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
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
- The Mirror Crack'd as The Major
- Lady Killers as Dr. Henry Sworn
1978
- All Creatures Great and Small as Colonel D'Arcy
1975
- Rumpole of the Bailey as Jack Pommeroy
- The Sweeney as Mr. de Courcy
- Poldark as Reverend Johns
1974
- Porridge as Mr. Banyard
1973
- Russian Roulette as Goncharov
1972
- The Protectors as Doyle
1969
- Battle of Britain as RAF Officer (uncredited)
- Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) as Vicar
1968
- The Expert as Ackroyd
- The Bone Grinder as Second City Gent
1967
- The Confession as Arnold Gray
- The World of Wodehouse as Mr Wapshott
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
- Richard the Lionheart as Chancellor
- Gang War as Superintendent Quigley
- Solo for Sparrow as Dr. Wolfson
- Danger by My Side as Warder Davis
- The Dock Brief as Examiner
1961
- Fate Takes a Hand as Janitor
- The Younger Generation as Mr Hoddy
- The Big Boys as Mr. Woolly
1956
- Whack-O! as School Inspector
- A Touch of the Sun as Hotel Head Waiter
- Jesus of Nazareth as The Rabbi
1952
- The Big Frame as Reunion Guest