Acting
Roy Evans
EN cinema · 45 credits
Born
10 January 1930 (age 96)
Birthplace
Bristol, England, UK
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).
Known for
Filmography
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
The Doctor and the Devils
as Sewerman
Lost In London
as Taxi Driver
Santa Claus: The Movie
as Village Leader (uncredited)
The Company of Wolves
as Eyepatch
Return to Waterloo
as Mortuary Attendant
Imaginary Friends
as George
Baal
as 2nd Cab Driver
The Elephant Man
as Cabman
Schalcken the Painter
as Coachman
Coming Out
as Charlie Rose
Terror
as Villager
Les Misérables
as Brevet
The Big Sleep
as Deliveryman (uncredited)
Jabberwocky
as Ratman
The Prince and the Pauper
as Night Owl
Hazlitt in Love
as Birdseller
No Hard Feelings
as soldier
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
as Major Domo (uncredited)
Dark Places
as Baxter
Flyaway
Actor
Deathday
as Postman
Scrooge
as Ghostly Coachman (uncredited)
Where's Jack?
as Mr Hind
The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
as Man Poke by Stick
Oliver!
as Pauper - Workhouse
The Blood Beast Terror
as 2nd Porter
The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids
as Street Cleaner
The Fearless Vampire Killers
as Vampire at Ball (uncredited)
Half a Sixpence
as Pub Character
A Ghost of a Chance
as Driver