Roy Evans
Known for Acting · 72 credits
- Born
- 1930-01-10 (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.
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
TV Shows (30)
Doctor Who
1963
as Bert / Miner / Trantis
M*A*S*H
1972
as Orderly (uncredited)
Minder
1979
as Elderly Man
Omnibus
1967
as Coachman
Blackadder
1983
as Abel, a Peasant / Dumb Abel, a Peasant / Abel, a Bilind Beggar
Screen Two
1985
as Undertaker
Theatre 625
1964
as Mike
Blake's 7
1978
as Slave
Secret Army
1977
as Belgian Farmer
The Protectors
1972
as Joe Lomax
Van der Valk
1972
as Caretaker
Return of the Saint
1978
as Dillon
Murder Most Horrid
1991
as Carriage Driver
Dempsey and Makepeace
1985
as Sims
Churchill's People
1974
as Churl
Poldark
1975
as Nick Vigus
Campion
1989
as Branch
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as Coachman
Budgie
1971
as Reggie
Dick Turpin
1979
as Fellowes
Warship
1973
as Cook Meadows
Worzel Gummidge
1979
as Whelk-stall owner
Super Gran
1985
as Roland Rattray
Around the World in 80 Days
1989
as Shirley Rose Engineer
Londoners
1965
as Second Clerk
Cribb
1980
as Shopkeeper
Ellis Island
1984
as Stage Door Guard
From a Bird's Eye View
1970
as Tall Undertaker
Johnny and the Dead
1995
as Boatman
Andy Capp
1988
as Workman
Movies (42)
The Company of Wolves
1984
as Eyepatch
The Elephant Man
1980
as Cabman
Oliver!
1968
as Pauper - Workhouse
The Fearless Vampire Killers
1967
as Vampire at Ball (uncredited)
Restoration
1995
as Fleeing Man
The Prince and the Pauper
1977
as Night Owl
Santa Claus: The Movie
1985
as Village Leader (uncredited)
Hamlet
1990
as The Players
Les Misérables
1978
as Brevet
Jabberwocky
1977
as Ratman
The Doctor and the Devils
1985
as Sewerman
The Big Sleep
1978
as Deliveryman (uncredited)
The House That Dripped Blood
1971
The Gathering
2003
as The Gathering
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
2003
as Ted Prendergast
Border
1988
as Lodger
The Hour of the Pig
1993
as Travelling Player
Dark Places
1973
as Baxter
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
1976
as Major Domo (uncredited)
The Blood Beast Terror
1968
as 2nd Porter
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
1965
as Trantis
Baal
1982
as 2nd Cab Driver
Half a Sixpence
1967
as Pub Character
Doctor Who: The Green Death
1973
as Bert
Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood
1973
as Gyrth
Lost In London
1985
as Taxi Driver
Where's Jack?
1969
as Mr Hind
Foreign Body
1986
as Newspaper vendor
A Ghost of a Chance
1967
as Driver
Death of a Son
1989
as Undertaker
Schalcken the Painter
1979
as Coachman
Coming Out
1979
as Charlie Rose
The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids
1968
as Street Cleaner
Imaginary Friends
1982
as George
Global Conspiracy?
2004
as Talfryn Pritchard
Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
1974
as Miner
The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
1969
as Man Poke by Stick
Return to Waterloo
1984
as Mortuary Attendant
Deathday
1971
as Postman
Loving Memory
1970
as Man
No Hard Feelings
1976
as soldier
Flyaway
1972
About Roy Evans
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… With 72 credits spanning from 1963 to 2004, Roy Evans has appeared in 42 films and 30 TV shows.
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Most Popular Roy Evans Movies
- The Company of Wolves (1984) — as Eyepatch
- The Elephant Man (1980) — as Cabman
- Oliver! (1968) — as Pauper - Workhouse
- The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) — as Vampire at Ball (uncredited)
- Restoration (1995) — as Fleeing Man
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