Roy Spencer is a British actor and special effects technician who was born in Heanor, Derbyshire, but grew up in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire.
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."Phoenix Faces", Leicester Mercury, 26 April 1966 (pg.10)
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 Year Title Role Notes1960 Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Onlooker Uncredited1965 Help! Technician Uncredited1975 Barry Lyndon Horse Seller 1979 A Question of Faith Ivan Yegorovich
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External links
cached article 'Loose Cannon's Hall Of Fame' Roy Spencer at Theatricalia