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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

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Len Taylor

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2020

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Roy Cropper

Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday

2009

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Man in Suit

Secrets & Lies

1996

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Mr Dacre

Once Upon A Time In The North

1994

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DS Graham Millington

Resnick: Rough Treatment

1993

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Sergeant

Blue Heaven

1992

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Barry Jackson

Heartbeat

1992

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DS Graham Millington

Resnick: Lonely Hearts

1992

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Steve

Life Is Sweet

1990

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Ashby

Knights & Emeralds

1986

Credits

Majority

as Len Taylor

2020

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Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday

as Roy Cropper

2009

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Secrets & Lies

as Man in Suit

1996

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Once Upon A Time In The North

as Mr Dacre

1994

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Resnick: Rough Treatment

as DS Graham Millington

1993

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Blue Heaven

as Sergeant

1992

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Heartbeat

as Barry Jackson

1992

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Resnick: Lonely Hearts

as DS Graham Millington

1992

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Life Is Sweet

as Steve

1990

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Knights & Emeralds

as Ashby

1986

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Boys from the Blackstuff

as Lawton

1982

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Bergerac

as Moxton

1981

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Sons and Lovers

as Edgar

1981

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Soldiers Talking, Cleanly

as Buckie

1978

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Secret Army

as Jelinek

1977

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Coronation Street

as Roy Cropper

1960

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