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).
Acted in 78
2000s
- 2004
Global Conspiracy?
Talfryn Pritchard
- 2003
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Ted Prendergast
1990s
- 1997
Ain't Misbehavin'
Stage Door Keeper · 1 episode
- 1995
Johnny and the Dead
Boatman · 2 episodes
- 1993
The Hour of the Pig
Travelling Player
- 1991
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
Andy Capp
Workman · 1 episode
Border
Lodger
- 1986
Foreign Body
Newspaper vendor
- 1985
Lost In London
Taxi Driver
The Doctor and the Devils
Sewerman
- 1984
Ellis Island
Stage Door Guard · 1 episode
Return to Waterloo
Mortuary Attendant
- 1983
- 1982
Imaginary Friends
George
Baal
2nd Cab Driver
- 1980
Cribb
Shopkeeper · 1 episode
1970s
- 1979
Schalcken the Painter
Coachman
Terror
Villager
Coming Out
Charlie Rose
- 1978
- 1977
Hazlitt in Love
Birdseller
- 1976
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
Major Domo (uncredited)
No Hard Feelings
soldier
- 1975
- 1974
Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
Miner
- 1973
Doctor Who: The Green Death
Bert
Warship
Cook Meadows · 1 episode
Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood
Gyrth
- 1972
Flyaway
Movie
- 1971
Deathday
Postman
- 1970
From a Bird's Eye View
Tall Undertaker · 1 episode
1960s
- 1969
The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
Man Poke by Stick
Judge Dee
Tai · 1 episode
Where's Jack?
Mr Hind
- 1968
The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids
Street Cleaner
- 1967
Half a Sixpence
Pub Character
A Ghost of a Chance
Driver
- 1965
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
Trantis
Londoners
Second Clerk · 1 episode
- 1964
- 1963
