Roy Evans
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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
Credits

The Elephant Man (1980)
as Cabman

Oliver! (1968)
as Pauper - Workhouse

The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
as Vampire at Ball (uncredited)

Scrooge (1970)
as Ghostly Coachman (uncredited)

Les Misérables (1978)
as Brevet

Hamlet (1990)
as The Players

The Company of Wolves (1984)
as Eyepatch

Jabberwocky (1977)
as Ratman

Restoration (1995)
as Fleeing Man

The Big Sleep (1978)
as Deliveryman (uncredited)

The Prince and the Pauper (1977)
as Night Owl

The Gathering (2003)
as The Gathering

Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
as Village Leader (uncredited)

The Hour of the Pig (1993)
as Travelling Player

The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
Actor

The Doctor and the Devils (1985)
as Sewerman

Where's Jack? (1969)
as Mr Hind

Dark Places (1973)
as Baxter

The Blood Beast Terror (1968)
as 2nd Porter

Foreign Body (1986)
as Newspaper vendor

Loving Memory (1970)
as Man

Half a Sixpence (1967)
as Pub Character

The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976)
as Major Domo (uncredited)

Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood (1973)
as Gyrth

Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher (2003)
as Ted Prendergast

Baal (1982)
as 2nd Cab Driver

Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan (1965)
as Trantis

Doctor Who: The Green Death (1973)
as Bert

Return to Waterloo (1984)
as Mortuary Attendant

Border (1988)
as Lodger

Coming Out (1979)
as Charlie Rose

Lost In London (1985)
as Taxi Driver

Imaginary Friends (1982)
as George

Schalcken the Painter (1979)
as Coachman

The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids (1968)
as Street Cleaner

Deathday (1971)
as Postman

No Hard Feelings (1976)
as soldier

Death of a Son (1989)
as Undertaker

A Ghost of a Chance (1967)
as Driver

The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket (1969)
as Man Poke by Stick

Hazlitt in Love (1977)
as Birdseller

Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon (1974)
as Miner

Global Conspiracy? (2004)
as Talfryn Pritchard

Flyaway (1972)
Actor





