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Rodney Litchfield

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Rodney Litchfield
Born(1939-02-03)February 3, 1939
DiedSeptember 5, 2020(2020-09-05) (aged 81)
England
OccupationActor
Years active1983–2013
Known forCoronation Street
Early Doors

Rodney Litchfield (3 February 1939 – 5 September 2020) was an actor known for Early Doors (2003), Sunshine (2008) and Grow Your Own (2007).

Career

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Litchfield's first television appearances were in the 1980s, the first of which was the episode First Leg of the British drama Travelling Man.

He also made brief appearances in Juliet Bravo, A Touch of Frost, Cracker, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Heartbeat, and Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights.

Litchfield's best remembered television appearances were in Phil Mealey's and Craig Cash's dry-humoured sitcom Early Doors, which starred Litchfield as Tommy, a miserable pensioner who sits in the corner of the pub attempting to avoid social interaction with the rest of the pub's regulars, including avoiding accepting free drinks from anyone in case he is coerced into buying a 'round'.

After starring in the sitcom's only two series, he was seen driving a van onto the cobbles of Coronation Street as character Wilfred Morton with granddaughter Jodie (played by Samantha Seager) who were renovating the old Bakery owned by Diggory Compton into a takeaway. Michael Starke played Litchfield's son Jerry Morton. Coincidentally, both Litchfield and Starke had appeared on Channel 4 soap, Brookside.

Litchfield died on 5 September 2020, at the age of 81.[1]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1984 Brookside Andrew Dunn Episode #152
Travelling Man Second Warder Episode: "First Leg"
1985 Seaview Jack Episode: "Big Brother"
Juliet Bravo Armourer Episode: "Hostage to Fortune"
1986 Help Policeman Episode: "Missing Presumed"...
Knights & Emeralds Kevin's Dad Film
1987, 1996 Emmerdale Soldier / Scrapman 3 episodes
1987 Knights of God Chapel Knight Season 1, episode 1
1988 Coronation Street Chaz Ferguson Episode #2859
Testimony Sherlock Holmes Film
1990 Dancin' Thru the Dark Old Customer
All Creatures Great and Small Tom Randall Episode: "The Prodigal Returns"
1993 Stay Lucky Burrows Episode: "Flameproof and Free"
Last of the Summer Wine 2nd Policeman Episode: "Have You Got a Light Mate?"
1994 A Touch of Frost Norman Episode: "A Minority of One"
All Quiet on the Preston Front Harry the Chip Episode: "Ally's Husband"
Seaforth Marshall 2 episodes
1995 Moving Story Eccles Episode: "Norman Blood"
Cracker Taxi Driver Episode: "Brotherly Love: Part 1"
Heartbeat Jenkins Episode: "Saint Columba's Treasure"
1996 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Taxi Driver Episode: "Widdershins"
2001 Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights Wild Bill Episode: "Wild West Night"
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise Throat TV film
2002 Shipman Remand Quiz Master
2003–2004 Early Doors Tommy Main role, All 12 episodes
2003 Casualty Bruce Episode: "Christmas Spirit"
2004 No Angels Mr. Latchford Season 1, episode 1
Nits Mr. Morietti Short story
The Bill Joseph Clark Episode: "2211: Smoking Demons"
Doctors Jack Bletchley Episode: "Sticks and Stones"
2005 Dead Man Weds Harry Season 1, episode 3
2005, 2009 Shameless Magistrate / Algie 3 episodes
2005 Pierrepoint Sellers Film
2006 The Street Tony Episode: "Asylum"
2007 Coronation Street Wilf Morton Recurring role, 22 episodes
Grow Your Own Terry Film
2008 Sunshine Tommy Todd All 3 episodes
2010 Labrats Man with Dog Video
2011 In with the Flynns Toy Shop Owner Episode: "The Hardest Cut"
My Family Junior 2 episodes
2013 The Last British Execution Arthur Hinchcliffe Film

References

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  1. ^ "Rodney Litchfield: Early Doors actor dies at 81". BBC News. BBC. 8 September 2020.
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