Roy Evans

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 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).

Acting

2004

Global Conspiracy?
Movie

Talfryn Pritchard

2003

The Gathering
Movie

The Gathering

1995

Restoration
Movie

Fleeing Man

1993

The Hour of the Pig
Movie

Travelling Player

1990

Hamlet
Movie

The Players

1989

Around the World in 80 Days
Tv

Shirley Rose Engineer

1989

Campion
Tv

Branch

1986

Foreign Body
Movie

Newspaper vendor

1985

1985

Santa Claus: The Movie
Movie

Village Leader (uncredited)

1985

Screen Two
Tv

Undertaker

1984

Ellis Island
Tv

Stage Door Guard

1984

Return to Waterloo
Movie

Mortuary Attendant

1983

Blackadder
Tv

Abel, a Bilind Beggar

1983

Blackadder
Tv

Dumb Abel, a Peasant

1983

Blackadder
Tv

Abel, a Peasant

1982

Baal
Movie

2nd Cab Driver

1979

Worzel Gummidge
Tv

Whelk-stall owner

1978

The Big Sleep
Movie

Deliveryman (uncredited)

1977

Secret Army
Tv

Belgian Farmer

1976

1975

Poldark
Tv

Nick Vigus

1972

1972

1971

1971

Budgie
Tv

Reggie

1970

1968

Oliver!
Movie

Pauper - Workhouse

1967

1967

The Fearless Vampire Killers
Movie

Vampire at Ball (uncredited)

1965

Londoners
Tv

Second Clerk

1963

1963

1963

Infos

Full Name
Roy Evans
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
1/10/1930