actor-dies-aged-71|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other