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Anton Rodgers
Born: 10th Jan 1933 Ealing, Middlesex, England, UK - Died 1st Dec 2007
Dept: Acting
Anton Rodgers (born Anthony Rodgers; 10 January 1933 – 1 December 2007) was an English actor and occasional director. He performed on stage, in film and in television dramas and sitcoms, known best for the films The Day of the Jackel (1972) and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988).
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 112
Film: 49 (44%)
Television: 63 (56%)
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Filmography
2008
A financial struggle between owners of a go-go club threatens its future. ... view
Character:
Barfly
2007
Comedy drama about a family reunion written by and starring Richard Herring. It's Ken and Margaret Snell's 45th wedding anniversary and their children ... view
Character:
Ken Snell
2006
A portrait of Lord Longford, a tireless British campaigner whose controversial beliefs often resulted in furious political debate and personal conflic ... view
Character:
Willie Whitelaw
2006
Different factions in WWII-era Holland race to find a stash of Nazi gold. ... view
Character:
Churchill
2005
Readers and fans worldwide know the land of Narnia and the magical beings who dwell there. But few know the genius who created this beloved fantasy. N ... view
Character:
C.S. Lewis
2004
Venice, 1596. Bassanio begs his friend Antonio, a prosperous merchant, to lend him a large sum of money so that he can woo Portia, a very wealthy heir ... view
Character:
The Duke
2004
Four stories featuring the mice of Brambly Hedge. In 'The Secret Staircase' Primrose and Wilfred set off looking for costumes for the Midwinter celebr ... view
Character:
Lord Woodmouse / Crabby Blackjacket (Voice)
2004
Isabel and Clara are growing up in a time of terror. It is 1492, and Spain has decreed that all Jews must either convert to Catholicism, go into exile ... view
Character:
Foscari
Sep 2003 (first aired)
Wide Eye is an owl who lives in the tallest tree in the forest with his young son, Little Hoot and his sidekick, Flea. Wide Eye is fatherly, gentle an ... view
Character:
Wide Eye the Owl (voice) (26 ep.)
Jun 2000 (first aired)
Sitcom set in a pretty village, but with very different inhabitants - including: a retired professional, his refined wife, a wealthy but tasteless cou ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (5 ep.)
Sep 1997 (first aired)
Noah's Ark is a British television series, which aired on ITV. It was first broadcast on 8 September 1997. The final episode was aired on 13 October 1 ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (6 ep.)
Mar 1997 (first aired)
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his ... view
Character:
Lord James Chetwood (1 ep.)
Dec 1996 (first aired)
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge is a stop-motion animated series based on the Brambly Hedge books by Jill Barklem. The show was produced by Reade ... view
Character:
Lord Woodmouse / Crabby Blackjacket (voice) (8 ep.)
Nov 1995 (first aired)
Children's series about a magic coin that can grant wishes. ... view
Character:
Mr. Swingit (2 ep.)
Oct 1993 (first aired)
In a playroom which is home to a variety of sentient toys, their leader, the wise and caring "Old Bear" had disappeared some time ago, having been put ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (41 ep.)
1993
The illegitimate son of Inspector Clouseau is on the case of the kidnapped Princess Yasmin. ... view
Character:
Police Chief Charles Lazar
1992
David and Joan's life has been one continuous party, but their marriage is loveless. Suddenly a young girl appears in their world and announces that s ... view
Character:
David Scott-Fowler
Apr 1992 (first aired)
The Gingerbread Man is a stop motion animated children's television series about a gingerbread man and his friends, who come to life in their kitchen ... view
Character:
Narrator (6 ep.)
Oct 1991 (first aired)
Pebble Mill was a re-launched version of the 1970s daily chat show Pebble Mill (also known as Pebble Mill At One for a while) which aired on BBC1 in t ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
Oct 1991 (first aired)
An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances. ... view
Character:
David Scott-Fowler (1 ep.)
1991
In 1830s France, pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin is pursued romantically by the determined, individualistic woman who uses the name George Sand. ... view
Character:
Duke D'Antan
Sep 1989 (first aired)
French Fields is a British situation comedy. It ran for 19 episodes from 5 September 1989 to 8 October 1991. It was written by John T. Chapman and Ian ... view
Character:
William Fields (18 ep.)
