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 (1…
Movies & TV Shows
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The Elephant Man (1980) — Cabman
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The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) — Vampire at Ball (uncredited)
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M*A*S*H (1972) — Orderly (uncredited)
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Doctor Who (1963) — Bert
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Blackadder (1983) — Abel, a Peasant
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Oliver! (1968) — Pauper - Workhouse
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Hamlet (1990) — The Players
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The Company of Wolves (1984) — Eyepatch
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Jabberwocky (1977) — Ratman
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Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) — Village Leader (uncredited)
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The Gathering (2003) — The Gathering
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The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
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Scrooge (1970) — Ghostly Coachman (uncredited)
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Restoration (1995) — Fleeing Man
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The Big Sleep (1978) — Deliveryman (uncredited)
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Around the World in 80 Days (1989) — Shirley Rose Engineer
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The Blood Beast Terror (1968) — 2nd Porter
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The Prince and the Pauper (1977) — Night Owl
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The Doctor and the Devils (1985) — Sewerman
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Blake's 7 (1978) — Slave
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The Hour of the Pig (1993) — Travelling Player
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Les Misérables (1978) — Brevet
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Dark Places (1973) — Baxter
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Dempsey and Makepeace (1985) — Sims
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Minder (1979) — Elderly Man
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Return to Waterloo (1984) — Mortuary Attendant
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Schalcken the Painter (1979) — Coachman
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Half a Sixpence (1967) — Pub Character
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Poldark (1975) — Nick Vigus
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Super Gran (1985) — Roland Rattray
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Murder Most Horrid (1991) — Carriage Driver
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Secret Army (1977) — Belgian Farmer
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The Protectors (1972) — Joe Lomax
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Worzel Gummidge (1979) — Whelk-stall owner
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Loving Memory (1970) — Man
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Baal (1982) — 2nd Cab Driver
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Van der Valk (1972) — Caretaker
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Campion (1989) — Branch
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Return of the Saint (1978) — Dillon
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Ellis Island (1984) — Stage Door Guard