Roy Spencer (actor)

Roy Spencer
Roy Spencer
Born	Heanor, Derbyshire, England, UK
Occupation(s)	Film, television actor,; special effects technician

Roy Spencer is a British actor and special effects technician who was born in Heanor, Derbyshire, but grew up in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire.

Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company for two seasons, during which he went with them on a Russian tour.^[1]

Spencer has appeared in several films and TV shows, including two roles in Doctor Who, as Manyak in The Ark and as Frank Harris in Fury from the Deep.

He also wrote several books about the author D. H. Lawrence and appeared in the BBC dramatisation of Lawrence's The Rainbow (1988).

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1960	Saturday Night and Sunday Morning	Onlooker	Uncredited
1965	Help!	Technician	Uncredited
1975	Barry Lyndon	Horse Seller
1979	A Question of Faith	Ivan Yegorovich

References

^ "Phoenix Faces", Leicester Mercury, 26 April 1966 (pg.10)

External links

Roy Spencer at IMDb
cached article 'Loose Cannon's Hall Of Fame'
Roy Spencer at Theatricalia

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[1] "Phoenix Faces", Leicester Mercury, 26 April 1966 (pg.10)

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