 His TV debut was in the series "ITV Television Playhouse" in 1960; shortly after this he played Jonathan Kail in "Tess", the 1960 ITV adaptation of Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbervilles", which also featured Geraldine McEwan and Jeremy Brett.Among Evans' most notable TV credits are "The Forsyte Saga" (1967), "The Saint" (1967), four appearances in "The Avengers" between 1961 and 1968, episode five of "Undermind " in 1965, "Softly Softly", (1966, 1969), "Randall and Hopkirk" (1969), "A Family at War" (1970), "Paul Temple" (1970, 1971), multiple appearances in "Z-Cars" between 1963 and 1972, a regular role in "Big Breadwinner Hog" (1969), "The Liver Birds" (1972), "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin" (1976), "Yes Minister" (1980), "Coronation Street" (1980), "Rumpole of the Bailey" (1983), "The Citadel" (1983) and "The Dancing Men" (1984), an episode of the Granada series "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" that reunited him with Jeremy Brett.In 1985 Evans was ordained as a non-stipendiary priest of the Church of England and he retired from stage acting, although he continued to perform in TV programmes until shortly before his death and during that year he had a recurring role in the comedy "Shine on Harvey Moon".