Roger Avon


Roger Avon 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, Department S, Doctor Who, Randall and Hopkirk , Our Friends in the North and Blackadder the Third. He appeared in the films Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D., The Likely Lads, Mutiny on the Buses, Quatermass and the Pit and Curse of the Crimson Altar, among others.
Avon was still acting up until his death, aged 84, his last role being in the TV series Grafters, starring Robson Green.

Selected filmography