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).
Bert
Miner
Trantis
Orderly (uncredited)
Abel, a Peasant
Dumb Abel, a Peasant
Abel, a Bilind Beggar
Elderly Man
Caretaker
Shirley Rose Engineer
Coachman
Charlie Rose
Village Leader (uncredited)
Pauper - Workhouse
Brevet
Sims
Nick Vigus
Ratman
The Gathering
Mike
Slave
Coachman
Newspaper vendor
The Players
Dillon
Cabman
Undertaker
2nd Cab Driver
Belgian Farmer
George
Lodger
Cook Meadows
Joe Lomax
Night Owl
Vampire at Ball (uncredited)
Man
Gyrth
Baxter
Fellowes
Branch
Roland Rattray
soldier
Mr Hind
Pub Character
Whelk-stall owner
Churl
Reggie
Deliveryman (uncredited)
Eyepatch
Tall Undertaker
Second Clerk
Fleeing Man
Stage Door Guard
Sewerman
Workman
Coachman
Travelling Player
Bert
Major Domo (uncredited)
Trantis
Boatman
Miner
Taxi Driver
Undertaker
2nd Porter
Driver
Ted Prendergast
Mortuary Attendant
Man Poke by Stick
Street Cleaner
Talfryn Pritchard
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