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David Neilson
Gender: Male
Place of Birth: Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
Birthday: 13/03/1949
Age: 75
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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A Scottish Love Scheme
13/01/20247.6
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Len Taylor
31/05/20200.0
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Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
Roy Cropper
26/10/20095.8
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Secrets & Lies
Man in Suit
24/05/19967.5
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Once Upon A Time In The North
Mr Dacre
03/05/19940.0
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Resnick: Rough Treatment
DS Graham Millington
25/07/19930.0
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Blue Heaven
Sergeant
10/06/19923.0
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Heartbeat
Barry Jackson
10/04/19927.0
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Resnick: Lonely Hearts
DS Graham Millington
31/03/19920.0
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Life Is Sweet
Steve
15/11/19907.0
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Knights & Emeralds
Ashby
11/10/19866.0
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Boys from the Blackstuff
Lawton
10/10/19827.8
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Bergerac
Moxton
18/10/19816.5
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Sons and Lovers
Edgar
14/01/19810.0
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Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
Buckie
05/12/19780.0
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Secret Army
Jelinek
07/09/19777.6
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Coronation Street
Roy Cropper
09/12/19605.3