Actor
Roy Evans
January 10, 1930 · Bristol, England, UK
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.
Notable work
8.1The Elephant Man (1980)
as Cabman
6.9The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
as Vampire at Ball (uncredited)
7.9M*A*S*H (1972)
as Orderly (uncredited)
7.9Doctor Who (1963)
as Bert and as Miner and as Trantis
8Blackadder (1983)
as Abel, a Peasant and as Dumb Abel, a Peasant and as Abel, a Bilind Beggar
7Oliver! (1968)
as Pauper - Workhouse
6.6Hamlet (1990)
as The Players
6.3The Company of Wolves (1984)
as Eyepatch
6Jabberwocky (1977)
as Ratman
Often works with
Jon Pertwee
2 titles together
Doctor Who, The House That Dripped Blood
William Russell
2 titles together
Doctor Who, Terror
Lalla Ward
2 titles together
Doctor Who, The Prince and the Pauper
Oliver Reed
2 titles together
Oliver!, The Prince and the Pauper
Mark Lester
2 titles together
Oliver!, The Prince and the Pauper
Stephen Dillane
2 titles together
Hamlet, The Gathering
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Global Conspiracy?
as Talfryn Pritchard
2004
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
as Ted Prendergast
2003
The Gathering
as The Gathering
20035.6
Restoration
as Fleeing Man
19956.1
The Hour of the Pig
as Travelling Player
19936.2
Hamlet
as The Players
19906.6
Death of a Son
as Undertaker
1989
Border
as Lodger
1988
Foreign Body
as Newspaper vendor
1986
Lost In London
as Taxi Driver
1985
Santa Claus: The Movie
as Village Leader (uncredited)
19856.3
The Doctor and the Devils
as Sewerman
19856.2