Anton Rodgers
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| Anton Rodgers | |
| Born | 10 January 1933 Wisbech, Cambridgeshire |
| Notable roles | William Fields in Fresh Fields Grandpa Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. |
Anton Rodgers (born 10 January 1933, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire) is a British actor.
He is best known for his television performances, specifically his long-running roles in the television sitcoms Fresh Fields and May to December. However, he has also had a long career as a dramatic actor and has appeared in films such as The Fourth Protocol (1987) and Scrooge (1970) (in which he performs the Acadamy Award nominated Best Original Song Thank You Very Much while dancing on Scrooge's coffin).
He is married to the actress Elizabeth Garvie, whom he met while filming the 1982 drama series, Something in Disguise. They have often appeared on stage together.
[edit] Selected filmography
- The Old Curiosity Shop as Dick Swiveller
- Danger Man as Attala
- Man in a Suitcase as Max Stein
- The Prisoner episode The Schizoid Man as Number Two.
- Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) as Calvin Bream
- Scrooge as Tom Jenkins
- Upstairs, Downstairs: The Mistress and the Maids as Scone
- Jason King as Philippe de Brion
- The Day of the Jackal as Bernard
- The Duchess of Duke Street: A Test of Love as Newdigate
- Rumpole of the Bailey: Rumpole and the Honourable Member as Ken Aspen
- Lillie as Edward Langtry
- Disraeli as Bentinck
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels as Inspector Andre
- The Fourth Protocol as George Berenson
- After the War as Samuel Jordan
- May to December as Alec Callender
- Midsomer Murders: Market for Murder as Lord James Chetwood
- Longford as William Whitelaw
