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).
as Talfryn Pritchard
as Ted Prendergast
as The Gathering
as Stage Door Keeper(1 ep)
as Fleeing Man
as Boatman(2 eps)
as Travelling Player
as Carriage Driver(1 ep)
as The Players
as Shirley Rose Engineer(3 eps)
as Branch(2 eps)
as Undertaker
as Workman(1 ep)
as Lodger
as Newspaper vendor
as Taxi Driver
as Village Leader (uncredited)
as Sewerman
as Roland Rattray(1 ep)
as Sims(1 ep)
as Undertaker(1 ep)
as Stage Door Guard(1 ep)
as Mortuary Attendant
as Eyepatch
as Abel, a Peasant(1 ep)
as Dumb Abel, a Peasant(1 ep)
as Abel, a Bilind Beggar(1 ep)
as George
as 2nd Cab Driver
as Cabman
as Shopkeeper(1 ep)
as Coachman
as Elderly Man(1 ep)
as Villager
as Charlie Rose
as Whelk-stall owner(1 ep)
as Fellowes(1 ep)
as Brevet
as Dillon(1 ep)
as Deliveryman (uncredited)
as Slave(1 ep)
as Belgian Farmer(1 ep)
as Night Owl
as Ratman
as Birdseller
as Major Domo (uncredited)
as soldier
as Nick Vigus(3 eps)
as Churl(1 ep)
as Bert
as Cook Meadows(1 ep)
as Baxter
as Joe Lomax(1 ep)
as Orderly (uncredited)(1 ep)
as Caretaker(1 ep)
as Coachman(1 ep)
as Postman
as Reggie(1 ep)
as Ghostly Coachman (uncredited)
as Man
as Tall Undertaker(1 ep)
as Man Poke by Stick
as Tai(1 ep)
as Mr Hind
as Pauper - Workhouse
as 2nd Porter
as Street Cleaner
as Pub Character
as Vampire at Ball (uncredited)
as Coachman(1 ep)
as Driver
as Trantis
as 1st Hydroplane Operator(1 ep)
as Second Clerk(1 ep)
as Mike(1 ep)
as Bert(2 eps)
as Miner(2 eps)
as Trantis(3 eps)