David Neilson
March 13, 1949 (75 years old) in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
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.
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Credits
- 2020 · Majority as Len Taylor
- 2009 · Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday as Roy Cropper
- 1996 · Secrets & Lies as Man in Suit
- 1994 · Once Upon A Time In The North as Mr Dacre
- 1993 · Resnick: Rough Treatment as DS Graham Millington
- 1992 · Blue Heaven as Sergeant
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Barry Jackson
- 1992 · Resnick: Lonely Hearts as DS Graham Millington
- 1990 · Life Is Sweet as Steve
- 1986 · Knights & Emeralds as Ashby
- 1982 · Boys from the Blackstuff as Lawton
- 1981 · Bergerac as Moxton
- 1981 · Sons and Lovers as Edgar
- 1978 · Soldiers Talking, Cleanly as Buckie
- 1977 · Secret Army as Jelinek
- 1960 · Coronation Street as Roy Cropper