At age 18, Evans won a John Gielgud scholarship to train for the stage at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
During his last years in Melton Mowbray, he was a taxi driver.
Grew up in an orphanage in Twickenham, England, UK.
He trained for the stage at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
The circumstances of his early death remain a mystery; he was found dead in his bungalow in Leicestershire, England with bottles of whiskey and aspirins nearby. A youth was charged with his murder, but acquitted on lack of evidence. A local coroner later recorded an open verdict.