Tony Caunter

Anthony Patrick Caunter was born on 22 September 1937 in Southampton, England.^[1] The second son of Annie Mary and Roy Hobert Caunter, he attended Worthing and Westcliff High Schools. He had an older brother, Roger.^[2][3]

Caunter began his acting career in the 1960s. His numerous television credits included Crown Court, Z-Cars, The Avengers, Casualty, London's Burning, Home to Roost, The Saint, Special Branch, The Champions, Dixon of Dock Green, Catweazle, The Main Chance, The Professionals, The Sweeney, Minder, Pennies From Heaven, Westbeach, Howards' Way, Lovejoy, May to December, Boon, Heartbeat, Juliet Bravo and The Scarlet Pimpernel. Caunter played Titanic's chief officer Henry Wilde in S.O.S. Titanic. He appeared as Jack Shepherd in the Yorkshire Television sitcom Queenie's Castle between 1970 and 1972 and DCI Jim Logan in Juliet Bravo between 1980 and 1982. In The Chief, he played Deputy Chief Constable Arthur Quine.^[4][5]

Caunter appeared in the Doctor Who stories The Crusade (1965), Colony in Space (1971) and Enlightenment (1983). He also appeared in Blake's 7 in the episode "Deliverance" (1978).^[6][7] He portrayed the role of car dealer Roy Evans in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 1994, until the character's death in 2003.^[8][9]

Caunter married Frances Wallace in 1962, and the couple had four children together.

Caunter died at Eastbourne General Hospital in East Sussex on 13 October 2025, at the age of 88, a week after his wife's death.^[10][11]