Roger Avon
Roger Avon (23 November 1914 – 21 December 1998) was an English stage, film and television actor born in Jarrow, County Durham.
Some of his television appearances include Hancock's Half Hour, Dad's Army, When the Boat Comes In, Department S, Doctor Who (serials The Crusade and The Daleks' Master Plan), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Our Friends in the North and Blackadder the Third. He appeared in the films Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D., The Likely Lads, Mutiny on the Buses, Quatermass and the Pit and Curse of the Crimson Altar, among others.
Avon was still acting up until his death, aged 84, his last role being in the TV series Grafters, starring Robson Green.
Acted in
Benny Hill: The Lost Years - Bennies from Heaven
2000
as Various
Peak Practice
1993
as Angus Belfer
Then Churchill Said to Me
1993
Grace & Favour
1992
as Museum Attendant
The Black Candle
1991
as George Fields
The Bill
1984
The Dresser
1983
as Charles
Blackadder
1983
as The Duke of Cheapside
George & Mildred
1980
as Commissionaire
The Back Page
1978
as Sergeant
Come the Revolution
1977
as Chauffeur
The New Avengers
1976
The Happy Hunting Ground
1976
as Watchman
The Likely Lads
1976
as Joe
Dead of Night
1972
Hide and Seek
1972
as First workman
Sykes
1972
Sykes
1972
as Lord Mayor Of London
Sykes
1972
as Police Constable
Au Pair Girls
1972
as Rathbone
Mutiny on the Buses
1972
as Policeman (Safari Park)
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971
as Clerk of the Court
Play for Today
1970
as Chauffeur
Department S
1969
as 1st Maintenance Man
Department S
1969
as Hooper
On the Buses
1969
Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968
as Sergeant Tyson (uncredited)
Please Sir!
1968
as Bert
Dad's Army
1968
Quatermass and the Pit
1967
as Electrician
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
1966
as Wells
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
1966
as Daxtar
Doctor Who: The Crusade
1965
as Saphadin
Runaway Railway
1965
as Waterhouse
A Hard Day's Night
1964
as Policeman (uncredited)
Murder at the Gallop
1963
as Police Photographer (uncredited)
Zero One
1962
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
Out of This World
1962
Corrigan Blake
1962
The Ugly Duckling
1959
as Reporter
Womaneater
1958
as Constable
Kill Her Gently
1957
as Const. Brown
The Scamp
1957
as Constable
Hancock's Half Hour
1956
Fun at St. Fanny's
1955
as Horsetrough