Roy Evans

Roy Evans: 

With his hangdog demeanour and baleful gaze, we seem to often see Roy Evans in either roles of brooding menace or slight gormlessness. He's a minor Doctor Who favourite, having appeared in several stories: as the sinister razor-toothed Trantis from the long 1965 adventure 'The Dalek's Master Plan', and two Pertwee-era classics, 'The Green Death' and 'The Monster Of Peladon'.      

Roy Evans as Trantis in the 1965 'Dr Who'
story, 'The Daleks' Master Plan'

A skim through his film roles shows up a lot of incidental characters, the sort that appear in the credits as 'coachman', 'tall undertaker', 'sewerman', blind beggar', etc, but he's been in some interesting productions. He's in a lot of cult horror: 'The Fearless Vampire Killers' (1967), The Blood Beast Terror' (1968),'The House That Dripped Blood' (1971), and 'Dr Jeckyll & Sister Hyde' (1971). And in the cult favourite 'Psychomania' (1973), he's the unfortunate motorist who first encounters Nicky Henson's resurrected ton-up zombie as he roars out of his stone-circle grave. On the lighter side, he shows up in  'Oliver!' (1968) - he plays one of the workhouse inmates chasing Oliver around the dining hall after he asks for more - and he's in the Albert Finney 'Scrooge' (1970), and interesting bigger budget fare like the space western 'Moon Two Zero' (1969), 'Jabberwocky' (1977), 'The Elephant Man' (1980) and 'The Company Of Wolves' (1984).     

In 'Dr Who: The Green Death'  

Television work has included semi-classic stuff ranging from 'Doctor Who', 'Minder', 'The Protectors', 'Return Of The Saint', 'Budgie', 'Adam Adamant Lives!', 'The Changes', 'Cribb', 'Blakes 7' and David Bowie's 'Baal', to better kids' programmes such as 'Dramarama', 'Worzel Gummidge' and er, 'Here Come The Double Deckers'. Comedy appearances include: 'The Black Adder', 'Murder Most Horrid', 'Only Fools And Horses', as well as popular dramas such as 'Porterhouse Blue', 'Poldark', 'Secret Army', 'Campion' and the 1977 TV adaptation of 'Treasure Island'.     

Spooked by undead motorbike noises in 'Psychomania' (1973) 

In another cult classic, 'The Blood Beast Terror' (1968)

All round, an interesting CV. He seems to be retired since the early 2000s, but there's a good chance of spotting him in something from that long back catalogue.   

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Donald Gee

Donald Gee: 

† Sep 28 1937 – Jan 14 2022*

Soft-spoken, friendly-faced northerner with a long, but uncrowded, CV of appearances as caring coppers, doctors, dads, teachers and lawyers. He also tried to teach Bob Hoskins how to read in the BBC adult literacy vehicle 'On The Move'.

                                                        


Other credits include various roles in 'The Likely Lads', Coronation Street', 'Boon', and 'The Avengers', as well as two 'Dr Who' stories ('The Space Pirates' in 1969 and 'The Monster Of Peladon' in 1974), and regular parts in 'The Forsyte Saga', 'Z Cars', and as the slightly comical Boynton in the 'Heartbeat'-esque doctors drama 'Born & Bred'. More challenging stuff runs from 'Unman Wittering & Zigo' (1971) to the bizarre Johnny Speight TV movie 'If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have To Invent Them' with Leonard Rossiter.

Donald Gee in the 1969 Doctor Who story, 'The Space Pirates'…

…and in 1974's 'The Monster Of Peladon'

Apparently, he was at drama school with Patrick Stewart, Martin Jarvis and Janet Suzman, and taught Stewart to drive... 

Putting the screws on Jim Hacker in 'Yes, Minister'

Reading Bob and Thelma's wedding banns in
'Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?'

*Edit Feb 4 2022: Based on information received in comments below, and via 'Doctor Who Magazine'. 

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