{{Short description|English actor (1914–1998)}} {{Use British English|date=March 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Roger Avon | image = Actor_Roger_Avon.jpg | caption = in ''Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.'' (1966) | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|11|23|df=y}} | birth_place = Jarrow, County Durham, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1998|12|21|1914|11|23|df=y}} | death_place = London, England | death_cause = | other_names = | alma_mater = | occupation = Stage, film and television actor | years_active = 1951–98 | spouse = | website = }}
'''Roger Avon''' (23 November 1914 – 21 December 1998) was an English stage, film and television actor born in Jarrow, County Durham.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/tz7/roger-avon|title=Roger Avon – Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref><ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9feaefce|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112070456/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9feaefce|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 January 2018|title=Roger Avon|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref>
Some of his television appearances include ''Hancock's Half Hour'',<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php/Roger_Avon_obituary|title=Roger Avon obituary – The Doctor Who Cuttings Archive|website=cuttingsarchive.org}}</ref> ''Dad's Army'', ''When the Boat Comes In'',<ref name=obit /> ''Department S'', ''Doctor Who'' (serials ''The Crusade''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/crusade/detail.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080321021228/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/crusade/detail.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 March 2008|title=BBC – Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide – The Crusade – Details|publisher=BBC}}</ref> and ''The Daleks' Master Plan''),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/daleksmasterplan/detail.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216210521/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/daleksmasterplan/detail.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 December 2007|title=BBC – Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide – The Daleks' Master Plan – Details|publisher=BBC}}</ref> ''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)'',<ref name=obit /> ''Our Friends in the North''<ref name=obit /> and ''Blackadder the Third''.<ref name=aveleyman/> He appeared in the films ''Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.'', ''The Likely Lads'',<ref name=obit /> ''Mutiny on the Buses'', ''Quatermass and the Pit'' and ''Curse of the Crimson Altar'', among others.<ref name=aveleyman>{{cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=728|title=Roger Avon|website=aveleyman.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/roger-avon-p187126|title=Roger Avon – Movies and Filmography|publisher=AllMovie}}</ref>
Avon was still acting up until his death, aged 84, his last role being in the TV series ''Grafters'',<ref name=obit /> starring Robson Green.<ref name=bfi/>
==Selected filmography== * ''Fun at St. Fanny's'' (1955) – Horsetrough * ''The Time of His Life'' (1955) – Prison Warder (uncredited) * ''Stars in Your Eyes'' (1957) – Grimes * ''The Scamp'' (1957) – Constable * ''Kill Her Gently'' (1957) – Const. Brown * ''The Woman Eater'' (1958) – Constable * ''A Night to Remember'' (1958) – Lookout Reginald Lee (uncredited) * ''Dial 999 (TV series)'', ('Deadly Blackmail', episode) (1959) - Crime witness (uncredited) * ''Dial 999 (TV series)'' ('Ghost Squad', episode) (1959) - MacTavish * ''The Ugly Duckling'' (1959) – Reporter * ''Saturday Night and Sunday Morning'' (1960) – Policeman at Window Breaking (uncredited) * ''The Hellfire Club'' (1961) – Turnkey * ''Murder at the Gallop'' (1963) – Forensic Photographer (uncredited) * ''A Hard Day's Night'' (1964) – Policeman Following Ringo (uncredited) * ''Runaway Railway'' (1965) – Waterhouse * ''Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.'' (1966) – Wells * ''Cuckoo Patrol'' (1967) – Policeman * ''Quatermass and the Pit'' (1967) – Electrician * ''Curse of the Crimson Altar'' (1968) – Sergeant Tyson * ''Burke & Hare'' (1971) – Second Guard * ''Mutiny on the Buses'' (1972) – Policeman (Safari Park) * ''Au Pair Girls'' (1972) – Rathbone * ''Hide and Seek'' (1972) – First workman * ''The Likely Lads'' (1976) – Joe the Landlord * ''George and Mildred'' (1980) – Commissionaire * ''The Dresser'' (1983) – Charles
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