Roy Evans
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).
Acting
Movie
The Elephant Man
as Cabman
1980
Movie
The Fearless Vampire Killers
as Vampire at Ball (uncredited)
1967
TV
M*A*S*H
as Orderly (uncredited)
1972
TV
Doctor Who
as Bert
1963
TV
Doctor Who
as Miner
1963
TV
Doctor Who
as Trantis
1963
TV
Blackadder
as Abel, a Peasant
1983
TV
Blackadder
as Dumb Abel, a Peasant
1983
TV
Blackadder
as Abel, a Bilind Beggar
1983
Movie
Oliver!
as Pauper - Workhouse
1968
Movie
Hamlet
as The Players
1990
Movie
The Company of Wolves
as Eyepatch
1984
Movie
Jabberwocky
as Ratman
1977
Movie
Santa Claus: The Movie
as Village Leader (uncredited)
1985
Movie
The Gathering
as The Gathering
2003
Movie
The House That Dripped Blood
1971
Movie
Restoration
as Fleeing Man
1995
Movie
The Big Sleep
as Deliveryman (uncredited)
1978
TV
Around the World in 80 Days
as Shirley Rose Engineer
1989
Movie
The Blood Beast Terror
as 2nd Porter
1968
Movie
The Prince and the Pauper
as Night Owl
1977
Movie
The Doctor and the Devils
as Sewerman
1985
TV
Blake's 7
as Slave
1978
Movie
Les Misérables
as Brevet
1978