David Neilson
Born: 1949-03-13 in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2024
- A Scottish Love Scheme ... (Line Producer)
2020
- Majority as Len Taylor
2009
- Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday as Roy Cropper
1996
- Secrets & Lies as Man in Suit
1994
- Once Upon A Time In The North as Mr Dacre
1993
- Resnick: Rough Treatment as DS Graham Millington
1992
- Heartbeat as Barry Jackson
- Resnick: Lonely Hearts as DS Graham Millington
- Blue Heaven as Sergeant
1990
- Life Is Sweet as Steve
1986
- Knights & Emeralds as Ashby
1982
- Boys from the Blackstuff as Lawton
1981
- Bergerac as Moxton
- Sons and Lovers as Edgar
1978
- Soldiers Talking, Cleanly as Buckie
1977
- Secret Army as Jelinek
1960
- Coronation Street as Roy Cropper