Roy Evans
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 10, 1930
- Birthplace
- 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).
Filmography
Global Conspiracy? 2004
as Talfryn Pritchard
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher 2003
as Ted Prendergast
The Gathering 2003
as The Gathering
Restoration 1995
as Fleeing Man
The Hour of the Pig 1993
as Travelling Player
Hamlet 1990
as The Players
Death of a Son 1989
as Undertaker
Border 1988
as Lodger
Foreign Body 1986
as Newspaper vendor
Lost In London 1985
as Taxi Driver
Santa Claus: The Movie 1985
as Village Leader (uncredited)
The Doctor and the Devils 1985
as Sewerman
Return to Waterloo 1984
as Mortuary Attendant
The Company of Wolves 1984
as Eyepatch
Imaginary Friends 1982
as George
Baal 1982
as 2nd Cab Driver
The Elephant Man 1980
as Cabman
Schalcken the Painter 1979
as Coachman
Terror 1979
as Villager
Coming Out 1979
as Charlie Rose
Les Misérables 1978
as Brevet
The Big Sleep 1978
as Deliveryman (uncredited)
The Prince and the Pauper 1977
as Night Owl
Jabberwocky 1977
as Ratman
Hazlitt in Love 1977
as Birdseller
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones 1976
as Major Domo (uncredited)
No Hard Feelings 1976
as soldier
Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon 1974
as Miner
Doctor Who: The Green Death 1973
as Bert
Dark Places 1973
as Baxter
Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood 1973
as Gyrth
Flyaway 1972
Actor
Deathday 1971
as Postman
The House That Dripped Blood 1971
Actor
Scrooge 1970
as Ghostly Coachman (uncredited)
Loving Memory 1970
as Man
The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket 1969
as Man Poke by Stick
Where's Jack? 1969
as Mr Hind
Oliver! 1968
as Pauper - Workhouse
The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids 1968
as Street Cleaner
The Blood Beast Terror 1968
as 2nd Porter
Half a Sixpence 1967
as Pub Character
The Fearless Vampire Killers 1967
as Vampire at Ball (uncredited)
A Ghost of a Chance 1967
as Driver
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan 1965
as Trantis
Credits from TMDB.