Edward Evans (actor)

Albert Edward Walker Evans (4 June 1914 – 20 December 2001) was an English film and television actor.^[1]

Edward Evans
Evans in an episode of One Step Beyond (1960)
Born	Albert Edward Walker Evans (1914-06-04)4 June 1914 Putney, London
Died	20 December 2001(2001-12-20) (aged 87) Longsdon, Staffordshire, England
Spouse	Pauline Sherrey ​ ​ (m. 1939; died 1980)​
Children	2 daughters

During the Second World War, he served with the British Army in North Africa and Italy, attaining the rank of Captain.^[2]

Evans featured as Bob Grove in the 1950s soap opera The Grove Family and played the role of Lionel Petty in Coronation Street during 1965–66.^[3]

He also appeared in episodes of Dixon of Dock Green, The Saint, Doctor Who, Z-Cars and Dad's Army.^[2][4]

Selected filmography

• London Belongs to Me (1948) – Detective Sergeant Taylor
• The Small Voice (1948) – Police Inspector
• The Case of Charles Peace (1949) – Police Sergeant (uncredited)
• Mr. Denning Drives North (1952) – Second Patrolman
• Secret People (1952) – Plain Clothes Man
• 13 East Street (1952) – Van Driver (uncredited)
• I Believe in You (1952) – Clerk of the Court (uncredited)
• Hindle Wakes (1952) – Chauffeur
• Cosh Boy (1953) – Sgt. Woods
• Time Bomb (1953) – Policeman at Station (uncredited)
• The Yellow Balloon (1953) – PC Patterson (uncredited)
• Appointment in London (1953) – A.C. Bridges (uncredited)
• Deadly Nightshade (1953) – Publican (uncredited)
• Grand National Night (1953) – Garage Attendant
• Turn the Key Softly (1953) – Commissionaire (uncredited)
• Valley of Song (1953) – Davies
• Escape by Night (1953) – Publican (uncredited)
• The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp (1954) – Sergeant Lane
• Man of the Moment (1955) – Bob Grove (uncredited)
• It's a Great Day (1955) – Bob Grove
• The Man Upstairs (1958) – Fire Brigade Officer
• The Bridal Path (1959) – Innkeeper
• The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) – Sydney
• Reach for Glory (1962)
• Two and Two Make Six (1962) – Mack
• Blind Corner (1963) – Chauffeur
• The Human Jungle
• Two a Penny (1967) – Jenkins
• Till Death Us Do Part (1969) – Jim (shopkeeper)
• Vendetta for the Saint (1969) – The Bank Manager
• One More Time (1970) – Gordon
• 10 Rillington Place (1971) – Police: Det. Inspector
• Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) – Husband at Hospital
• Tales from the Crypt (1972) – Constable Ramsey (segment 3 "Poetic Justice")
• Out of Season (1975) – Charlie
• Lifeforce (1985) – Doctor