Acting credits
69
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Roy Evans
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 41Series: 28
TMDB ID: 159057
IMDb ID: nm0263189
Known for: Acting
Born: January 10, 1930
Age: 96
Place of birth: Bristol, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1963 - 2004
Years active: 42
Average TMDB rating: 6.55
Wikidata: Q7372779
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).
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Roy Evans.
Global Conspiracy?
as Talfryn Pritchard
2004 Movie
6.0
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
as Ted Prendergast
2003 Movie
5.5
The Gathering
as The Gathering
2003 Movie
6.0
Restoration
as Fleeing Man
1995 Movie
6.1
The Hour of the Pig
as Travelling Player
1993 Movie
6.6
Hamlet
as The Players
1990 Movie
3.5
Death of a Son
as Undertaker
1989 Movie
Border
as Lodger
1988 Movie
3.8
Foreign Body
as Newspaper vendor
1986 Movie
Lost In London
as Taxi Driver
1985 Movie
6.3
Santa Claus: The Movie
as Village Leader (uncredited)
1985 Movie
6.2
The Doctor and the Devils
as Sewerman
1985 Movie
6.7
Return to Waterloo
as Mortuary Attendant
1984 Movie
6.3
The Company of Wolves
as Eyepatch
1984 Movie
6.0
Imaginary Friends
as George
1982 Movie
4.2
Baal
as 2nd Cab Driver
1982 Movie
8.0
The Elephant Man
as Cabman
1980 Movie
5.5
Schalcken the Painter
as Coachman
1979 Movie
4.5
Coming Out
as Charlie Rose
1979 Movie
7.1
Les Misérables
as Brevet
1978 Movie
5.9
The Big Sleep
as Deliveryman (uncredited)
1978 Movie
5.9
The Prince and the Pauper
as Night Owl
1977 Movie
6.0
Jabberwocky
as Ratman
1977 Movie
2.6
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
as Major Domo (uncredited)
1976 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Roy Evans.
5.0
Johnny and the Dead
as Boatman • 2 eps
1995 Series
6.7
Around the World in 80 Days
as Shirley Rose Engineer • 3 eps
1989 Series
5.6
Campion
as Branch • 2 eps
1989 Series
5.2
Andy Capp
as Workman • 1 eps
1988 Series
6.3
Super Gran
as Roland Rattray • 1 eps
1985 Series
6.4
Dempsey and Makepeace
as Sims • 1 eps
1985 Series
6.8
Screen Two
as Undertaker • 1 eps
1985 Series
4.6
Ellis Island
as Stage Door Guard • 1 eps
1984 Series
8.0
Blackadder
as Abel, a Peasant • 1 eps
1983 Series
6.8
Minder
as Elderly Man • 1 eps
1979 Series
6.2
Worzel Gummidge
as Whelk-stall owner • 1 eps
1979 Series
7.5
Dick Turpin
as Fellowes • 1 eps
1979 Series
7.0
Return of the Saint
as Dillon • 1 eps
1978 Series
7.3
Blake's 7
as Slave • 1 eps
1978 Series
7.5
Secret Army
as Belgian Farmer • 1 eps
1977 Series
6.8
Poldark
as Nick Vigus • 3 eps
1975 Series
1.0
Churchill's People
as Churl • 1 eps
1974 Series
5.5
Warship
as Cook Meadows • 1 eps
1973 Series
5.8
The Protectors
as Joe Lomax • 1 eps
1972 Series
7.9
M*A*S*H
as Orderly (uncredited) • 1 eps
1972 Series
5.8
Van der Valk
as Caretaker • 1 eps
1972 Series
7.4
A Ghost Story for Christmas
as Coachman • 1 eps
1971 Series
7.0
Budgie
as Reggie • 1 eps
1971 Series
5.5
From a Bird's Eye View
as Tall Undertaker • 1 eps
1970 Series