Roy Evans
Actor
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).
Filmography
The Fearless Vampire Killers
as Vampire at Ball (uncredited) 1967
Oliver!
as Pauper - Workhouse 1968
Hamlet
as The Players 1990
The Company of Wolves
as Eyepatch 1984
Jabberwocky
as Ratman 1977
Santa Claus: The Movie
as Village Leader (uncredited) 1985
The Gathering
as The Gathering 2003
The House That Dripped Blood
1971
Restoration
as Fleeing Man 1995
The Big Sleep
as Deliveryman (uncredited) 1978
The Blood Beast Terror
as 2nd Porter 1968
The Doctor and the Devils
as Sewerman 1985
The Prince and the Pauper
as Night Owl 1977
The Hour of the Pig
as Travelling Player 1993
Les Misérables
as Brevet 1978
Dark Places
as Baxter 1973