Name
Roy Evans
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1930-01-10 (96 years old)
Place of Birth
Bristol, England, UK
Biography
Roy Evans is an English actor who has appeared in British television from the 1960s to 2004, appearing in a wide range of productions including Doctor Who (The Daleks' Master Plan as Trantis, The Green Death as Bert and The Monster of Peladon as a miner), Blake's 7 ("Redemption" as a Slave), Porterhouse Blue (as Arthur), Only Fools and Horses (The Jolly Boys' Outing as Harry the coach driver), as well as peasant roles in The Black Adder.
Born in Fishponds, he was adopted by Edmund Evans and Clarice Augusta Georgina May Evans (née Gowen). As a teenager, Evans went to London to become a dancer and actor. His dancing work includes visiting the Nottingham Theatre Royal with the International Ballet Company in 1951, gaining a long run in A Girl Called Jo at Piccadilly Theatre followed by a six-month engagement as principal male ballet dancer with the Swedish national ballet company.
In film he is particularly known for roles in The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967), Oliver! (1968), Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968), Where's Jack? (1969), Loving Memory (1971), Dark Places (1973), Jabberwocky (1977), The Prince and the Pauper (1977), Raise the Titanic (1980), The Elephant Man (1980) and The Company of Wolves (1984).
Known For
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A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a ...
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An adaptation of Angela Carter's fairy tales. Young Rosaleen dreams of a village in the da...
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A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied hous...
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Itinerant traveler Cassie Grant comes out of a car accident in Glastonbury, England, with ...
- 1985 The Doctor and the Devils as Sewerman
- 1982 Imaginary Friends as George
- 1972 Flyaway
- 1971 The House That Dripped Blood
- 1978 Les Misérables as Brevet
- 1970 Loving Memory as Man
- 1973 Dark Places as Baxter
- 1990 Hamlet as The Players
- 1978 The Big Sleep as Deliveryman (uncredited)
- 1989 Death of a Son as Undertaker
- 2003 Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher as Ted Prendergast
- 1980 The Elephant Man as Cabman
- 1977 Jabberwocky as Ratman
- 1984 The Company of Wolves as Eyepatch
- 1979 Schalcken the Painter as Coachman
- 1967 The Fearless Vampire Killers as Vampire at Ball (uncredited)
- 1973 Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood as Gyrth
- 1969 Where's Jack? as Mr Hind
- 1968 Oliver! as Pauper - Workhouse
- 1979 Coming Out as Charlie Rose
- 1985 Lost In London as Taxi Driver
- 1984 Return to Waterloo as Mortuary Attendant
- 1976 No Hard Feelings as soldier
- 2004 Global Conspiracy? as Talfryn Pritchard
- 1973 Doctor Who: The Green Death as Bert
- 1974 Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon as Miner
- 1965 Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan as Trantis
- 1977 The Prince and the Pauper as Night Owl
- 2003 The Gathering as The Gathering
- 1967 Half a Sixpence as Pub Character
- 1968 The Blood Beast Terror as 2nd Porter
- 1967 A Ghost of a Chance as Driver
- 1995 Restoration as Fleeing Man
- 1982 Baal as 2nd Cab Driver
- 1988 Border as Lodger
- 1993 The Hour of the Pig as Travelling Player
- 1985 Santa Claus: The Movie as Village Leader (uncredited)
- 1968 The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids as Street Cleaner
- 1969 The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket as Man Poke by Stick
- 1986 Foreign Body as Newspaper vendor
- 1976 The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones as Major Domo (uncredited)
- 1971 Deathday as Postman
- 1977 Hazlitt in Love as Birdseller
- 1970 Scrooge as Ghostly Coachman (uncredited)
- 1979 Terror as Villager
- 1970 From a Bird's Eye View ( 1 episode ) as Tall Undertaker
- 1979 Minder ( 1 episode ) as Elderly Man
- 1963 Doctor Who ( 2 episodes ) as Bert
- 1963 Doctor Who ( 2 episodes ) as Miner
- 1972 Van der Valk ( 1 episode ) as Caretaker
- 1989 Campion ( 2 episodes ) as Branch
- 1985 Super Gran ( 1 episode ) as Roland Rattray
- 1978 Return of the Saint ( 1 episode ) as Dillon
- 1977 Secret Army ( 1 episode ) as Belgian Farmer
- 1978 Blake's 7 ( 1 episode ) as Slave
- 1983 Blackadder ( 1 episode ) as Abel, a Peasant
- 1983 Blackadder ( 1 episode ) as Dumb Abel, a Peasant
- 1983 Blackadder ( 1 episode ) as Abel, a Bilind Beggar
- 1985 Dempsey and Makepeace ( 1 episode ) as Sims
- 1972 M*A*S*H ( 1 episode ) as Orderly (uncredited)
- 1972 The Protectors ( 1 episode ) as Joe Lomax
- 1979 Worzel Gummidge ( 1 episode ) as Whelk-stall owner
- 1963 Doctor Who ( 3 episodes ) as Trantis
- 1989 Around the World in 80 Days ( 3 episodes ) as Shirley Rose Engineer
- 1979 Dick Turpin ( 1 episode ) as Fellowes
- 1985 Screen Two ( 1 episode ) as Undertaker
- 1971 Budgie ( 1 episode ) as Reggie
- 1965 Londoners ( 1 episode ) as Second Clerk
- 1995 Johnny and the Dead ( 2 episodes ) as Boatman
- 1988 Andy Capp ( 1 episode ) as Workman
- 1973 Warship ( 1 episode ) as Cook Meadows
- 1984 Ellis Island ( 1 episode ) as Stage Door Guard
- 1964 Theatre 625 ( 1 episode ) as Mike
- 1974 Churchill's People ( 1 episode ) as Churl
- 1975 Poldark ( 3 episodes ) as Nick Vigus
- 1971 A Ghost Story for Christmas ( 1 episode ) as Coachman
- 1967 Omnibus ( 1 episode ) as Coachman
- 1980 Cribb ( 1 episode ) as Shopkeeper
- 1991 Murder Most Horrid ( 1 episode ) as Carriage Driver
- 1969 Judge Dee ( 1 episode ) as Tai
- 1997 Ain't Misbehavin' ( 1 episode ) as Stage Door Keeper
