Eric Dodson
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Saint
Prosecuting Counsel
1962
Series
The Sweeney
Mr. de Courcy
1975
Series
The Sweeney
Mr. Dodds
1975
Series
Rumpole of the Bailey
Jack Pommeroy
1975
Series
ITV Playhouse
Arnold Gray
1967
Series
ITV Playhouse
Katya's Father
1967
Series
All Creatures Great and Small
Colonel D'Arcy
1978
Series
All Creatures Great and Small
Brigadier D'Arcy
1978
Series
'Allo 'Allo!
Intelligence Officer
1984
Series
Lovejoy
Magistrate
1986
Series
The Protectors
Doyle
1972
Series
Public Eye
Sheriff's Officer
1965
Series
The Expert
Ackroyd
1968
Series
The Expert
Motorist
1968
Series
Richard the Lionheart
Chancellor
1962
Series
Richard the Lionheart
Nur
1962
Series
Poldark
Reverend Johns
1975
Series
Press Gang
Sir Edward
1989
Series
Suspense
Reporter
1962
Series
Father Brown
Auctioneer
1974
Film
The Mirror Crack'd
The Major
1980
Series
Lady Killers
Dr. Henry Sworn
1980
Series
Porridge
Mr. Banyard
1974
Series
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Vicar
1969
Series
French Fields
Henry
1989
Series
Cribb
James Archer
1980
Series
The Protectors
Fairlie
1964
Film
Battle of Britain
RAF Officer (uncredited)
1969
Series
The Likely Lads
Holgate
1964
Series
Fresh Fields
Henry Richardson
1984
Series
Whack-O!
School Inspector
1956
The Younger Generation
Mr Hoddy
1961
The World of Wodehouse
Mr Wapshott
1967
Series
Jesus of Nazareth
The Rabbi
1956
A Question of Guilt
Dr Dudley
1980
Series
Farrington of the F.O.
Henry Williamson
1986
Series
Armchair Theatre
Goncharov
1956
Film
Jekyll & Hyde
Head Porter
1990
Film
A Touch of the Sun
Hotel Head Waiter
1956
Film
Dr. Crippen
Defence QC Clerk (uncredited)
1963
Film
Doctor Who: The Visitation
The Headman
1982
Film
The Masks of Death
Lord Claremont
1984
Film
The Big Frame
Reunion Guest
1952
Film
Solo for Sparrow
Dr. Wolfson
1962
Film
The Dock Brief
Examiner
1962
Film
Danger by My Side
Warder Davis
1962
Russian Roulette
Goncharov
1973
Film
Fate Takes a Hand
Janitor
1961
Film
Strictly for the Birds
George
1964
The Big Boys
Mr. Woolly
1961
Film
The Set Up
Walker
1963
Film
The Bone Grinder
Second City Gent
1968
Film
The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel Wallace
Spenser St. John
1983
Gang War
Superintendent Quigley
1962
The Confession
Arnold Gray
1967