Acting
Roy Evans
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
Global Conspiracy?
Film · 2004
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Film · 2003
The Gathering
Film · 2003
Ain't Misbehavin'
Series · 1997
Restoration
Film · 1995
Johnny and the Dead
Series · 1995
The Hour of the Pig
Film · 1993
Murder Most Horrid
Series · 1991
Hamlet
Film · 1990
Death of a Son
Film · 1989
Campion
Series · 1989
Around the World in 80 Days
Series · 1989
Border
Film · 1988
Andy Capp
Series · 1988
Foreign Body
Film · 1986
The Doctor and the Devils
Film · 1985
Lost In London
Film · 1985
Santa Claus: The Movie
Film · 1985
Super Gran
Series · 1985
Dempsey and Makepeace
Series · 1985
Screen Two
Series · 1985
The Company of Wolves
Film · 1984
Return to Waterloo
Film · 1984
Ellis Island
Series · 1984
Blackadder
Series · 1983
Blackadder
Series · 1983
Blackadder
Series · 1983
Imaginary Friends
Film · 1982
Baal
Film · 1982
The Elephant Man
Film · 1980
Cribb
Series · 1980
Schalcken the Painter
Film · 1979
Coming Out
Film · 1979
Terror
Film · 1979
Minder
Series · 1979
Worzel Gummidge
Series · 1979
Dick Turpin
Series · 1979
Les Misérables
Film · 1978
The Big Sleep
Film · 1978
Return of the Saint
Series · 1978
Blake's 7
Series · 1978
Jabberwocky
Film · 1977
The Prince and the Pauper
Film · 1977
Hazlitt in Love
Film · 1977
Secret Army
Series · 1977
No Hard Feelings
Film · 1976
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
Film · 1976
Poldark
Series · 1975
Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
Film · 1974
Churchill's People
Series · 1974
Dark Places
Film · 1973
Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood
Film · 1973
Doctor Who: The Green Death
Film · 1973
Warship
Series · 1973
Flyaway
Film · 1972
Van der Valk
Series · 1972
M*A*S*H
Series · 1972
The Protectors
Series · 1972
The House That Dripped Blood
Film · 1971
Deathday
Film · 1971
Budgie
Series · 1971
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Series · 1971
Loving Memory
Film · 1970
Scrooge
Film · 1970
From a Bird's Eye View
Series · 1970
Where's Jack?
Film · 1969
The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
Film · 1969
Judge Dee
Series · 1969
Oliver!
Film · 1968
The Blood Beast Terror
Film · 1968
The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids
Film · 1968
The Fearless Vampire Killers
Film · 1967
Half a Sixpence
Film · 1967
A Ghost of a Chance
Film · 1967
Omnibus
Series · 1967
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
Film · 1965
Londoners
Series · 1965
Theatre 625
Series · 1964
Doctor Who
Series · 1963
Doctor Who
Series · 1963
Doctor Who
Series · 1963