Eric Dodson
Actor
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
The Mirror Crack'd
as The Major 1980
Jekyll & Hyde
as Head Porter 1990
Dr. Crippen
as Defence QC Clerk (uncredited) 1963
The Masks of Death
as Lord Claremont 1984
The Dock Brief
as Examiner 1962
The Big Frame
as Reunion Guest 1952
A Touch of the Sun
as Hotel Head Waiter 1956
Danger by My Side
as Warder Davis 1962
Fate Takes a Hand
as Janitor 1961
Doctor Who: The Visitation
as The Headman 1982
Strictly for the Birds
as George 1964
Solo for Sparrow
as Dr. Wolfson 1962
The Set Up
as Walker 1963
The Bone Grinder
as Second City Gent 1968
The Confession
as Arnold Gray 1967
Russian Roulette
as Goncharov 1973