Tony Roper (actor)
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Tony Roper (born 19 August 1941) is a Scottish actor.
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 appeared in the short-lived 1999 sitcom All Along the Watchtower. Tony also had a small part in The Wicker Man (he played the village postman).
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.
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.
Roper hosted the Celtic VHS/DVD "The Treble", in 2001, and is a life-long Celtic fan.
