Ivor Roberts, (19 July 1925 — 5 September 1999), was a British character actor.
His acting career began on stage, taking a brief break during World War II where he was in the Royal Navy. He started working in television in The Sixties, not as an actor, but as an ITV continuity announcer for TWW and WWN.
His first acting role on TV came in a 1971 episode of Rules, Rules, Rules. For Roberts, his seventies TV career consisted mostly of guest roles in dramas and soap operas including Coronation Street, Play for Today, Z Cars, The Sweeney, Edward the Seventh, Secret Army, and Crossroads. He also did some sci-fi in Doctor Who and comedy in Porridge and George & Mildred.
In The '80s, he slowly began to do more comedy roles with guest shots in Yes, Minister, Minder, and Sorry!. This would be followed up in The '90s with his two biggest roles (both in series by David Croft), the recurring role of Mr. Barnes in You Rang, M'Lord? and series regular Arnold Thomas in Oh, Doctor Beeching!.
He died at the age of 74.
Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:
Films- Hopscotch (1980) — Ludlum
- Another Country (1984) — Chief Judge
- Without a Clue (1988) — Reporter
- Coronation Street, 7 episodes:
- 3 episodes (1972) — Tommy Silcock
- 4 episodes (1982) — George Daly
- Play for Today, 4 episodes:
- "Jack Point" (1973) — Chairman
- "Penda's Fen" (1974) — Cooke
- "Jessie" (1980) — Curate
- "London Is Drowning" (1981) — Henry
- Z Cars, 3 episodes:
- "Cadet" (1973) — Maurice Preston
- "Contact" (1976) — Police ACC
- "Rage" (1977) — Jackson
- The Sweeney, episode "Contact Breaker" (1975) — Sale
- Doctor Who, 1 episode of 6-episode story "Genesis of the Daleks" (1975) — Mogran
- Edward the Seventh, episode "The Invisible Queen" (1975) — Dr. Gull
- Porridge, episode "No Peace for the Wicked" (1975) — Prison Visitor
- Secret Army, 2 episodesshow list (1977) — Victor
- Crossroads, 10 episodes (1978) — Mr. Baxter
- Two Up, Two Down, episode "Paper Tigers" (1979) — Councillor Foley
- George & Mildred, episode "Finders Keepers?" (1979) — Police Sergeant
- Enemy at the Door, episode "War Game" (1980) — George de Villefort
- Yes, Minister, episode "The Death List" (1981) — Walter Fowler
- Minder, episode "The Second Time Around" (1984) — Jack Hodgson
- Sorry!, episode "Confessions of a Jobbing Gardener" (1985) — Mr. Robinson
- The Bill, 2 episodes:
- "Lost" (1985) — Mr. Davis
- "School of Hard Knocks" (1993) — Thomas Jenner
- Bergerac, episode "Sins of the Fathers" (1985) — Alan Fouchet
- Rumpole of the Bailey, episode "Rumpole and the Official Secret" (1987) — Peter Royce Williams
- Tales of the Unexpected, episode "A Time to Die" (1988) — Gas Inspector
- ScreenPlay, episode "No Further Cause for Concern" (1988) — Mr. Chirkham
- Inspector Morse, episode "The Secret of Bay 5B" (1989) — Mr. Waugh
- CASUAL+Y, episode "Union" (1989) — Mr. Davies
- The Gravy Train, 1 episode (1990) — Major Domo
- The Play on One, episode "Killing Time" (1990) — Mr. Thackeray
- You Rang, M'Lord?, 4 episodesshow list (1990-93) — Mr. Barnes
- London's Burning, 1 episode (1992) — Mayor
- Shakespeare: The Animated Tales, episode "Othello" (1994) — Duke/Lodovico
- Oh, Doctor Beeching!, 20 episodes (1995-97) — Arnold Thomas
- Testament: The Bible in Animation, 2 episodes:
- "Moses" (1990) — Jethro/Hebrew Elder
- "David and Saul" (1990) — Jesse
- Touching Evil, episode "Killing with Kindness: Part 2" (1997) — Mr. Swan
- Peak Practice, episode "Close to Heaven: Part 2" (1999) — Mr. Dobson