Jun 1989 (first aired)
John Madden's sweeping drama After the War tells the tale of a quarter-century relationship between two men who share a similar wartime experience and ... view
Character:
Samuel Jordan (10 ep.)
Apr 1989 (first aired)
Comedy about a Pinner solictor who falls for a woman half his age. ... view
Character:
Alec (38 ep.)
1988
Con artist Lawrence Jamieson is a longtime resident of a luxurious coastal resort, where he enjoys the lavish fruits of his deceptions -- that is, unt ... view
Character:
Inspector Andre
1987
Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A cr ... view
Character:
George Berenson
1985
When Miss Jane Marple arrives at palatial Stonygates, one thing is certain. Before there's time to lather a warm scone with marmalade and place a tea ... view
Character:
Dr. Max Hargrove
Mar 1984 (first aired)
Fresh Fields is a British situation comedy written by John T. Chapman and produced by Thames Television for ITV between 7 March 1984 and 23 October 19 ... view
Character:
William Fields (27 ep.)
Aug 1983 (first aired)
Affairs of the Heart is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1983 to 1985. Starring Derek Fowlds, it was written by Paul Daneman. It was made for t ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (6 ep.)
1983
Adapted from the play by the British playwright Arthur Wing Pinero, as part of BBC Play of the Month. It depicts the vicissitudes of a reformed philan ... view
Character:
The Marquess of Quex
1982
A man and a woman (both married to other people) are found dead in a show home in what appears to have been double suicide. Their respective children ... view
Character:
Tom Lewis
Jun 1982 (first aired)
Drama Series of the Life of twice married couple Herbert and Mary Browne Lacey. ... view
Character:
John Cole (6 ep.)
1982
Gerald fancies himself as a bit of a gourmet and a trip to the gastronomic delights of France promises well. His wife Hilary is not so sure; she isn't ... view
Character:
Gerald
1982
Four television critics gather in a Wardour Street preview theatre to see a documentary and get the surprise of their lives. ... view
Character:
Valentine
1979
When stones begin miraculously arranging themselves on the edge of one young man's private land, he and his friend begin trying to decipher them in an ... view
Character:
Dr. Dyson
Apr 1979 (first aired)
Anthology of plays, each featuring an element of the 'flipside'. ... view
Character:
Adwick (5 ep.)
1979
Lewis, a gay writer of romantic novels, writes an article on gay issues under the pseudonym of "Zippy Grimes." The reason for this is that he hasn't c ... view
Character:
Lewis Duncan/Zippy Grimes
Jan 1979 (first aired)
Thomas & Sarah is a British drama series that aired on ITV in 1979. A spin-off from the BAFTA Award-winning series Upstairs, Downstairs, it stars John ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1978 (first aired)
The affair that shook Victorian society to its core: he was the Prince of Wales, the future monarch; she was a professional beauty, who became a royal ... view
Character:
Edward Langtry (10 ep.)
Sep 1978 (first aired)
Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts. ... view
Character:
Geoffrey Connaught (1 ep.)
Sep 1978 (first aired)
Disraeli is a British four part serial about the great statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Benjamin Disraeli. ... view
Character:
Lord George Bentinck (2 ep.)
1978
Two contrasting stories: one couple dream of leaving the city; another have left the countryside. ... view
Character:
Mike
1977
In 1948, a new British governor takes over a Far Eastern colony after his predecessor is murdered by terrorists. ... view
Character:
Mackintosh
May 1977 (first aired)
Anthology of self-contained dramas that aired from 1977 to 1978. ... view
Character:
Mike (1 ep.)
May 1977 (first aired)
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle (often referred to simply as Murder Most English) is a seven-part British detective miniseries based on C ... view
Character:
DI Walter Purbright (7 ep.)
Sep 1976 (first aired)
In Victorian London, Louisa Leyton works her way up from servant to renowned cook to proprietress of the upper-class Bentinck Hotel in Duke Street, St ... view
Character:
Newdigate (1 ep.)
Dec 1975 (first aired)
Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Hor ... view
Character:
Ken Aspen (1 ep.)
1975
A bomb-throwing incident in 1905 sets off a train of events which ends in a murder and a suicide. ... view
Character:
Mr. Vladimir
1974
Robert and Jane are a middle-aged couple grieving over a dead daughter. Michael and Zonny are a young couple with a bright future ahead of them. The f ... view
Character:
Sep 1974 (first aired)
Anthology series of thirteen one-hour love stories based on the short stories of Henry James. ... view
Character:
James Mallory (2 ep.)
