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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, 1949-03-13

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1978	Soldiers Talking, Cleanly	Buckie	0
2	1981	Sons and Lovers	Edgar	0
3	1986	Knights & Emeralds	Ashby	60
4	1990	Life Is Sweet	Steve	70
5	1992	Resnick: Lonely Hearts	DS Graham Millington	0
6	1993	Resnick: Rough Treatment	DS Graham Millington	0
7	1996	Secrets & Lies	Man in Suit	76
8	2009	Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday	Roy Cropper	58
9	2020	Majority	Len Taylor	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1960	Coronation Street	Roy Cropper	54
2	1977	Secret Army	Jelinek	75
3	1981	Bergerac	Moxton	67
4	1982	Boys from the Blackstuff	Lawton	77
5	1992	Heartbeat	Barry Jackson	71
6	1992	Blue Heaven	Sergeant	30
7	1994	Once Upon A Time In The North	Mr Dacre	50

David Neilson

Film

Television