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Roy Evans

Born January 10, 1930 in Bristol, England, UK44 films

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.

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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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The Elephant Man posterFirst watchThe Elephant Man19808.1as CabmanA Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Fearless Vampire Killers poster7.0The Fearless Vampire Killers1967Oliver! poster7.0Oliver!1968Hamlet poster6.6Hamlet1990The Company of Wolves poster6.3The Company of Wolves1984Santa Claus: The Movie poster6.3Santa Claus: The Movie1985Scrooge poster6.8Scrooge1970Jabberwocky poster6.0Jabberwocky1977The House That Dripped Blood poster6.4The House That Dripped Blood1971

Filmography

44 films as actor
  1. 2004Global Conspiracy?Talfryn Pritchard
  2. 2003Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley FletcherTed Prendergast
  3. 2003The GatheringThe Gathering
  4. 1995RestorationFleeing Man
  5. 1993The Hour of the PigTravelling Player
  6. 1990HamletThe Players
  7. 1989Death of a SonUndertaker
  8. 1988BorderLodger
  9. 1986Foreign BodyNewspaper vendor
  10. 1985Lost In LondonTaxi Driver
  11. 1985Santa Claus: The MovieVillage Leader (uncredited)
  12. 1985The Doctor and the DevilsSewerman
  13. 1984Return to WaterlooMortuary Attendant
  14. 1984The Company of WolvesEyepatch
  15. 1982Imaginary FriendsGeorge
  16. 1982Baal2nd Cab Driver
  17. 1980The Elephant ManCabman
  18. 1979Schalcken the PainterCoachman
  19. 1979TerrorVillager
  20. 1979Coming OutCharlie Rose
  21. 1978Les MisérablesBrevet
  22. 1978The Big SleepDeliveryman (uncredited)
  23. 1977The Prince and the PauperNight Owl
  24. 1977JabberwockyRatman
  25. 1977Hazlitt in LoveBirdseller
  26. 1976The Bawdy Adventures of Tom JonesMajor Domo (uncredited)
  27. 1976No Hard Feelingssoldier
  28. 1974Doctor Who: The Monster of PeladonMiner
  29. 1973Doctor Who: The Green DeathBert
  30. 1973Dark PlacesBaxter
  31. 1973Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin HoodGyrth
  32. 1971DeathdayPostman
  33. 1971The House That Dripped Blood
  34. 1970ScroogeGhostly Coachman (uncredited)
  35. 1970Loving MemoryMan
  36. 1969The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not CricketMan Poke by Stick
  37. 1969Where's Jack?Mr Hind
  38. 1968Oliver!Pauper - Workhouse
  39. 1968The Blood Beast Terror2nd Porter
  40. 1968The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki KidsStreet Cleaner
  41. 1967Half a SixpencePub Character
  42. 1967The Fearless Vampire KillersVampire at Ball (uncredited)
  43. 1967A Ghost of a ChanceDriver
  44. 1965Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master PlanTrantis