Roy Evans
45 movies · 32 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 10, 1930 (age 96)
- 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.
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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).
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Known for
Roy Evans: movies and TV shows
Acting (77)
- 2004 Global Conspiracy?
as Talfryn Pritchard
- 2003 Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
as Ted Prendergast
- 2003 The Gathering
as The Gathering
- 1997
- 1995 Restoration
as Fleeing Man
- 1995
- 1993 The Hour of the Pig
as Travelling Player
- 1991
- 1990 Hamlet
as The Players
- 1989
- 1989
- 1989 Death of a Son
as Undertaker
- 1988
- 1988 Border
as Lodger
- 1986 Foreign Body
as Newspaper vendor
- 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
- 1985
- 1985
- 1984
- 1984 Return to Waterloo
as Mortuary Attendant
- 1984 The Company of Wolves
as Eyepatch
- 1983
- 1982 Imaginary Friends
as George
- 1982 Baal
as 2nd Cab Driver
- 1980 The Elephant Man
as Cabman
- 1980
- 1979 Schalcken the Painter
as Coachman
- 1979
- 1979 Terror
as Villager
- 1979 Coming Out
as Charlie Rose
- 1979
- 1979
- 1978 Les Misérables
as Brevet
- 1978
- 1978 The Big Sleep
as Deliveryman (uncredited)
- 1978
- 1977
- 1977 The Prince and the Pauper
as Night Owl
- 1977 Jabberwocky
as Ratman
- 1977 Hazlitt in Love
as Birdseller
- 1976 The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
as Major Domo (uncredited)
- 1976 No Hard Feelings
as soldier
- 1975
- 1974
- 1974 Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
as Miner
- 1973 Doctor Who: The Green Death
as Bert
- 1973
- 1973 Dark Places
as Baxter
- 1973 Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood
as Gyrth
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972
- 1971
- 1971 Deathday
as Postman
- 1971
- 1971
- 1970 Scrooge
as Ghostly Coachman (uncredited)
- 1970 Loving Memory
as Man
- 1970
- 1969 The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
as Man Poke by Stick
- 1969
- 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
- 1967 A Ghost of a Chance
as Driver
- 1965 Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
as Trantis
- 1965
- 1964
- 1963