Rodney Litchfield

Rodney Litchfield

Birth : , Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK

Death : 2020-09-05

History

Wigan born actor whose best known role is that of the miserly pensioner Tommy in Craig Cash and Phil Mealey's sitcom Early Doors. Other credits include a brief spell as a regular in Coronation Street in 2007, Phoenix Nights, Juliet Bravo, Cracker, Sunshine and Shameless.

Profile

Rodney Litchfield

Movies

The Last British Execution
Arthur Hinchliffe
When an execution is sanctioned in the UK for the first time in almost 50 years, it soon becomes a media circus. The television rights are sold, and it becomes the worlds biggest reality TV show, re-branded as X-Day.
Grow Your Own
Terry
A refugee family are given an allotment plot and are met with suspicion by the people who have worked the gardens for years
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Sellers
Following in his father's footsteps, Albert Pierrepoint becomes one of Britain's most prolific executioners, hiding his identity as a grocery deliveryman. But when his ambition to be the best inadvertently exposes his gruesome secret, he becomes a minor celebrity & faces a public outcry against the practice of hanging. Based on true events.
Nits
Mr. Morietti
A 7-year-old boy (Jonathan Mason) struggles to understand why his mother, newly returned from hospital, isn't giving him the attention he craves.
Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
Remand Quiz Master
James Bolam portrays serial killer Dr. Harold Shipman in this made-for-TV drama. The film follows the story of Shipman, a general practitioner who throughout his career is believed to have killed as many as 250 of his patients. When the high death rate of his practice was investigated, it was discovered that he had given lethal doses of diamorphine to a vast number of his patients. He was put on trial where he was convicted of 15 murders and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise
Throat
Tommy is a vacuum cleaner salesman gripped by the fever of closing the deal. He lives on puffa rice stored in his glove compartment, listens to motivation tapes of his own voice shouting 'Sell, sell, fucking sell' and his punters are up to their eyes in debt. Even Tommy admits his 'soul's in holes'. He's sure the Golden Vac (the holy grail of vacuum salesmanship) can be his - if only he hadn't been saddled with Pete, a meek sales trainee trying to help his girlfriend quit stripping.
Dancin' Thru the Dark
Old Customer
Linda's out on her hen night, her fiance is out on his stag night. Linda is having major doubts about getting married, when both groups arrive at a club, to find the band fronted by her ex-boyfriend—and the love of her life—Peter. Linda has to decide: Does she stay and settle down, like her friends want her to, or does she chuck it all in and run away with Peter?
Knights & Emeralds
Kevin's Dad
A white boy lives in a racially divided town. The only thing he cares about is playing his drums. A popular black band from school needs a drummer and he joins them, but being colour blind in this town makes life very difficult.