Biography
Roger Avon (23 November 1914 β 21 December 1998) was an English stage, film and television actor born in Jarrow, County Durham.Some of his television appearances include Hancock's Half Hour, Dad's Army, When the Boat Comes In, Department S, Doctor Who (serials The Crusade and The Daleks' Master Plan), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Our Friends in the North and Blackadder the Third. He appeared in the films Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D., The Likely Lads, Mutiny on the Buses, Quatermass and the Pit and Curse of the Crimson Altar, among others.Avon was still acting up until his death, aged 84, his last role being in the TV series Grafters, starring Robson Green.
Filmography
all 52
Movies 26
TV Shows 26
Angus Belfer
Peak Practice (1993)
TV
Museum Attendant
Grace & Favour (1992)
TV
George Fields
The Black Candle (1991)
Movie
Charles
The Dresser (1983)
Movie
The Duke of Cheapside
Blackadder (1983)
TV
5.79
Commissionaire
George & Mildred (1980)
Movie
Sergeant
The Back Page (1978)
Movie
Chauffeur
Come the Revolution (1977)
Movie
First Workman
Hide and Seek (1972)
Movie
Rathbone
Au Pair Girls (1972)
Movie
Policeman (Safari Park)
Mutiny on the Buses (1972)
Movie
4.85
Clerk of the Court
Upstairs, Downstairs (1971)
TV
4
Chauffeur
Play for Today (1970)
TV
Hooper / 1st Maintenance Man
Department S (1969)
TV
Sergeant Tyson (uncredited)
Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)
Movie
Electrician
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
Movie
4.64
Mr. Cotes
Harry Worth (1966)
TV
Uncle Bob
Dead End Creek (1965)
Movie
Waterhouse
Runaway Railway (1965)
Movie
Policeman (uncredited)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Movie
6
Police Photographer (uncredited)
Murder at the Gallop (1963)
Movie
6
Policeman
Benny Hill (1962)
TV
6
Police Inspector
The Arthur Askey Show (1961)
TV
Police Sergeant
Arthur's Treasured Volumes (1960)
TV
Reporter
The Ugly Duckling (1959)
Movie
Constable
Womaneater (1958)
Movie
Constable Brown
Kill Her Gently (1957)
Movie
Constable
The Scamp (1957)
Movie
Horsetrough
Fun at St. Fanny's (1955)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1914-11-23
Deathday1998-12-21 (84 years old)
Birth PlaceJarrow, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
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