Roy Evans
Acting
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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movieGlobal Conspiracy?
2004
Talfryn Pritchard
movieLife Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
2003
Ted Prendergast
movieThe Gathering
2003
The Gathering
movieRestoration
1995
Fleeing Man
tvJohnny and the Dead
1995
Boatman
movieThe Hour of the Pig
1993
Travelling Player
tvMurder Most Horrid
1991
Carriage Driver
movieHamlet
1990
The Players
tvAround the World in 80 Days
1989
Shirley Rose Engineer
tvCampion
1989
Branch
movieDeath of a Son
1989
Undertaker
tvAndy Capp
1988
Workman
movieBorder
1988
Lodger
movieForeign Body
1986
Newspaper vendor
movieLost In London
1985
Taxi Driver
movieSanta Claus: The Movie
1985
Village Leader (uncredited)
tvSuper Gran
1985
Roland Rattray
tvScreen Two
1985
Undertaker
tvEllis Island
1984
Stage Door Guard
movieReturn to Waterloo
1984
Mortuary Attendant
movieThe Company of Wolves
1984
Eyepatch
tvBlackadder
1983
Abel, a Peasant / Dumb Abel, a Peasant / Abel, a Bilind Beggar
movieBaal
1982
2nd Cab Driver
tvCribb
1980
Shopkeeper
movieSchalcken the Painter
1979
Coachman
tvMinder
1979
Elderly Man
movieComing Out
1979
Charlie Rose
tvWorzel Gummidge
1979
Whelk-stall owner
tvDick Turpin
1979
Fellowes
movieLes Misérables
1978
Brevet
movieThe Big Sleep
1978
Deliveryman (uncredited)
tvBlake's 7
1978
Slave
tvSecret Army
1977
Belgian Farmer
movieThe Prince and the Pauper
1977
Night Owl
movieJabberwocky
1977
Ratman
movieHazlitt in Love
1977
Birdseller
movieThe Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
1976
Major Domo (uncredited)
movieNo Hard Feelings
1976
soldier
tvPoldark
1975
Nick Vigus
tvWarship
1973
Cook Meadows
movieDark Places
1973
Baxter
tvThe Protectors
1972
Joe Lomax
tvM*A*S*H
1972
Orderly (uncredited)
tvVan der Valk
1972
Caretaker
movieDeathday
1971
Postman
tvBudgie
1971
Reggie
movieScrooge
1970
Ghostly Coachman (uncredited)
tvFrom a Bird's Eye View
1970
Tall Undertaker
movieThe Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
1969
Man Poke by Stick
movieWhere's Jack?
1969
Mr Hind
movieOliver!
1968
Pauper - Workhouse
movieThe Blood Beast Terror
1968
2nd Porter
movieThe Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids
1968
Street Cleaner
movieHalf a Sixpence
1967
Pub Character
movieThe Fearless Vampire Killers
1967
Vampire at Ball (uncredited)
tvOmnibus
1967
Coachman
tvLondoners
1965
Second Clerk
tvDoctor Who
1963
Bert / Miner / Trantis