Tony Roper

Who is Tony Roper?

Tony Roper is a Scottish actor, comedian, playwright and writer.

His first major starring role was in Scotch and Wry. He wrote the classic comedy-drama The Steamie in 1988. He achieved even greater fame in Naked Video and in the spin off series Rab C. Nesbitt, in which he played Rab's partner-in-trouble, Jamesie Cotter. He also starred in the short-lived 1999 sitcom All Along the Watchtower. Tony also had a small part as the village postman in the 1973 cult film "The Wicker Man".

In the theatre he played Tom Weals in Miles Tredinnick's farce It's Now or Never! at the Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch in 1994. Also starred in a host of other stage plays such as'Willie Rough'By Bill Bryden/The Red Runner' By Billy Connolly/ The usual Alyn Aykbournes and shaws and Shakespeare.alongside this he played comic and dame in various no 1 pantomimes. In the 1980s He co founded the charity football team Dukla Pumpherston who are still playing for charity in the year 2013. Roper has also written Paddies, a conceptual sequel to The Steamie set in Glasgow's "Paddies Market", and two novels based on Rikki Fulton's character Rev. I.M. Jolly.