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Royston "Roy" Cropper is a fictional character from the British soap opera ''Coronation Street'', played by David Neilson. He was introduced during the episode broadcast on 19 July 1995. Originally a secondary character, he was given a more prominent role in 1997, by the executive producer of ''Coronation Street'', Brian Park. Roy has been featured in numerous high-profile storylines, most notably marrying the first transsexual character in a British soap opera, Hayley Patterson (Julie Hesmondhalgh).〔 〕 ==Storylines== Roy is a tenant of one of Mike Baldwin's (Johnny Briggs) flats in Crimea Street. His concern for Deirdre Rachid's (Anne Kirkbride) welfare almost gets him evicted as she mistakenly believes he is pestering her. Roy takes care of Jamie Armstrong (Joseph Gilgun) and Liz McDonald (Beverley Callard), after she is beaten up by her husband Jim (Charles Lawson). Jamie's mother, Tricia (Tracy Brabin), starts taking advantage of Roy's helpful nature. Roy purchases Alma Baldwin's (Amanda Barrie) share of Jim's Café and goes into business with Gail Platt (Helen Worth) and renames the café, ''Roy's Rolls''. Roy meets Hayley Patterson (Julie Hesmondhalgh), with whom he instantly finds a rapport. Like himself, she is shy and naive; they find they have a lot in common and begin dating but during an intimate dinner, Hayley reveals that she is a pre-operative transsexual woman, born male but in the process of transition to become a woman. Roy reacts badly, rejecting Hayley and becoming depressed until Alma makes Roy realise that he has been hasty. When Hayley leaves to have sex reassignment surgery in Amsterdam, Roy misses her and goes to Amsterdam to meet her and bring her back. Hayley buys Gail's share in the café and she moves in with Roy. He proposes to Hayley on Valentine's Day, but she initially declines due to the legal situation surrounding marriage for transsexual people. More problems arise when Hayley's secret becomes public knowledge. Roy is embarrassed but, following various arguments, he pledges to stand by Hayley and proposes again and this time she accepts but when they go to see a vicar, he refuses to marry them. However, Roy meets Jessica Lundy (Olwen May), a curate who agrees to perform a blessing ceremony for him and Hayley but the church ceremony is ruined when Les Battersby (Bruce Jones) alerts the press. Roy and Hayley return to the café and have the blessing there instead and Hayley gets her surname changed by deed poll to Cropper. Knowing they can not have children of their own, Roy and Hayley become temporary foster carers, taking in Fiz Brown (Jennie McAlpine) and she causes them various problems. They also look after Wayne Hayes (Gary Damer) and form a close relationship. He visits them repeatedly and even his mother comes to visit on one occasion, worried about the influence Roy and Hayley have over Wayne. Wayne's stepfather, however, takes advantage of their feelings for Wayne and allow them to take custody of Wayne as long as they pay him for the privilege. However, eventually Roy and Hayley decide to stand up to Wayne's stepfather and refuse to give him back and even go on the run with Wayne briefly but Wayne's mother calls the police and reports them for kidnapping her son so they are caught and arrested. The charges are dropped when Wayne's domestic situation is exposed. For a bet with Bev Unwin (Susie Blake), Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford) spikes Roy's drink at a wedding reception. She then takes him home and puts him in her bed. Tracy later announces she is pregnant with his child. Hayley is devastated and after she leaves Roy, he contemplates suicide. Hayley returns and the Croppers agree to buy Tracy's baby and wanting to make sure they have parental rights to the baby, Roy marries Tracy. Tracy gives birth to a daughter and she gives custody to the Croppers, who register her birth and name her Patience but Tracy reveals, on Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) and Karen Phillips' (Suranne Jones) wedding day, that she wants her daughter back and that Steve is Patience's father, not Roy as they never actually slept together. Initially they refuse to give Patience back to her mother but are persuaded by Ken Barlow (William Roache), Tracy's adoptive father. Roy is devastated and he and Hayley reluctantly return the baby and Tracy renames her Amy (Elle Mulvaney). Roy and Tracy's marriage is subsequently annulled and feeling guilty, she repays the money that the Croppers gave her and asks them to be her godparents. Roy is bullied by builder Vince (Conrad Nelson) and his arrival brings up many unpleasant memories for Roy, as he recounts to Hayley the physical and psychological torture he suffered in his youth. When he is alone in the cafe, Vince comes in and demands a free meal. When Roy gives in and brings him a fry up, he says he asked for a poached egg, not fried. He then pushes the egg onto the floor and Roy attempts to push into him, but Vince pushes him onto the floor, knocking him against a table in the process. He is only stopped by Charlie Stubbs (Bill Ward), who warns Vince not to return to the Street, taking him outside onto the Street and punching him to the ground. Roy mentors Fiz's younger brother Chesney Brown (Sam Aston) and he sells his comic collection to buy a Morris Minor. Roy is furious when he learns Hayley has a son and their marriage nearly ends. However, with support from his employee, Becky Granger (Katherine Kelly), Roy makes peace with Hayley and supports her when she decides to do charity work in Africa. Roy allows Becky to move in while Hayley is away but he throws her out when he learns of her affair with Steve. They later make up and Roy gives her away at her wedding. Roy finds Tony Gordon (Gray O'Brien) lying outside ''Underworld'' after he