Acting
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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.
Jekyll & Hyde
1990
French Fields
1989
Press Gang
1989
Farrington of the F.O.
1986
Lovejoy
1986
The Masks of Death
1984
'Allo 'Allo!
1984
Fresh Fields
1984
The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel Wallace
1983
Doctor Who: The Visitation
1982
Lady Killers
1980
Cribb
1980
A Question of Guilt
1980
The Mirror Crack'd
1980
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
Poldark
1975
The Sweeney
1975
Father Brown
1974
Porridge
1974
Russian Roulette
1973
The Protectors
1972
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
1969
Battle of Britain
1969
The Expert
1968
The Bone Grinder
1968
The Confession
1967
ITV Playhouse
1967
The World of Wodehouse
1967
Public Eye
1965
The Likely Lads
1964
Strictly for the Birds
1964
Dr. Crippen
1963
The Set Up
1963
The Saint
1962
The Dock Brief
1962
Solo for Sparrow
1962
Danger by My Side
1962
Richard the Lionheart
1962
Suspense
1962
Gang War
1962
Fate Takes a Hand
1961
The Big Boys
1961
The Younger Generation
1961
Whack-O!
1956
A Touch of the Sun
1956
Armchair Theatre
1956
Jesus of Nazareth
1956
The Big Frame
1952