Eynon Evans

Eynon Evans
Evans, playing Truscott in I'm All Right Jack (1959)
Born	Evan Eynon Evans (1903-05-18)18 May 1903 Nelson, Glamorgan, Wales
Died	1989 (aged 84)
Occupation	Actor/Screenwriter
Years active	1939–1967

Eynon Evans also known as E. Eynon Rees (18 May 1904 – 1989) was a Welsh writer and film actor of the 1950s, mainly known for his radio and television work. During the 1940s he appeared on the BBC radio variety show Welsh Rarebit as the comedic character Tommy Troubles, reaching an audience of 12 million.

Evans was born in Nelson in Glamorgan, Wales in 1904. He became a bus driver, but switched jobs to become a full-time script writer. He came to note in the 1940s when he appeared on the wartime variety show Welsh Rarebit, which was broadcast throughout Great Britain and France. His character 'Tommy Troubles', along with his friends Willie, Llew and Jimmy became cult characters endearing themselves to the British public. At its peak the show reached 12 million people. When the radio show switched from radio to television in the early 1950s, Evans transferred with it to the screen, writing further adventures for Tommy Troubles.

In 1954 his play, The Happiness of Three Women, was adapted for a film treatment. Evans himself starred, in the Maurice Elvey directed film, as Amos the milkman, while the more notable leads included Donald Houston and Petula Clark. In 1955, Evans' book Room in the House, was adapted for the screen by Alfred Shaughnessy, and again directed by Elvey, though on this occasion Evans did not feature. Evans continued working in film throughout the 1950s, including an uncredited appearance as a ticket collector in Private's Progress (1956), playing Decon in television children' drama The Buccaneers, one episode of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents (1956) and another uncredited role in The Battle of the River Plate (1956).