Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 01, 1920
Died
Jan 13, 2000
Place of Birth
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Credits
50 titles
Eric Dodson
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.
Known For
Filmography
Jekyll & Hyde
Head Porter
French Fields
Henry
Press Gang
Sir Edward
Farrington of the F.O.
Henry Williamson
Lovejoy
Magistrate
The Masks of Death
Lord Claremont
'Allo 'Allo!
Intelligence Officer
Fresh Fields
Henry Richardson
The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel Wallace
Spenser St. John
Doctor Who: The Visitation
The Headman
Lady Killers
Dr. Henry Sworn
Cribb
James Archer
A Question of Guilt
Dr Dudley
The Mirror Crack'd
The Major
All Creatures Great and Small
Colonel D'Arcy
Rumpole of the Bailey
Jack Pommeroy
Poldark
Reverend Johns
The Sweeney
Mr. de Courcy
Father Brown
Auctioneer
Porridge
Mr. Banyard
Russian Roulette
Goncharov
The Protectors
Doyle
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Vicar
Battle of Britain
RAF Officer (uncredited)
The Expert
Motorist
The Bone Grinder
Second City Gent
The Confession
Arnold Gray
ITV Playhouse
Arnold Gray
The World of Wodehouse
Mr Wapshott
Public Eye
Sheriff's Officer
The Likely Lads
Holgate
The Protectors
Fairlie
Strictly for the Birds
George
Dr. Crippen
Defence QC Clerk (uncredited)
The Set Up
Walker
The Saint
Prosecuting Counsel
The Dock Brief
Examiner
Danger by My Side
Warder Davis
Solo for Sparrow
Dr. Wolfson
Richard the Lionheart
Chancellor
Suspense
Reporter
Gang War
Superintendent Quigley
Fate Takes a Hand
Janitor
The Big Boys
Mr. Woolly
The Younger Generation
Mr Hoddy
Whack-O!
School Inspector
A Touch of the Sun
Hotel Head Waiter
Armchair Theatre
Goncharov
Jesus of Nazareth
The Rabbi
The Big Frame
Reunion Guest