David Neilson
Acting • Born 1949-03-13
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
17 credits
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
Movie • 2009
Roy Cropper
Sons and Lovers
Movie • 1981
Edgar
Resnick: Rough Treatment
Movie • 1993
DS Graham Millington
Resnick: Lonely Hearts
Movie • 1992
DS Graham Millington
Life Is Sweet
Movie • 1990
Steve
Secrets & Lies
Movie • 1996
Man in Suit
Knights & Emeralds
Movie • 1986
Ashby
Majority
Movie • 2020
Len Taylor
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
Movie • 1978
Buckie
Coronation Street
TV • 1960
Roy Cropper
Blue Heaven
TV • 1992
Sergeant
Secret Army
TV • 1977
Jelinek
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Barry Jackson
Boys from the Blackstuff
TV • 1982
Lawton
Bergerac
TV • 1981
Moxton
Once Upon A Time In The North
TV • 1994
Mr Dacre
Strangers
TV • 1978
Torchy