Eric Dodson

Born: 1920-12-01 in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Died: 2000-01-13

Known For: Acting

Biography

Eric Norman Dodson (1 December 1920 – 13 January 2000) was an English actor born in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, who played many roles in films and on television. After amateur acting he joined the Royal Air Force in 1941. Following training in Canada he served in RAF Coastal Command, flew bombers and was a liaison officer in Yugoslavia. He then returned to acting with a repertory theatre in Edinburgh. He appeared as bar owner Jack Pomeroy in Series Three to Five of Rumpole of the Bailey. He also appeared in the sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum as a Brigadier, the Doctor Who story The Visitation, in Porridge as Banyard and many other roles. His film appearances included The Dock Brief (1962), Danger by My Side (1962), Strictly for the Birds (1963), Battle of Britain (1969), The Mirror Crack'd (1980), The Masks of Death (1984) and Jekyll & Hyde (1990). In the late 1980s, Eric and his wife Rosaline made their home in Sherborne, Gloucestershire where he took a hobby repairing and making harpsichords. He was also asked on many occasions to play the organ at the village church. He was unable to work for the last five years of his life due to illness and died in 2000 at age 79.

Filmography

1990

Jekyll & Hyde as Head Porter

1989

Press Gang as Sir Edward
French Fields as Henry

1986

Lovejoy as Magistrate
Farrington of the F.O. as Henry Williamson

1984

'Allo 'Allo! as Intelligence Officer
Fresh Fields as Henry Richardson
The Masks of Death as Lord Claremont

1983

The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel Wallace as Spenser St. John

1982

Doctor Who: The Visitation as The Headman

1980

Lady Killers as Dr. Henry Sworn
Cribb as James Archer
The Mirror Crack'd as The Major

1978

All Creatures Great and Small as Colonel D'Arcy

1975

The Sweeney as Mr. de Courcy
Rumpole of the Bailey as Jack Pommeroy
Poldark as Reverend Johns

1974

Porridge as Mr. Banyard

1968

The Expert as Motorist
The Bone Grinder as Second City Gent

1967

ITV Playhouse as Arnold Gray
The World of Wodehouse as Mr Wapshott
The Confession as Arnold Gray

1965

Public Eye as Sheriff's Officer

1964

The Likely Lads as Holgate
Strictly for the Birds as George

1963

Dr. Crippen as Defence QC Clerk (uncredited)
The Set Up as Walker

1962

The Saint as Prosecuting Counsel
Suspense as Reporter
Richard the Lionheart as Chancellor
The Dock Brief as Examiner
Solo for Sparrow as Dr. Wolfson
Gang War as Superintendent Quigley
Danger by My Side as Warder Davis

1961

The Younger Generation as Mr Hoddy
Fate Takes a Hand as Janitor
The Big Boys as Mr. Woolly

1956

Armchair Theatre as Goncharov
Whack-O! as School Inspector
Jesus of Nazareth as The Rabbi
A Touch of the Sun as Hotel Head Waiter

1952

The Big Frame as Reunion Guest