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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 10, 1930
Place of Birth:
Bristol, England, UK
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Roy Evans
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).
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Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Johnny and the Dead | Boatman |
| 1989 | Campion | Branch |
| 1989 | Around the World in 80 Days | Shirley Rose Engineer |
| 1988 | Andy Capp | Workman |
| 1985 | Super Gran | Roland Rattray |
| 1985 | Dempsey and Makepeace | Sims |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Undertaker |
| 1984 | Ellis Island | Stage Door Guard |
| 1983 | Blackadder | Abel, a Peasant |
| 1983 | Blackadder | Dumb Abel, a Peasant |
| 1983 | Blackadder | Abel, a Bilind Beggar |
| 1979 | Minder | Elderly Man |
| 1979 | Worzel Gummidge | Whelk-stall owner |
| 1979 | Dick Turpin | Fellowes |
| 1978 | Return of the Saint | Dillon |
| 1978 | Blake's 7 | Slave |
| 1977 | Secret Army | Belgian Farmer |
| 1973 | Warship | Cook Meadows |
| 1972 | Van der Valk | Caretaker |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H | Orderly (uncredited) |
| 1972 | The Protectors | Joe Lomax |
| 1971 | Budgie | Reggie |
| 1970 | From a Bird's Eye View | Tall Undertaker |
| 1965 | Londoners | Second Clerk |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Bert |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Miner |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Trantis |