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David Neilson
Acting
Born: March 13, 1949
Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
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.
Known For
Secrets & Lies
as Man in Suit
Life Is Sweet
as Steve
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Resnick: Rough Treatment
as DS Graham Millington
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
as Buckie
Sons and Lovers
as Edgar
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Resnick: Lonely Hearts
as DS Graham Millington
Knights & Emeralds
as Ashby
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
as Roy Cropper
Majority
as Len Taylor
