Career
His first major starring role was in Scotch and Wry. He wrote the comedy-drama The Steamie in 1988. He also starred in the short-lived 1999 sitcom All Along the Watchtower.
Tony also had a small part as the postman in the longer version of the 1973 cult film The Wicker Manitoba
In the theatre he played Tom Weals in Miles Tredinnick"s farce lieutenant"s Now or Never! at the Queen"s Theatre, Hornchurch in 1994. Also starred other stage plays such as"Willie Rough" by Bill Bryden, The Red Runner" by Billy Connolly, and others by Alyn Aykbourne, Shaw and Shakespeare
In the 1980s he co founded the charity football team Dukla Pumpherston.
Roper has also written Paddies, a conceptual sequel to The Steamie set in Glasgow"s "Paddies Market", and two novels based on Rikki Fulton"s character Review I.M. Jolly. In 2004-2005 he co-wrote and starred as Rikki Fulton in Rikki and Maine, a play about the comedy actor Rikki Fulton, which is available on Digital Video Disc, and appeared as Merv in the 2005 Scottish film On a Clear Day.
Roper hosted the Celtic VHS/Digital Video Disc "The Treble" in celebration of Celtic"s 2000-2001 treble-winning season, and "Hoops we did it again" in 2001-2002, and is a lifelong Celtic fan.
In 2008 he wrote and directed the hit play "The Celts in Seville" which played at the Pavilion Theatre Glasgow in 2005 and 2014. His autobiography was published 2014.