Roy Evans
Known for: Acting
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).
Filmography
Series
Doctor Who
Bert
1963
Series
Doctor Who
Miner
1963
Series
Doctor Who
Trantis
1963
Series
M*A*S*H
Orderly (uncredited)
1972
Series
Omnibus
Coachman
1967
Series
Minder
Elderly Man
1979
Series
Screen Two
Undertaker
1985
Series
Churchill's People
Churl
1974
Series
Blackadder
Abel, a Peasant
1983
Series
Blackadder
Dumb Abel, a Peasant
1983
Series
Blackadder
Abel, a Bilind Beggar
1983
Series
Theatre 625
Mike
1964
Series
The Troubleshooters
1st Hydroplane Operator
1965
Series
Blake's 7
Slave
1978
Series
The Protectors
Joe Lomax
1972
Series
Secret Army
Belgian Farmer
1977
Series
Van der Valk
Caretaker
1972
Series
Dempsey and Makepeace
Sims
1985
Series
Murder Most Horrid
Carriage Driver
1991
Series
Return of the Saint
Dillon
1978
Series
Poldark
Nick Vigus
1975
Series
Worzel Gummidge
Whelk-stall owner
1979
Series
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Coachman
1971
Film
The Elephant Man
Cabman
1980
Series
Budgie
Reggie
1971
Series
Campion
Branch
1989
Series
Dick Turpin
Fellowes
1979
Series
Warship
Cook Meadows
1973
Series
Super Gran
Roland Rattray
1985
Series
Cribb
Shopkeeper
1980
Series
Around the World in 80 Days
Shirley Rose Engineer
1989
Film
The Company of Wolves
Eyepatch
1984
Film
The Fearless Vampire Killers
Vampire at Ball (uncredited)
1967
Series
Londoners
Second Clerk
1965
Series
From a Bird's Eye View
Tall Undertaker
1970
Film
Oliver!
Pauper - Workhouse
1968
Series
Ellis Island
Stage Door Guard
1984
Film
Santa Claus: The Movie
Village Leader (uncredited)
1985
Series
Ain't Misbehavin'
Stage Door Keeper
1997
Film
Scrooge
Ghostly Coachman (uncredited)
1970
Film
The House That Dripped Blood
1971
Film
Hamlet
The Players
1990
Film
The Prince and the Pauper
Night Owl
1977
Series
Johnny and the Dead
Boatman
1995
Film
The Big Sleep
Deliveryman (uncredited)
1978
Series
Judge Dee
Tai
1969
Series
Andy Capp
Workman
1988
Film
Restoration
Fleeing Man
1995
Film
The Doctor and the Devils
Sewerman
1985
Film
The Gathering
The Gathering
2003
Film
Jabberwocky
Ratman
1977
Film
Les Misérables
Brevet
1978
Film
The Hour of the Pig
Travelling Player
1993
Film
The Blood Beast Terror
2nd Porter
1968
Film
Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood
Gyrth
1973
Film
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Ted Prendergast
2003
Film
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
Major Domo (uncredited)
1976
Film
A Ghost of a Chance
Driver
1967
Film
Dark Places
Baxter
1973
Film
No Hard Feelings
soldier
1976
Film
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
Trantis
1965
Film
Death of a Son
Undertaker
1989
Film
Coming Out
Charlie Rose
1979
Film
Half a Sixpence
Pub Character
1967
Film
Terror
Villager
1979
Film
The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
Man Poke by Stick
1969
Film
Foreign Body
Newspaper vendor
1986
Film
Schalcken the Painter
Coachman
1979
Film
Border
Lodger
1988
Film
Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
Miner
1974
Film
Deathday
Postman
1971
Film
Return to Waterloo
Mortuary Attendant
1984
Film
Baal
2nd Cab Driver
1982
Film
Doctor Who: The Green Death
Bert
1973
Film
The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids
Street Cleaner
1968
Film
Loving Memory
Man
1970
Film
Hazlitt in Love
Birdseller
1977
Film
Where's Jack?
Mr Hind
1969
Film
Lost In London
Taxi Driver
1985
Film
Global Conspiracy?
Talfryn Pritchard
2004
Film
Imaginary Friends
George
1982
Film
Flyaway
1972