Roy Evans
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 10, 1930 (age 96)
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
Global Conspiracy?
Movie · as Talfryn Pritchard
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Movie · as Ted Prendergast
The Gathering
Movie · as The Gathering
Ain't Misbehavin'
TV · as Stage Door Keeper · 1 ep
Restoration
Movie · as Fleeing Man
Johnny and the Dead
TV · as Boatman · 2 eps
The Hour of the Pig
Movie · as Travelling Player
Murder Most Horrid
TV · as Carriage Driver · 1 ep
Hamlet
Movie · as The Players
Death of a Son
Movie · as Undertaker
Campion
TV · as Branch · 2 eps
Around the World in 80 Days
TV · as Shirley Rose Engineer · 3 eps
Border
Movie · as Lodger
Andy Capp
TV · as Workman · 1 ep
Foreign Body
Movie · as Newspaper vendor
The Doctor and the Devils
Movie · as Sewerman
Lost In London
Movie · as Taxi Driver
Santa Claus: The Movie
Movie · as Village Leader (uncredited)
Super Gran
TV · as Roland Rattray · 1 ep
Dempsey and Makepeace
TV · as Sims · 1 ep
Screen Two
TV · as Undertaker · 1 ep
The Company of Wolves
Movie · as Eyepatch
Return to Waterloo
Movie · as Mortuary Attendant
Ellis Island
TV · as Stage Door Guard · 1 ep
Blackadder
TV · as Abel, a Peasant, Dumb Abel, a Peasant, Abel, a Bilind Beggar · 1 ep
Imaginary Friends
Movie · as George
Baal
Movie · as 2nd Cab Driver
The Elephant Man
Movie · as Cabman
Cribb
TV · as Shopkeeper · 1 ep
Schalcken the Painter
Movie · as Coachman
Coming Out
Movie · as Charlie Rose
Terror
Movie · as Villager
Minder
TV · as Elderly Man · 1 ep
Worzel Gummidge
TV · as Whelk-stall owner · 1 ep
Dick Turpin
TV · as Fellowes · 1 ep
Les Misérables
Movie · as Brevet
The Big Sleep
Movie · as Deliveryman (uncredited)
Return of the Saint
TV · as Dillon · 1 ep
Blake's 7
TV · as Slave · 1 ep
Jabberwocky
Movie · as Ratman
The Prince and the Pauper
Movie · as Night Owl
Hazlitt in Love
Movie · as Birdseller
Secret Army
TV · as Belgian Farmer · 1 ep
No Hard Feelings
Movie · as soldier
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
Movie · as Major Domo (uncredited)
Poldark
TV · as Nick Vigus · 3 eps
Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
Movie · as Miner
Churchill's People
TV · as Churl · 1 ep
Dark Places
Movie · as Baxter
Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood
Movie · as Gyrth
Doctor Who: The Green Death
Movie · as Bert
Warship
TV · as Cook Meadows · 1 ep
Flyaway
Movie
Van der Valk
TV · as Caretaker · 1 ep
M*A*S*H
TV · as Orderly (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Protectors
TV · as Joe Lomax · 1 ep
The House That Dripped Blood
Movie
Deathday
Movie · as Postman
Budgie
TV · as Reggie · 1 ep
A Ghost Story for Christmas
TV · as Coachman · 1 ep
Loving Memory
Movie · as Man
Scrooge
Movie · as Ghostly Coachman (uncredited)
From a Bird's Eye View
TV · as Tall Undertaker · 1 ep
Where's Jack?
Movie · as Mr Hind
The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
Movie · as Man Poke by Stick
Judge Dee
TV · as Tai · 1 ep
Oliver!
Movie · as Pauper - Workhouse
The Blood Beast Terror
Movie · as 2nd Porter
The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids
Movie · as Street Cleaner
The Fearless Vampire Killers
Movie · as Vampire at Ball (uncredited)
Half a Sixpence
Movie · as Pub Character
A Ghost of a Chance
Movie · as Driver
Omnibus
TV · as Coachman · 1 ep
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
Movie · as Trantis
Londoners
TV · as Second Clerk · 1 ep
The Troubleshooters
TV · as 1st Hydroplane Operator · 1 ep
Theatre 625
TV · as Mike · 1 ep
Doctor Who
TV · as Bert, Miner, Trantis · 2 eps