Roy Spencer is a British actor and special effects technician who was born in Heanor, Derbyshire, but grew up in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire.

Roy Spencer
Born
Occupation(s)Film, television actor,
special effects technician

Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company for two seasons, during which he went with them on a Russian tour.[1]

Spencer has appeared in several films and TV shows, including two roles in Doctor Who, as Manyak in The Ark and as Frank Harris in Fury from the Deep.

He also wrote several books about the author D. H. Lawrence and appeared in the BBC dramatisation of Lawrence's The Rainbow (1988).

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1960 Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Onlooker Uncredited
1965 Help! Technician Uncredited
1975 Barry Lyndon Horse Seller
1979 A Question of Faith Ivan Yegorovich

References

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  1. ^ "Phoenix Faces", Leicester Mercury, 26 April 1966 (pg.10)
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