# Rodney Litchfield

Rodney Litchfield (3 February 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 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.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1984 | Brookside | Andrew Dunn | Episode #152 |
| 1984 | Travelling Man | Second Warder | Episode: "First Leg" |
| 1985 | Seaview | Jack | Episode: "Big Brother" |
| 1985 | Juliet Bravo | Armourer | Episode: "Hostage to Fortune" |
| 1986 | Help | Policeman | Episode: "Missing Presumed"... |
| 1986 | 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 |
| 1988 | Testimony | Sherlock Holmes | Film |
| 1990 | Dancin' Thru the Dark | Old Customer | Film |
| 1990 | All Creatures Great and Small | Tom Randall | Episode: "The Prodigal Returns" |
| 1993 | Stay Lucky | Burrows | Episode: "Flameproof and Free" |
| 1993 | 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" |
| 1994 | All Quiet on the Preston Front | Harry the Chip | Episode: "Ally's Husband" |
| 1994 | Seaforth | Marshall | 2 episodes |
| 1995 | Moving Story | Eccles | Episode: "Norman Blood" |
| 1995 | Cracker | Taxi Driver | Episode: "Brotherly Love: Part 1" |
| 1995 | 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" |
| 2001 | Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise | Throat | TV film |
| 2002 | Shipman | Remand Quiz Master | TV film |
| 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 |
| 2004 | Nits | Mr. Morietti | Short story |
| 2004 | The Bill | Joseph Clark | Episode: "2211: Smoking Demons" |
| 2004 | 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 |
| 2007 | 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" |
| 2011 | My Family | Junior | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | The Last British Execution | Arthur Hinchcliffe | Film |