Eric Dodson
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.
Battle of Britain
as RAF OfficerIn 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for...
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The Mirror Crack'd
as The MajorJane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to...
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Jekyll & Hyde
as Head PorterHenry Jekyll is a troubled man. His wife died of pneumonia. He wants his sister-in-law, but her...
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Dr. Crippen
as Defence QC Clerk (uncredited)A British physician stands trial for murdering his wife after he and his mistress are captured...
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The Masks of Death
as Lord ClaremontSherlock Holmes has retired. But when MacDonald asks him to take on another case, he says yes....
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Trial and Error
as ExaminerAfter nearly 40 years of waiting for his big chance, Wilfred Morgenhall is given the case of...
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Danger by My Side
as Warder DavisA girl tracks down the gang who had her detective brother killed.
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Strictly for the Birds
as GeorgeA gambler tries to strike it rich at the racetrack but gets taken by a gorgeous blonde who also...
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The Big Frame
as Reunion GuestAn ex-GI wakes up with blood on his clothes in a strange hotel room. He can't remember the night...
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Doctor Who: The Visitation
as The HeadmanIn 17th century England, the Doctor and itinerant thespian Richard Mace uncover a plot by a crew...
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The Bone Grinder
as Second City GentGeorge, an ineffectual and inoffensive clerk, and his prim wife Gladys reserve their greatest...
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Solo for Sparrow
as Dr. WolfsonA group of crooks accidentally kill an elderly shop assistant while stealing the keys to the...
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A Touch of the Sun
as Hotel Head WaiterA hotel porter is left a fortune but after living it up for a while he returns to his old place...
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The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel Wallace
as Spenser St. John
The Set Up
as WalkerArthur Payne, recently out of prison, meets a stranger, Theo Gaunt, on a train and explains his...
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Fate Takes a Hand
as JanitorWhen a mail bag full of post that was taken in a robbery is discovered fifteen years later, a...
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The Saint
as Prosecuting CounselSimon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...
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'Allo 'Allo!
as Intelligence OfficerThe misadventures of hapless cafe owner René Artois and his escapades with the Resistance in...
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All Creatures Great and Small
as Colonel D'ArcyAll Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British...
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All Creatures Great and Small
as Brigadier D'ArcyAll Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British...
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The Sweeney
as Mr. de CourcyJack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue...
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The Sweeney
as Mr. DoddsJack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue...
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Public Eye
as Sheriff's OfficerPublic Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC...
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The Protectors
as DoyleThe Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It...
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The Expert
as MotoristThe Expert is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1976. The series...
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The Expert
as AckroydThe Expert is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1976. The series...
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Lovejoy
as MagistrateThe adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East...
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Press Gang
as Sir EdwardThe activities of the staff at The Junior Gazette, a children's weekly newspaper produced by a...
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Fresh Fields
as Henry RichardsonFresh Fields is a British situation comedy written by John T. Chapman and produced by Thames...
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Lady Killers
as Dr. Henry SwornCompelling crime anthology looks at some of Britain's most notorious murder trials, in which...
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Porridge
as Mr. BanyardPorridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three...
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Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
as VicarRandall and Hopkirk (Deceased) is a British private detective television series. In the initial...
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French Fields
as HenryFrench Fields is a British situation comedy. It ran for 19 episodes from 5 September 1989 to 8...
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The Likely Lads
as HolgateThe Likely Lads was a black and white British sitcom created and written by Dick Clement and Ian...
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Whack-O!
as School InspectorWhack-O! was a British sitcom TV series starring Jimmy Edwards, written by Frank Muir and Denis...
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