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).
Acted in
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
Mel Gibson Goes Back to School
1991
as The Players (archive footage)
Hamlet
1990
as The Players
Campion
1989
as Branch
Death of a Son
1989
as Undertaker
Border
1988
as Lodger
Lost In London
1985
as Taxi Driver
Santa Claus: The Movie
1985
as Village Leader (uncredited)
The Doctor and the Devils
1985
as Sewerman
Super Gran
1985
as Roland Rattray
Dempsey and Makepeace
1985
as Sims
Return to Waterloo
1984
as Mortuary Attendant
The Company of Wolves
1984
as Eyepatch
Blackadder
1983
as Abel, a Peasant
Blackadder
1983
as Dumb Abel, a Peasant
Blackadder
1983
as Abel, a Bilind Beggar
Imaginary Friends
1982
as George
Baal
1982
as 2nd Cab Driver
The Elephant Man
1980
as Cabman
Schalcken the Painter
1979
as Coachman
Minder
1979
as Elderly Man
Coming Out
1979
as Charlie Rose
Worzel Gummidge
1979
as Whelk-stall owner
Les Misérables
1978
as Brevet
Return of the Saint
1978
as Dillon
The Big Sleep
1978
as Deliveryman (uncredited)
Blake's 7
1978
as Slave
Secret Army
1977
as Belgian Farmer
The Prince and the Pauper
1977
as Night Owl
Jabberwocky
1977
as Ratman
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
The Protectors
1972
as Joe Lomax
M*A*S*H
1972
as Orderly (uncredited)
Van der Valk
1972
as Caretaker
Flyaway
1972
The House That Dripped Blood
1971
Loving Memory
1970
as Man
From a Bird's Eye View
1970
as Tall Undertaker
Where's Jack?
1969
as Mr Hind
Oliver!
1968
as Pauper - Workhouse
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
1966
as Trantis
Doctor Who
1963
as Bert
Doctor Who
1963
as Miner
Doctor Who
1963
as Trantis