Acting
David Neilson
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.
Acting
- 1994Once Upon A Time In The NorthMr Dacre1 ep.
- 1992Blue HeavenSergeant1 ep.
- 1982Boys from the BlackstuffLawton5 ep.
- 1978StrangersTorchy1 ep.
- 1960Coronation StreetRoy Cropper3225 ep.
Guest appearances
- 2026Coronation StreetRoy Cropper5 ep.
- 1995HeartbeatBarry Jackson1 ep.
- 1994Blue HeavenSergeant1 ep.
- 1994Once Upon A Time In The NorthMr Dacre1 ep.
- 1989BergeracMoxton1 ep.
- 1978Secret ArmyJelinek1 ep.
- 1978StrangersTorchy1 ep.