Tony Roper 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 starred in the short-lived 1999 sitcom All Along the Watchtower.

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  • Tony Roper 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 starred in the short-lived 1999 sitcom All Along the Watchtower. Tony also had a small part as the village postman in 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. 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. he recently(2004-5) Co wrote and starred as Rikki Fulton in Rikki and Me. A play about the comedy actor Rikki Fulton (This is available on DVD) Roper hosted the Celtic VHS/DVD "The Treble",'Make mine a double' in 2001-02, and is a life-long Celtic fan. In 2008 He wrote and directed the hit play 'The Celts in Seville' which briefly played at the Pavilion Theatre Glasgow.
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  • Tony Roper 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 starred in the short-lived 1999 sitcom All Along the Watchtower.
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