Roy Evans
Born
January 10, 1930 (95 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Bristol, England, UK
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).
Global Conspiracy?
Talfryn Pritchard
2004
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Ted Prendergast
2003
The Gathering
The Gathering
2003
Restoration
Fleeing Man
1995
Johnny and the Dead
Boatman · (2 episodes)
1995
The Hour of the Pig
Travelling Player
1993
Mel Gibson Goes Back to School
The Players (archive footage)
1991
Hamlet
The Players
1990
Around the World in 80 Days
Shirley Rose Engineer · (3 episodes)
1989
Campion
Branch · (2 episodes)
1989
Death of a Son
Undertaker
1989
Andy Capp
Workman · (1 episode)
1988
Border
Lodger
1988
Foreign Body
Newspaper vendor
1986
Lost In London
Taxi Driver
1985
Santa Claus: The Movie
Village Leader (uncredited)
1985
The Doctor and the Devils
Sewerman
1985
Super Gran
Roland Rattray · (1 episode)
1985
Dempsey and Makepeace
Sims · (1 episode)
1985
Screen Two
Undertaker · (1 episode)
1985
Return to Waterloo
Mortuary Attendant
1984
The Company of Wolves
Eyepatch
1984
Blackadder
Abel, a Peasant · (1 episode)
1983
Blackadder
Dumb Abel, a Peasant · (1 episode)
1983
Blackadder
Abel, a Bilind Beggar · (1 episode)
1983
Imaginary Friends
George
1982
Baal
2nd Cab Driver
1982
The Elephant Man
Cabman
1980
Schalcken the Painter
Coachman
1979
Minder
Elderly Man · (1 episode)
1979
Coming Out
Charlie Rose
1979
Worzel Gummidge
Whelk-stall owner · (1 episode)
1979
Dick Turpin
Fellowes · (1 episode)
1979
Les Misérables
Brevet
1978
Return of the Saint
Dillon · (1 episode)
1978
The Big Sleep
Deliveryman (uncredited)
1978
Blake's 7
Slave · (1 episode)
1978
Secret Army
Belgian Farmer · (1 episode)
1977
The Prince and the Pauper
Night Owl
1977
Jabberwocky
Ratman
1977
No Hard Feelings
soldier
1976
Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
Miner
1974
Doctor Who: The Green Death
Bert
1973
Dark Places
Baxter
1973
Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood
Gyrth
1973
The Protectors
Joe Lomax · (1 episode)
1972
M*A*S*H
Orderly (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1972
Van der Valk
Caretaker · (1 episode)
1972
Flyaway
1972
Budgie
Reggie · (1 episode)
1971
The House That Dripped Blood
1971
Loving Memory
Man
1970
From a Bird's Eye View
Tall Undertaker · (1 episode)
1970
The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
Man Poke by Stick
1969
Where's Jack?
Mr Hind
1969
Oliver!
Pauper - Workhouse
1968
The Blood Beast Terror
2nd Porter
1968
The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids
Street Cleaner
1968
Half a Sixpence
Pub Character
1967
The Fearless Vampire Killers
Vampire at Ball (uncredited)
1967
A Ghost of a Chance
Driver
1967
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
Trantis
1966
Londoners
Second Clerk · (1 episode)
1965
Doctor Who
Bert · (2 episodes)
1963
Doctor Who
Miner · (2 episodes)
1963
Doctor Who
Trantis · (3 episodes)
1963