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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.

Known For

5.8

Head Porter

Jekyll & Hyde

1990

7.2

Henry

French Fields

1989

7.5

Sir Edward

Press Gang

1989

7.3

Magistrate

Lovejoy

1986

5.6

Lord Claremont

The Masks of Death

1984

7.8

Intelligence Officer

'Allo 'Allo!

1984

6.7

Henry Richardson

Fresh Fields

1984

0.0

Spenser St. John

The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel Wallace

1983

7.7

The Headman

Doctor Who: The Visitation

1982

6.1

The Major

The Mirror Crack'd

1980

Credits

Jekyll & Hyde

as Head Porter

1990

5.8

French Fields

as Henry

1989

7.2

Press Gang

as Sir Edward

1989

7.5

Lovejoy

as Magistrate

1986

7.3

The Masks of Death

as Lord Claremont

1984

5.6

'Allo 'Allo!

as Intelligence Officer

1984

7.8

Fresh Fields

as Henry Richardson

1984

6.7

The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel Wallace

as Spenser St. John

1983

0.0

Doctor Who: The Visitation

as The Headman

1982

7.7

The Mirror Crack'd

as The Major

1980

6.1

Lady Killers

as Dr. Henry Sworn

1980

5.0

All Creatures Great and Small

as Colonel D'Arcy

1978

7.7

All Creatures Great and Small

as Brigadier D'Arcy

1978

7.7

The Sweeney

as Mr. de Courcy

1975

7.7

The Sweeney

as Mr. Dodds

1975

7.7

Porridge

as Mr. Banyard

1974

8.1

🎬

Russian Roulette

as Goncharov

1973

0.0

The Protectors

as Doyle

1972

5.6

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

as Vicar

1969

7.0

Battle of Britain

as RAF Officer (uncredited)

1969

6.9

The Expert

as Motorist

1968

10.0

The Expert

as Ackroyd

1968

10.0

The Bone Grinder

as Second City Gent

1968

0.0

🎬

The Confession

as Arnold Gray

1967

0.0

Public Eye

as Sheriff's Officer

1965

7.8

The Likely Lads

as Holgate

1964

7.2

Strictly for the Birds

as George

1964

5.3

Dr. Crippen

as Defence QC Clerk (uncredited)

1963

6.0

The Set Up

as Walker

1963

0.0

The Saint

as Prosecuting Counsel

1962

7.3

Trial and Error

as Examiner

1962

6.5

Solo for Sparrow

as Dr. Wolfson

1962

0.0

Danger by My Side

as Warder Davis

1962

5.1

🎬

Gang War

as Superintendent Quigley

1962

0.0

Fate Takes a Hand

as Janitor

1961

5.5

🎬

The Big Boys

as Mr. Woolly

1961

0.0

Whack-O!

as School Inspector

1956

0.0

A Touch of the Sun

as Hotel Head Waiter

1956

5.6

The Big Frame

as Reunion Guest

1952

3.8