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

Career

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 ''

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'', '' 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 ''

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'' as character

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with granddaughter Jodie (played by

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) who were renovating the old Bakery owned by

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into a takeaway. Michael Starke played Litchfield's son

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. Coincidentally, both Litchfield and Starke had appeared on

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soap, Brookside. Litchfield died on 5 September 2020, at the age of 81.

Filmography

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Litchfield, Rodney 1939 births 2020 deaths Actors from Wigan 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors English male soap opera actors English male film actors Male actors from Lancashire Male actors from Greater Manchester