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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 Ba…
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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).
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BODY OF WORK
Roy Evans's Filmography
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Global Conspiracy?
as Talfryn Pritchard
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
as Ted Prendergast
The Gathering
as The Gathering
Restoration
as Fleeing Man
The Hour of the Pig
as Travelling Player
Hamlet
as The Players
Death of a Son
as Undertaker
Border
as Lodger
Foreign Body
as Newspaper vendor
Lost In London
as Taxi Driver
Santa Claus: The Movie
as Village Leader (uncredited)
The Doctor and the Devils
as Sewerman
Return to Waterloo
as Mortuary Attendant
The Company of Wolves
as Eyepatch
Imaginary Friends
as George
Baal
as 2nd Cab Driver
The Elephant Man
as Cabman
Schalcken the Painter
as Coachman
Terror
as Villager
Coming Out
as Charlie Rose
Les Misérables
as Brevet
The Big Sleep
as Deliveryman (uncredited)
The Prince and the Pauper
as Night Owl
Jabberwocky
as Ratman
Hazlitt in Love
as Birdseller
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
as Major Domo (uncredited)
No Hard Feelings
as soldier
Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
as Miner
Doctor Who: The Green Death
as Bert
Dark Places
as Baxter
Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood
as Gyrth
Flyaway
Deathday
as Postman
The House That Dripped Blood
Scrooge
as Ghostly Coachman (uncredited)
Loving Memory
as Man
The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
as Man Poke by Stick
Where's Jack?
as Mr Hind
Oliver!
as Pauper - Workhouse
The Blood Beast Terror
as 2nd Porter
The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids
as Street Cleaner
Half a Sixpence
as Pub Character
The Fearless Vampire Killers
as Vampire at Ball (uncredited)
A Ghost of a Chance
as Driver
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
as Trantis