Tony Caunter, who has died aged 88, spent more than 30 years as a jobbing actor before finding fame in EastEnders as the mild-mannered Roy Evans, a car dealer who married Pat Butcher. The couple met on Boxing Day 1994 when the bombastic Pat (played by Pam St Clement) stormed into Roy’s office to tear him off a strip for selling a faulty vehicle to her son, David Wicks (Michael French).
The gentle Roy apologised by sending her flowers and a car wrapped in a large red ribbon. Pat eventually gave in to his requests for a date and was surprised that, for months, he showed no interest in consummating their relationship. It emerged that Roy was impotent
