David Neilson
Acting Born Mar 13, 1949 Loughborough, Leicestershire, England 17 credits
Biography
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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Full filmography
- Coronation Street (1960) as Roy Cropper
- Heartbeat (1992) as Barry Jackson
- Bergerac (1981) as Moxton
- Secret Army (1977) as Jelinek
- Strangers (1978) as Torchy
- Secrets & Lies (1996) as Man in Suit
- Boys from the Blackstuff (1982) as Lawton
- Blue Heaven (1992) as Sergeant
- Once Upon A Time In The North (1994) as Mr Dacre
- Life Is Sweet (1991) as Steve
- Resnick: Lonely Hearts (1992) as DS Graham Millington
- Resnick: Rough Treatment (1993) as DS Graham Millington
- Sons and Lovers (1981) as Edgar
- Knights & Emeralds (1986) as Ashby
- Soldiers Talking, Cleanly (1978) as Buckie
- Majority (2020) as Len Taylor
- Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday (2009) as Roy Cropper