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David Neilson
Actor, Additional CreditsBorn March 13, 1949 (75 years)
David Neilson is an English actor best known for portraying cafe owner Roy Cropper in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 1995 onwards. In a break from the show in 2016, Neilson starred in a stage production of Samuel Beckett's Endgame at Home in Manchester. Prior to taking up the role of Roy Cropper, Neilson appeared in several TV shows including Boys from The Blackstuff, Resnick, Secret Army, Once Upon a Time in the North, Blue Heaven, Bergerac, Casualty and EastEnders, and in the Mike Leigh films Life is Sweet and Secrets and Lies.
Filmography
| 2020 | Coronation Street: Compilations (TV Series) · as Roy Cropper |
| 2010 | Coronation Street: Tram Crash · as Roy Cropper |
| 2009 | Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday · as Roy Cropper |
| 2009 | Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold 2: Unseen TV Burp · as Roy Cropper |
| 1998 | Women of Coronation Street · as Roy Cropper |
| 1998 | Broken Vessels · as Rick |
| 1996 | Secrets & Lies · as Man In Suit |
| 1995 | The Buccaneers (1995) (TV Series) · as Blair |
| 1994 | Blue Heaven (TV Series) · as Sergeant |
| 1994 | Bermuda Grace · as Cast |
| 1993 | Resnick: Rough Treatment · as Ds Graham Millington |
| 1992 | Between the Lines (TV Series) · as Geoff Woods |
| 1992 | |
| 1991 | Chimera (TV Series) · as Desmond Gaskell |
| 1990 | Life Is Sweet · as Steve |
| 1990 | Stars in Their Eyes (TV Series) · as Roy Orbison |
| 1986 | Knights & Emeralds · as Ashby |
| 1986 | Casualty (TV Series) · as Dave Harkett |
| 1985 | EastEnders (TV Series) · as Mr. Webster |
| 1984 | The Bill (TV Series) · as Graham Lowe |
| 1982 | Boys from the Blackstuff (TV Series) · as Lawton |
| 1981 | Bergerac (TV Series) · as Moxton |
| 1978 | Strangers (TV Series) · as Torchy |
| 1977 | Secret Army (TV Series) · as Jelinek |
| 1975 | Survivors (TV Series) · as Mike |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) · as Buckle |
| 1962 | Z Cars (TV Series) · as Pete |
| 1960 | Coronation Street (TV Series) · as Roy Cropper |