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David Neilson

David Neilson

ActingBorn: March 13, 1949in 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.

Majority

Majority

as Len Taylor

Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday

Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday

as Roy Cropper

Secrets & Lies

Secrets & Lies

as Man in Suit

Once Upon A Time In The North

as Mr Dacre

Resnick: Rough Treatment

as DS Graham Millington

Blue Heaven

as Sergeant

Heartbeat

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Heartbeat

as Barry Jackson

Resnick: Lonely Hearts

as DS Graham Millington

Life Is Sweet

Life Is Sweet

as Steve

Knights & Emeralds

Knights & Emeralds

as Ashby

Boys from the Blackstuff

Boys from the Blackstuff

as Lawton

Bergerac

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Bergerac

as Moxton

Sons and Lovers

Sons and Lovers

as Edgar

Soldiers Talking, Cleanly

Soldiers Talking, Cleanly

as Buckie

Strangers

Strangers

as Torchy

Secret Army

Secret Army

as Jelinek

Coronation Street

Coronation Street

as Roy Cropper