Cast & creator
David Neilson
Best known for Coronation Street, Heartbeat, Bergerac
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.
10
film credits
8
television credits
17
1960–2024 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (18)
Showing 18 of 18 credits
Coronation Street
Roy Cropper
1960
Heartbeat
Barry Jackson
1992
Bergerac
Moxton
1981
Secret Army
Jelinek
1977
Strangers
Torchy
1978
Boys from the Blackstuff
Lawton
1982Once Upon A Time In The North
Mr Dacre
1994
Secrets & Lies
Man in Suit
1996
Blue Heaven
Sergeant
1992
Life Is Sweet
Steve
1991
A Scottish Love Scheme
Line Producer
2024
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
Roy Cropper
2009
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
Buckie
1978Resnick: Lonely Hearts
DS Graham Millington
1992
Sons and Lovers
Edgar
1981
Knights & Emeralds
Ashby
1986Resnick: Rough Treatment
DS Graham Millington
1993
Majority
Len Taylor
2020