Mar 1974 (first aired)
A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC. ... view
Character:
Valentine (1 ep.)
Gerald (1 ep.)
Feb 1974 (first aired)
Zodiac was a six-part series transmitted by ITV in 1974. Starring Anton Rogers and Anouska Hempel as cynical detective David Gradley and his astrologe ... view
Character:
David Gradley (6 ep.)
Sep 1973 (first aired)
Orson Welles’ Great Mysteries is a British television anthology series produced by Anglia Television for the ITV network and broadcast between 1973 ... view
Character:
Edmund Blake (1 ep.)
1973
A married couple treat themselves to a day out just by themselves. But the occasion is ruined by the husband's roving eye. ... view
Character:
Michael
Jul 1973 (first aired)
Anthology series of half hour plays produced in BBC's Television Centre's studios. ... view
Character:
Michael (1 ep.)
1973
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated g ... view
Character:
Jules Bernard
Oct 1972 (first aired)
Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court sys ... view
Character:
Timothy Hapsburg-Jones QC (3 ep.)
Sep 1972 (first aired)
The Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It was Anderson's second TV series using live actors as o ... view
Character:
Alan Sutherland (1 ep.)
1972
A blossoming friendship between a businessman and one of his flatmate's ex-girlfriends is challenged when she answers a phone call and inadvertently r ... view
Character:
Mike
1972
A man makes an unexpected appearance at his younger brother's house in the middle of the night. He needs somewhere to stay and convinces his brother a ... view
Character:
Nicholas Lindsay
Apr 1972 (first aired)
The Greatrick Organization is a faceless, multi-million-pound concern dedicated to making more millions. In its headquarters are an assortment of midd ... view
Character:
Peter Frame (7 ep.)
Oct 1971 (first aired)
Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at ... view
Character:
Scone (1 ep.)
Oct 1971 (first aired)
Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974. Margare ... view
Character:
Frank Jarrot, MP (1 ep.)
Sep 1971 (first aired)
Jason King - a suavely sophisticated former secret agent turned novelist - travels the world searching for material to fill his books, encountering an ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
1970
A musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney. ... view
Character:
Tom Jenkins
Oct 1970 (first aired)
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more tha ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1970
Executive Harold Pelham suffers a serious accident after which he faces the shadow of death. When, against all odds, he miraculously recovers, he disc ... view
Character:
Tony Alexander
Sep 1969 (first aired)
Department S is a United Kingdom spy-fi adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. The series consists of 28 episodes which originally aired in 1 ... view
Character:
Terrell (1 ep.)
Apr 1969 (first aired)
Foppish Sir Percy Blakeney, who secretly leads a double life as the daring rescuer of French aristocrats from the guillotine during the French Revolut ... view
Character:
Sir Percy Blakeney (10 ep.)
Character:
Philip (1 ep.)
1968
World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impo ... view
Character:
German Officer at Airfield (uncredited)
Nov 1968 (first aired)
A series of plays revolving around the ever-intriguing subject of sex. ... view
Character:
John (1 ep.)
Sep 1968 (first aired)
After a plane carrying three Agents crashes in the Himalayas, they are rescued by an advanced civilisation secretly living in Tibet who grant them enh ... view
Character:
Jules (1 ep.)
Apr 1968 (first aired)
Series based on the short French farces written by Georges Feydeau, Eugène Labiche, Marc Michel and Sacha Guitry. All of them include mistaken identi ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Regalas (1 ep.)
Character:
Sep 1967 (first aired)
After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders de ... view
Character:
Number Two (1 ep.)
Sep 1967 (first aired)
Accused of treason, a former U.S. intelligence officer based in London tries to clear his name, taking on freelance jobs around Europe as he searches ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Sep 1967 (first aired)
ITV Playhouse is a British comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhy ... view
Character:
Mark (1 ep.)
Nicholas Lindsay (1 ep.)
Feb 1967 (first aired)
The World of Wodehouse was a comedy television series, based on the Blandings Castle and Ukridge comedy stories by P. G. Wodehouse.
The series, which ... view
Character:
Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge (7 ep.)
Rupert Baxter (1 ep.)
