Eric Dodson

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.

  • Title: Eric Dodson
  • Popularity: 3.605
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1920-12-01
  • Place of Birth: Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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Eric Dodson Movies

  • 1962
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    Solo for Sparrow

    Solo for Sparrow

    1 1962 HD

    A group of crooks accidentally kill an elderly shop assistant while stealing the keys to the jewellery shop where she works. When his superiors think...

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  • 1969
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    Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain

    6.8 1969 HD

    In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the...

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  • 1956
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    A Touch of the Sun

    A Touch of the Sun

    5.6 1956 HD

    A hotel porter is left a fortune but after living it up for a while he returns to his old place of work which is in financial difficulties.

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  • 1962
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    Trial and Error

    Trial and Error

    6.5 1962 HD

    After nearly 40 years of waiting for his big chance, Wilfred Morgenhall is given the case of defending Herbert Fowle who is accused of murdering his...

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  • 1961
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    Fate Takes a Hand

    Fate Takes a Hand

    5.5 1961 HD

    When a mail bag full of post that was taken in a robbery is discovered fifteen years later, a Post Office employee and local reporter decide to...

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  • 1964
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    Strictly for the Birds

    Strictly for the Birds

    5.3 1964 HD

    A gambler tries to strike it rich at the racetrack but gets taken by a gorgeous blonde who also happens to be a crook.

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  • 1963
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    The Set Up

    The Set Up

    1 1963 HD

    Arthur Payne, recently out of prison, meets a stranger, Theo Gaunt, on a train and explains his situation. A few days later another stranger makes a...

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  • 1952
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    The Big Frame

    The Big Frame

    3.8 1952 HD

    An ex-GI wakes up with blood on his clothes in a strange hotel room. He can't remember the night before but he later finds out that a man he got into...

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  • 1962
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    Danger by My Side

    Danger by My Side

    5.1 1962 HD

    A girl tracks down the gang who had her detective brother killed.

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  • 1968
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    The Bone Grinder

    The Bone Grinder

    1 1968 HD

    George, an ineffectual and inoffensive clerk, and his prim wife Gladys reserve their greatest efforts for preserving their respectibility. Sam, a...

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  • 1967
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    The Confession

    The Confession

    1 1967 HD

    What is the mystery behind the murder of an apparently innocent man? Who was so afraid of the secrets he knew that they would kill him?

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  • 1973
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    Russian Roulette

    Russian Roulette

    1 1973 HD

    It's 1865, Fiodor in St, Petersburg is reluctantly supporting his dead wife's family, when he meets new love in the form of Anna and a new life...

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  • 1980
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    The Mirror Crack'd

    The Mirror Crack'd

    6.144 1980 HD

    Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

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  • 1990
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    Jekyll & Hyde

    Jekyll & Hyde

    5.8 1990 HD

    Henry Jekyll is a troubled man. His wife died of pneumonia. He wants his sister-in-law, but her father forbids any contact. And his experiments into...

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  • 1984
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    The Masks of Death

    The Masks of Death

    5.6 1984 HD

    Sherlock Holmes has retired. But when MacDonald asks him to take on another case, he says yes. There have been some mysterious murders, and there are...

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  • 1982
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    Doctor Who: The Visitation

    Doctor Who: The Visitation

    7 1982 HD

    In 17th century England, the Doctor and itinerant thespian Richard Mace uncover a plot by a crew of criminal Terileptils to wipe out humanity.

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  • 1963
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    Dr. Crippen

    Dr. Crippen

    6 1963 HD

    A British physician stands trial for murdering his wife after he and his mistress are captured while fleeing to Canada.

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  • 1961
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    The Big Boys

    The Big Boys

    1 1961 HD

    BBC television film starring Anthony Bate.

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  • 1983
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    The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel Wallace

    The Forgotten Voyage: The Story of Alfred Russel Wallace

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1962
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    Gang War

    Gang War

    1 1962 HD

    During the early 1960s, a Chicago mobster and a Londoner try to get involved in a jukebox racket.

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  • 1975
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    The Sweeney

    The Sweeney

    7.7 1975 HD

    Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.

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  • 1975
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    The Sweeney

    The Sweeney

    7.7 1975 HD

    Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.

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  • 1984
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    Fresh Fields

    Fresh Fields

    6.6 1984 HD

    Fresh Fields is a British situation comedy written by John T. Chapman and produced by Thames Television for ITV between 7 March 1984 and 23 October...

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  • 1968
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    The Expert

    The Expert

    9.5 1968 HD

    The Expert is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1976. The series starred Marius Goring as Dr. John Hardy, a...

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  • 1968
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    The Expert

    The Expert

    9.5 1968 HD

    The Expert is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1976. The series starred Marius Goring as Dr. John Hardy, a...

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  • 1989
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    French Fields

    French Fields

    7.2 1989 HD

    French Fields is a British situation comedy. It ran for 19 episodes from 5 September 1989 to 8 October 1991. It was written by John T. Chapman and...

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  • 1974
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    Porridge

    Porridge

    8.092 1974 HD

    Porridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three series, two Christmas specials and a feature film also...

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  • 1986
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    Lovejoy

    Lovejoy

    7.3 1986 HD

    The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a...

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  • 1989
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    Press Gang

    Press Gang

    7.3 1989 HD

    The activities of the staff at The Junior Gazette, a children's weekly newspaper produced by a group of school pupils.

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  • 1984
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    'Allo 'Allo!

    'Allo 'Allo!

    7.7 1984 HD

    The misadventures of hapless cafe owner René Artois and his escapades with the Resistance in occupied France.

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  • 1969
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    Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

    Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

    7.031 1969 HD

    Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) is a British private detective television series. In the initial episode Hopkirk is murdered during an investigation,...

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  • 1978
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    All Creatures Great and Small

    All Creatures Great and Small

    7.6 1978 HD

    All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British veterinary surgeon Alf Wight, who wrote under the...

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  • 1964
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    The Likely Lads

    The Likely Lads

    7.273 1964 HD

    The Likely Lads was a black and white British sitcom created and written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, and produced by Dick Clement. Twenty-one...

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  • 1978
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    All Creatures Great and Small

    All Creatures Great and Small

    7.6 1978 HD

    All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British veterinary surgeon Alf Wight, who wrote under the...

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  • 1965
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    Public Eye

    Public Eye

    7.8 1965 HD

    Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a...

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  • 1962
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    The Saint

    The Saint

    7.3 1962 HD

    Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those...

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  • 1980
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    Lady Killers

    Lady Killers

    5 1980 HD

    Compelling crime anthology looks at some of Britain's most notorious murder trials, in which both male and female defendants stood accused of the...

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  • 1972
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    The Protectors

    The Protectors

    5.6 1972 HD

    The Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It was Anderson's second TV series using live actors as...

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  • 1956
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    Whack-O!

    Whack-O!

    1 1956 HD

    Whack-O! was a British sitcom TV series starring Jimmy Edwards, written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden, and broadcast from 1956 to 1960 and 1971 to...

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