
Roy Evans
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1930-01-10 (95 years old)
Place of Birth
Bristol, England, UK
Roy Evans
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).
Acting
(2004)
Global Conspiracy?
as Talfryn Pritchard
(2003)
The Gathering
as The Gathering
(2003)
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
as Ted Prendergast
(1995)
Restoration
as Fleeing Man
(1993)
The Hour of the Pig
as Travelling Player
(1991)
Mel Gibson Goes Back to School
as The Players (archive footage)
(1990)
Hamlet
as The Players
(1989)
Death of a Son
as Undertaker
(1988)
Border
as Lodger
(1986)
Foreign Body
as Newspaper vendor
(1985)
Santa Claus: The Movie
as Village Leader (uncredited)
(1985)
The Doctor and the Devils
as Sewerman
(1985)
Lost In London
as Taxi Driver
(1984)
The Company of Wolves
as Eyepatch
(1984)
Return to Waterloo
as Mortuary Attendant
(1982)
Baal
as 2nd Cab Driver
(1982)
Imaginary Friends
as George
(1980)
The Elephant Man
as Cabman
(1979)
Coming Out
as Charlie Rose
(1979)
Schalcken the Painter
as Coachman
(1978)
Les Misérables
as Brevet
(1978)
The Big Sleep
as Deliveryman (uncredited)
(1977)
Jabberwocky
as Ratman
(1977)
The Prince and the Pauper
as Night Owl
(1976)
No Hard Feelings
as soldier
(1974)
(1973)
Dark Places
as Baxter
(1973)
Doctor Who: The Green Death
as Bert
(1973)
(1972)
(1971)
(1970)
Loving Memory
as Man
(1969)
Where's Jack?
as Mr Hind
(1969)
The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
as Man Poke by Stick
(1968)
Oliver!
as Pauper - Workhouse
(1968)
The Blood Beast Terror
as 2nd Porter
(1968)
The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids
as Street Cleaner
(1967)
The Fearless Vampire Killers
as Vampire at Ball (uncredited)
(1967)
Half a Sixpence
as Pub Character
(1967)
A Ghost of a Chance
as Driver
(1966)
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
as Trantis