 Educated at Christ's Hospital, the University of St Andrews and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Evans is best known for his long-running role as Leading Seaman "Taffy" Goldstein (plus other occasional characters) on "The Navy Lark", a popular BBC comedy radio series of the 1950s, which starred Jon Pertwee, with Ronnie Barker, Richard Caldicot, Heather Chasen, and Leslie Phillips.Pertwee became one of Evans' best friends – he encouraged Pertwee to audition for "Doctor Who", although both were unaware that Pertwee was already being considered for the role; Pertwee subsequently helped Evans get cast in the "Doctor Who" story "Carnival of Monsters".Frequently cast as a policeman, doctor or priest (he was in fact latterly ordained as an Anglican priest in real life), Tenniel Evans appeared in many of the most popular and successful British TV series of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, as well as many one-off programmes, over a period of 44 years.