David Neilson (born 13 March 1949) is an English actor best known for
portraying Roy Cropper in the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street
from 1995 onwards.Neilson was born in Loughborough, Leicestershire,
and entered the Central School of Speech and Drama at the age of 20;
he worked in various jobs at the same time, including as a gas fitter,
ice cream salesman and a barman.His television roles include Z-Cars,
Young at Heart, Mike in a single episode of Survivors (BBC), Edgar in
DH Lawrence's Sons and Lovers adapted by Trevor Griffiths (BBC), Blue
Heaven by Frank Skinner, as Millington in the TV movies of the Charlie
Resnick novels, Bergerac, Casualty, Boys from the Blackstuff, Secret
Army and Heartbeat. He appeared briefly in EastEnders in the early
1990s, and in a celebrity edition of Stars in Their Eyes as Roy
Orbison.
portraying Roy Cropper in the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street
from 1995 onwards.Neilson was born in Loughborough, Leicestershire,
and entered the Central School of Speech and Drama at the age of 20;
he worked in various jobs at the same time, including as a gas fitter,
ice cream salesman and a barman.His television roles include Z-Cars,
Young at Heart, Mike in a single episode of Survivors (BBC), Edgar in
DH Lawrence's Sons and Lovers adapted by Trevor Griffiths (BBC), Blue
Heaven by Frank Skinner, as Millington in the TV movies of the Charlie
Resnick novels, Bergerac, Casualty, Boys from the Blackstuff, Secret
Army and Heartbeat. He appeared briefly in EastEnders in the early
1990s, and in a celebrity edition of Stars in Their Eyes as Roy
Orbison.
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