Roger Avon

Roger Avon (23 November 1914 – 21 December 1998) was an English stage, film and television actor born in Jarrow, County Durham.

Some of his television appearances include Hancock's Half Hour, Dad's Army, When the Boat Comes In, and The Daleks' Master Plan), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased),

Avon was still acting up until his death, aged 84, his last role being in the TV series Grafters, starring Robson Green.

Selected filmography Fun at St. Fanny's (1955) – Horsetrough The Time of His Life (1955) – Prison Warder (uncredited) Stars in Your Eyes (1957) – Grimes The Scamp (1957) – Constable Kill Her Gently (1957) – Const. Brown The Woman Eater (1958) – Constable A Night to Remember (1958) – Lookout Reginald Lee (uncredited) Dial 999 (TV series), ('Deadly Blackmail', episode) (1959) - Crime witness (uncredited) Dial 999 (TV series) ('Ghost Squad', episode) (1959) - MacTavish The Ugly Duckling (1959) – Reporter Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) – Policeman at Window Breaking (uncredited) The Hellfire Club (1961) – Turnkey Murder at the Gallop (1963) – Forensic Photographer (uncredited) A Hard Day's Night (1964) – Policeman Following Ringo (uncredited) Runaway Railway (1965) – Waterhouse Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966) – Wells Cuckoo Patrol (1967) – Policeman Quatermass and the Pit (1967) – Electrician Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968) – Sergeant Tyson Burke & Hare (1971) – Second Guard Mutiny on the Buses (1972) – Policeman (Safari Park) Au Pair Girls (1972) – Rathbone Hide and Seek (1972) – First workman The Likely Lads (1976) – Joe the Landlord George and Mildred (1980) – Commissionaire The Dresser (1983) – Charles