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Roy Evans

Born · January 10, 1930 (95 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Bristol, England, UK

Bio

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

The Elephant Man

The Elephant Man

The Fearless Vampire Killers

The Fearless Vampire Killers

M*A*S*H

MAS*H

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Global Conspiracy?

Talfryn Pritchard

2004

Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher

Ted Prendergast

2003

The Gathering

The Gathering

2003

Restoration

Fleeing Man

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

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

MAS*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

Doctor Who

Bert · (2 episodes)

1963

Doctor Who

Miner · (2 episodes)

1963

Doctor Who

Trantis · (3 episodes)

1963