Roy Spencer (actor)
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Roy Spencer | |
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| Born | Heanor, Derbyshire, England |
| Occupation(s) | Film, Television actor, special effects technician |
Roy Spencer is a British actor and special effects technician who was born in Heanor, Derbyshire, but grew up in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire.
Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company for two seasons, during which he went with them on a Russian tour.[1]
Spencer has appeared in several films and TV shows, including two roles in Doctor Who, as Manyak in The Ark and as Frank Harris in Fury from the Deep.
He also wrote several books about the author D. H. Lawrence and appeared in the BBC dramatisation of Lawrence's The Rainbow (1988).
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1960 | Saturday Night and Sunday Morning | Onlooker | Uncredited |
| 1965 | Help! | Technician | Uncredited |
| 1975 | Barry Lyndon | Horse Seller | |
| 1979 | A Question of Faith | Ivan Yegorovich |
References
[edit]- ^ "Phoenix Faces", Leicester Mercury, 26 April 1966 (pg.10)
External links
[edit]- Roy Spencer at IMDb
- cached article 'Loose Cannon's Hall Of Fame'
- Roy Spencer at Theatricalia
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Categories:
- Living people
- English male film actors
- English male television actors
- People from Eastwood, Nottinghamshire
- People from Heanor
- Royal Shakespeare Company members
- Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Male actors from Derbyshire
- Male actors from Nottinghamshire
- Actors from Amber Valley
- Actors from the Borough of Broxtowe
- English screen actor stubs