Person
Roy Evans
Acting · Born 1930-01-10 · Bristol, England, UK
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).
Known for

Doctor Who
Bert

Screen Two
Undertaker

M*A*S*H
Orderly (uncredited)

Minder
Elderly Man

Theatre 625
Mike

Omnibus
Coachman

Blackadder
Abel, a Peasant

Blake's 7
Slave

The Protectors
Joe Lomax

Worzel Gummidge
Whelk-stall owner
Filmography
- 2004Global Conspiracy?Talfryn Pritchard
- 2003Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley FletcherTed Prendergast
- 2003The GatheringThe Gathering
- 1995RestorationFleeing Man
- 1995Johnny and the DeadBoatman
- 1993The Hour of the PigTravelling Player
- 1991Murder Most HorridCarriage Driver
- 1990HamletThe Players
- 1989Around the World in 80 DaysShirley Rose Engineer
- 1989CampionBranch
- 1989Death of a SonUndertaker
- 1988Andy CappWorkman
- 1988BorderLodger
- 1986Foreign BodyNewspaper vendor
- 1985Lost In LondonTaxi Driver
- 1985Santa Claus: The MovieVillage Leader (uncredited)
- 1985The Doctor and the DevilsSewerman
- 1985Super GranRoland Rattray
- 1985Dempsey and MakepeaceSims
- 1985Screen TwoUndertaker
- 1984Ellis IslandStage Door Guard
- 1984Return to WaterlooMortuary Attendant
- 1984The Company of WolvesEyepatch
- 1983BlackadderAbel, a Peasant
- 1982Imaginary FriendsGeorge
- 1982Baal2nd Cab Driver
- 1980The Elephant ManCabman
- 1980CribbShopkeeper
- 1979Schalcken the PainterCoachman
- 1979MinderElderly Man
- 1979Coming OutCharlie Rose
- 1979Worzel GummidgeWhelk-stall owner
- 1979Dick TurpinFellowes
- 1978Les MisérablesBrevet
- 1978Return of the SaintDillon
- 1978The Big SleepDeliveryman (uncredited)
- 1978Blake's 7Slave
- 1977Secret ArmyBelgian Farmer
- 1977The Prince and the PauperNight Owl
- 1977JabberwockyRatman
- 1977Hazlitt in LoveBirdseller
- 1976The Bawdy Adventures of Tom JonesMajor Domo (uncredited)
- 1976No Hard Feelingssoldier
- 1975PoldarkNick Vigus
- 1974Churchill's PeopleChurl
- 1974Doctor Who: The Monster of PeladonMiner
- 1973Doctor Who: The Green DeathBert
- 1973WarshipCook Meadows
- 1973Dark PlacesBaxter
- 1973Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin HoodGyrth
- 1972The ProtectorsJoe Lomax
- 1972M*A*S*HOrderly (uncredited)
- 1972Van der ValkCaretaker
- 1972Flyaway
- 1971A Ghost Story for ChristmasCoachman
- 1971DeathdayPostman
- 1971BudgieReggie
- 1971The House That Dripped Blood
- 1970ScroogeGhostly Coachman (uncredited)
- 1970Loving MemoryMan
- 1970From a Bird's Eye ViewTall Undertaker
- 1969The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not CricketMan Poke by Stick
- 1969Where's Jack?Mr Hind
- 1968Oliver!Pauper - Workhouse
- 1968The Blood Beast Terror2nd Porter
- 1968The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki KidsStreet Cleaner
- 1967Half a SixpencePub Character
- 1967The Fearless Vampire KillersVampire at Ball (uncredited)
- 1967OmnibusCoachman
- 1967A Ghost of a ChanceDriver
- 1965Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master PlanTrantis
- 1965LondonersSecond Clerk
- 1964Theatre 625Mike
- 1963Doctor WhoBert
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