has suffered a heart attack. Roy calls an ambulance and Tony is rushed to hospital. Roy is shocked when Tony confesses to having Liam Connor (Rob James-Collier) murdered. Tony recovers and Roy fails to persuade him to confess the truth. Tony threatens to kill Roy and Hayley and they report him to the police, resulting in Tony's arrest. The police let him go due to a lack of evidence and he tries to murder Roy by trying to sneak up on Roy, who is bat-watching by the river, with a knife but fails and ends up pushing Roy into the canal. On seeing his struggles as he can not swim, Tony rescues him and later hands himself in to the police, while Roy is found by Hayley and Becky. Roy proposes to Hayley again, but tensions over the wedding cause Hayley to move in with Anna Windass (Debbie Rush). A few weeks later, Tony returns and holds Hayley hostage at ''Underworld''. He later releases her and she is then reunited with Roy, just as the factory is blown up. On the day of the wedding, Hayley is late due to some interference by scorned wedding planner Mary Taylor (Patti Clare). She eventually makes it to the ceremony and she and Roy are married. Roy receives a letter from his estranged mother, Sylvia (Stephanie Cole), telling him that his stepfather has died. A few days later, Sylvia turns up to give Roy a train set. Hayley asks Roy to let Sylvia move in with them and begins working with Roy in the café. Sylvia is livid to discover that Hayley is a transsexual, but after getting to know Hayley, she learns to accept her. Everything goes swimmingly for the Croppers, but in 2013, Roy learns that his father has died. He struggles to come to terms with his father's death, and begins sleepwalking. Hayley agrees to go through medical tests with Roy for support, but her own test results detect abnormal liver function, and is then diagnosed with stage-two pancreatic cancer. While the pair are on holiday to take Hayley's mind off things, Sylvia leaves a note explaining that she has left Weatherfield but does not give a specific reason. A while after, Roy and Hayley are dealt with the news that her cancer is terminal. Hayley then reveals that she wants to die before the cancer reverts her back to her old self, but Roy struggles to accept her decision. Arguments ensue regularly over her decision, and this leads to Hayley leaving Roy temporarily. While she is living with Fiz and her boyfriend Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall), Hayley collapses and is told she has an infection. In December, the couple are told that she has weeks left to live, much to their devastation. Hayley tells Roy to only break the news to a selected few, including Anna, Carla Connor (Alison King), Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne), Fiz, Tyrone, Rita Tanner (Barbara Knox) and Dennis Tanner (Philip Lowrie). In January 2014, Hayley decides it's time to end her life and after a final visit from Fiz and Tyrone, Hayley makes herself a lethal cocktail, containing drugs. Roy lies on the bed with Hayley as she drinks the cocktail, which kills her. Carla and Anna are worried about what is happening in the Croppers' flat and decide to investigate, where they find a dead Hayley on the bed with Roy's arm around her. Anna and Carla soon guess that Hayley committed suicide. Roy struggles to come to terms with Hayley's death, and is dealt with more stress when Fiz discovers that Hayley killed herself. She is furious and shouts at Roy before storming off. Roy is then angry with Hayley for ending her life and leaving him behind. After Hayley's funeral, Roy leaves a note for Anna and Fiz explaining that he has left Weatherfield to visit his mother Sylvia and aunt Jean. This relieves Fiz and Anna, but they are unaware that Roy has not gone to visit Sylvia and is last seen wandering the city streets. When a pipe bursts at the café, Anna and Fiz become worried about Roy's whereabouts. Fiz calls his aunt Jean, who reveals that she has not seen Roy in 6 months and that Sylvia is in Tenerife. Anna then calls the police and Fiz nearly tells them that Roy is not coping after Hayley committed suicide, but she then thinks about the consequences and does not. When Roy's favourite shopping bag is found in a canal, Fiz and Tyrone frantically search Manchester armed with a photograph of Roy. When they eventually get home, Fiz reveals her worries to Tyrone and tells him that she thinks that Roy is dead. Roy returns in mid-February 2014, after being seen by Steve and Tracy at a steam museum. It is revealed that Roy has visited the museum every day since he disappeared from Weatherfield, to take his mind off of Hayley's death. Roy is not seen for a while following his return to Weatherfield, and it is later revealed that he has been having trips to the toy shop as he has obsessively been building a toy railway track. This shocks Fiz, but fascinates Tyrone and Chesney. In April 2015, Roy meets a widow called Cathy Matthews (Melanie Hill) at the allotment, she tells him that her husband has died and Roy reveals his own struggle with grief when Hayley died. Roy gets on well with Cathy and decide to meet up go to places such as the art gallery. Carla thinks against this and takes it as disrespect to his late wife Hayley. In July 2015, Roy visits Cathy at her house and is shocked to discover that she keeps all her rubbish piled up in the living room. Roy thinks that she needs support but Cathys against this and won't take no for an answer. Roy prepares to go to Deirdre's 60th birthday party after spending the day with Cathy when Carla tells him the terrible news that Deirdre died, Roy reflects on the first time he met Deirdre and feels upset that she died, Cathy comforts him. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roy Cropper」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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