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David Neilson
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, Nei…
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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.
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2024
A Scottish Love Scheme
Movie Line Producer
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2020
Majority
Movie Len Taylor
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2009
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
Movie Roy Cropper
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1996
Secrets & Lies
Movie Man in Suit
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1994
Once Upon A Time In The North
TV show Mr Dacre
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1993
Resnick: Rough Treatment
Movie DS Graham Millington
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1992
Blue Heaven
TV show Sergeant
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1992
Heartbeat
TV show Barry Jackson
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1992
Resnick: Lonely Hearts
Movie DS Graham Millington
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1991
Life Is Sweet
Movie Steve
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1986
Knights & Emeralds
Movie Ashby
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1982
Boys from the Blackstuff
TV show Lawton
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1981
Bergerac
TV show Moxton
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1981
Sons and Lovers
Movie Edgar
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1978
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
Movie Buckie
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1978
Strangers
TV show Torchy
More credits
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1977
Secret Army
TV show Jelinek
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1960
Coronation Street
TV show Roy Cropper
