RIP Gareth Thomas (Blake's 7)

[Pickman's model]

welsh actor gareth thomas out of blake's 7 has died aet. 71

Blake's 7's Gareth Thomas dies at 71

 

[gosub]

Avon killed him years ago

 

[Sprocket.]

Another face from the past walks on.
This year has been terrible so far.
RIP

 

[Sea Star]

oh no!!! I think I might be the world's 3rd biggest Blakes Seven Fan!! Though I'm more a Paul Darrow girl tbh.

RIP

 

[Sirena]

...but a golden opportunity to repost a fine action sequence from Blake's 7, originally posted by ska invita

 

[ska invita]

A Shakespearean actor who kind of had mixed feelings about Blakes 7 fame and would be slightly annoyed that hes remembered as Blake... im sure he gave a fine hamlet

 

[ska invita]

...but a golden opportunity to repost a fine action sequence from Blake's 7, originally posted by ska invita

even though gareth isnt in that bit - or that series
he partly left in a huff over being typecast and not doing proper theatre IIRC

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I really loved Blake's 7
Servalan was my hero.

 

[Virtual Blue]

Another face from the past walks on.
This year has been terrible so far.
RIP

I wish people stopped dying too.

 

[blossie33]

RIP Blake

 

[gosub]

I wish people stopped dying too.

thats torchwood, not blake's7

 

[danny la rouge]

Ah, shit. Sorry to hear that. Another part of my youth dies. RIP Gareth.

 

[ska invita]

What I love about Gareths Blake was how unlikable he made him - he made him in into an unsmiling, stubborn and burdened character, with pretensions and ego too. Some of that was in the writing, but I think he set the tone for it and maybe the writing caught upwith it over time.