Rodney Litchfield
Rodney Litchfield (born in Wigan, Lancashire 1939, died in 2020) was an English actor. 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 shows like "Juliet Bravo", "A Touch of Frost", "Cracker", "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates", "Heartbeat", and "Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights". His most well-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 both the sitcom's two series, he was later 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. Litchfield died on 5 September 2020, at the age of 81.