Roy Evans

Roy Evans

Birthdate
January 10, 1930 (95 years old)
Place of Birth
Bristol, England, UK
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
January 10, 1930 (95 years old)
Place of Birth
Bristol, England, UK
Known For
Acting

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).

Roy Evans's LGBTQ+ Titles

Coming Out
Coming Out
Charlie Rose

Acting (58)

2004
Global Conspiracy? as Talfryn Pritchard
2003
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher as Ted Prendergast
2003
The Gathering as The Gathering
1995
Restoration as Fleeing Man
1993
The Hour of the Pig as Travelling Player
1991
Mel Gibson Goes Back to School as The Players (archive footage)
1990
Hamlet as The Players
1989
Campion as Branch (2 episodes)
1989
Death of a Son as Undertaker
1988
Border as Lodger
1985
Lost In London as Taxi Driver
1985
Santa Claus: The Movie as Village Leader (uncredited)
1985
The Doctor and the Devils as Sewerman
1985
Super Gran as Roland Rattray (1 episode)
1985
Dempsey and Makepeace as Sims (1 episode)
1984
Return to Waterloo as Mortuary Attendant
1984
The Company of Wolves as Eyepatch
1983
Blackadder as Abel, a Bilind Beggar (1 episode)
1983
Blackadder as Abel, a Peasant (1 episode)
1983
Blackadder as Dumb Abel, a Peasant (1 episode)
1982
Imaginary Friends as George
1982
Baal as 2nd Cab Driver
1980
The Elephant Man as Cabman
1979
Schalcken the Painter as Coachman
1979
Minder as Elderly Man (1 episode)
1979
Coming Out as Charlie Rose
1979
Worzel Gummidge as Whelk-stall owner (1 episode)
1978
Les Misérables as Brevet
1978
Return of the Saint as Dillon (1 episode)
1978
The Big Sleep as Deliveryman (uncredited)
1978
Blake's 7 as Slave (1 episode)
1977
Secret Army as Belgian Farmer (1 episode)
1977
The Prince and the Pauper as Night Owl
1977
Jabberwocky as Ratman
1976
No Hard Feelings as soldier
1974
Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon as Miner
1973
Doctor Who: The Green Death as Bert
1973
Dark Places as Baxter
1973
Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood as Gyrth
1972
The Protectors as Joe Lomax (1 episode)
1972
M*A*S*H as Orderly (uncredited) (1 episode)
1972
Van der Valk as Caretaker (1 episode)
1972
Flyaway
1971
The House That Dripped Blood
1970
Loving Memory as Man
1970
From a Bird's Eye View as Tall Undertaker (1 episode)
1969
The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket as Man Poke by Stick
1969
Where's Jack? as Mr Hind
1968
Oliver! as Pauper - Workhouse
1968
The Blood Beast Terror as 2nd Porter
1968
The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids as Street Cleaner
1967
Half a Sixpence as Pub Character
1967
The Fearless Vampire Killers as Vampire at Ball (uncredited)
1967
A Ghost of a Chance as Driver
1966
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan as Trantis
1963
Doctor Who as Bert (2 episodes)
1963
Doctor Who as Miner (2 episodes)
1963
Doctor Who as Trantis (3 episodes)