
Cast
Roy Evans
Acting
Cast
Roy Evans
Known for
Acting
Born
1930-01-10
From
Bristol, England, UK
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).

The Elephant Man
as Cabman

The Company of Wolves
as Eyepatch

The Fearless Vampire Killers
as Vampire at Ball (uncredited)

Restoration
as Fleeing Man

Oliver!
as Pauper - Workhouse

Hamlet
as The Players

Jabberwocky
as Ratman

Les Misérables
as Brevet

Santa Claus: The Movie
as Village Leader (uncredited)

The Prince and the Pauper
as Night Owl

Border
as Lodger

The Gathering
as The Gathering

The House That Dripped Blood

The Big Sleep
as Deliveryman (uncredited)

The Hour of the Pig
as Travelling Player

The Doctor and the Devils
as Sewerman

Doctor Who: The Green Death
as Bert

Baal
as 2nd Cab Driver

The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
as Major Domo (uncredited)

Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
as Ted Prendergast

Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood
as Gyrth

Where's Jack?
as Mr Hind

Dark Places
as Baxter

The Blood Beast Terror
as 2nd Porter

Schalcken the Painter
as Coachman

Half a Sixpence
as Pub Character

Lost In London
as Taxi Driver

Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
as Trantis

Coming Out
as Charlie Rose

No Hard Feelings
as soldier

Return to Waterloo
as Mortuary Attendant

Death of a Son
as Undertaker

Foreign Body
as Newspaper vendor

Loving Memory
as Man

A Ghost of a Chance
as Driver

Imaginary Friends
as George

Global Conspiracy?
as Talfryn Pritchard

Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
as Miner

The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
as Man Poke by Stick

The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids
as Street Cleaner

Deathday
as Postman

Flyaway

Hazlitt in Love
as Birdseller