1967
When former Russian spy Max Stein is murdered, private investigator McGill inherits a key to a safe deposit box in a Lisbon bank – a box that contai ... view
Character:
Max Stein
1966
Julian Clay is accused of murdering Andrew Maddox - a charge he cannot deny because 'The Eye', a device which records the past, saw him do it. However ... view
Character:
Julian Clay
Oct 1965 (first aired)
A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a ... view
Character:
Marquess of Quex (1 ep.)
Oct 1965 (first aired)
Out of the Unknown is a British television science fiction anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in four series between 19 ... view
Character:
Julian Clay (1 ep.)
1965
Rogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to have their stash ready to share out. Instead, Duke's girl ... view
Character:
The Duke
May 1965 (first aired)
Based on P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves stories, The World of Wooster, broadcast on BBC One from 1965 to 1967, followed the farcical adventures of young uppe ... view
Character:
Bicky Bickersteth (1 ep.)
Mar 1965 (first aired)
Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on the novels by John Creasey. The series was made at El ... view
Character:
Peter Sloane (1 ep.)
Sep 1964 (first aired)
An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although ada ... view
Character:
William Kerr (1 ep.)
Jamie (1 ep.)
1964
Maud has two men in her life - George and Errol. In an effort to decide which boyfriend to keep, she visits a clairvoyant who tells her that her ideal ... view
Character:
P.R.O. / Window Dresser
May 1964 (first aired)
Sherlock Holmes (also known as 'Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes') is a series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations produced by British television c ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1964
Able seaman Poop-Decker signs up for adventure on the high seas with the wicked Captain Fearless. Those swabbing the decks include Juliet Mills, Charl ... view
Character:
Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy
1963
The film follows Jack Hopkins, an aircraft designer with a passion for traction engines. His boss is eager to sell a new supersonic jet plane that Jac ... view
Character:
Concierge
1963
In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by l ... view
Character:
Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Nov 1962 (first aired)
A kindly shop owner has overwhelming gambling debts. These allow his greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (13 ep.)
Oct 1962 (first aired)
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in ... view
Character:
Pierre (1 ep.)
Jun 1962 (first aired)
A kid-friendly take on the exploits of King Richard the Lion Heart, from his participation in the Crusades, to his capture in Austria, to his final re ... view
Character:
Sir Kenneth (4 ep.)
1962
The cat and mouse game between government agents and a spy ring that has taken secret documents from a plane crash in Germany, not far from an US mili ... view
Character:
Curtis
1962
Captain Crowther's lot is not a happy one! Five of his crew have to be replaced and at such short notice before the voyage begins there isn't much to ... view
Character:
Young Man
1962
Two cadets are set an outrageous and wacky initiation test to prove their suitability for officer training. ... view
Character:
Jock
1961
Insurance salesman Tom and his wife Jenny are struggling through the first years of marriage in a modest flat, on Tom's even more modest salary. By co ... view
Character:
Tom Briggs
1961
Undistinguished British farce (in Technicolor and CinemaScope). Stoker Charlie (the diminutive Drake) helps 150 Wrens under Superintendent Maxine Audl ... view
Character:
Alec
1961
Tricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope sets his sights on the main chance, teams with slow-witted, good-hearted gypsy Pedl ... view
Character:
Soldier in Canteen (Uncredited)
1961
According to the officer's handbook, 'an officer will perform whatever task confronts him with whatever men are available' and for Major Bell the men ... view
Character:
Private Donald Conyers
1960
Mystery film based on an Agatha Christie play. An ambassador's wife must hide the corpse of her stepdaughter's unlikeable stepfather from her husband, ... view
Character:
Sgt. Jones
Oct 1960 (first aired)
BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch a ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1960 (first aired)
Danger Man is a British television series which was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968. The series featured Patrick McGo ... view
Character:
Attala (1 ep.)
Character:
Shop Assistant
1959
Paul Dixon (Dermot Walsh) is a fiercely competitive racing driver whose meteoric career is cut short after he is paralyzed in a collision. Ann, Paul's ... view
Character:
Tomson
Jan 1959 (first aired)
Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The original series ran for three seasons on ABC from Januar ... view
Character:
Mark (1 ep.)
Jul 1958 (first aired)
The adventures of a helicopter crew based on the fictional aircraft carrier, HMS Aerial. ... view
Character:
Lt. Gilmore, RN (16 ep.)
Jul 1956 (first aired)
Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produ ... view
Character:
Mike (1 ep.)