Anton Rodgers Biography (1933-)

Born January 10, 1933, in Wisbech, England; son of William Robert and Leonore(maiden name, Wood) Rodgers; married Morna Eugenie Watson. Addresses:Contact: c/o RAC Club, Pall Mall, London SW1, England.; Agent: Ruth Cooper,PRD Drury House, 34-43 Russel St., London WC2B 5HA.

Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director
Birth Details: January 10, 1933; Wisbech, United Kingdom

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
Carmen, Royal Opera House, London, 1947
The Boyfriend, Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1957
Fingers, The Crooked Mile, Cambridge Theatre, London, 1959
Member of ensemble, And Another Thing (revue), Fortune Theatre, London, 1960
Withers and Tom, Plays for England, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1962
Twists, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1962
Jingle, Pickwick, Savile Theatre, London, 1963, then 46th Street Theatre, New York City, 1965
Felix, The Owl and the Pussycat, Criterion Theatre, London, 1966
Francis Archer, The Beaux' Stratagem, Chichester Festival Theatre,Chichester, England, 1967
Randall Utterword, Heartbreak House, Chichester Festival Theatre,1967
Fadinard, An Italian Straw Hat, Chichester Festival Theatre, 1967
Title role, Henry V, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, England, 1968
Vladimir, Waiting for Godot, University Theatre, Manchester, England, 1968
Dr. Stockman, An Enemy of the People, Harrogate Theatre, London, 1969
Gerald, The Formation Dancers, Hampstead Theatre Club, London, 1971
Frank, Forget-Me-Not Lane, Greenwich Theatre, then Apollo Theatre,both London, 1971
Macheath, The Threepenny Opera, Stratford Shakespearean Festival,Stratford, Ontario, 1972
Dr. Rank, A Doll's House, Criterion Theatre, 1973
Lord Henry Wotton, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Greenwich Theatre,1975
Astrov, Uncle Vanya, Oxford Playhouse, Oxford, England, 1975
Jack Manningham, Gaslight, Criterion Theatre, 1976
Member of ensemble, Songbook (revue), Globe Theatre, London, 1979
Gerry Stratton, Time of My Life, Vaudeville Theatre, London, 1993
Colonel Parrott, Blue Murder, 1996
Frank Foster, How the Other Half Loves, The Oxford Playhouse, 1998, then Belrade Theatre, Coventry, UK, 1998
Etienne, Under the Doctor, Comedy Theatre, London, 2001
Major Tours
Pip, Great Expectations, British cities, 1948
Title role, The Winslow Boy, British cities, 1949
Hildy Johnson, The Front Page, National Theatre Company, Australian cities, 1974
Stage Work
Director
A Piece of Cake, Leatherhead, England, 1968
Grass Roots, Leatherhead, England, 1968
(And creator), We Who Are About To..., Hampstead Theatre Club, then revised as Mixed Doubles, Comedy Theatre, London, both 1969
The Fantasticks, Ibiza Festival, 1970
The Rainmaker, Ibiza Festival, 1970
The Fantasticks, Hampstead Theatre Club, 1970
Roses of Eyam, Northcott Theatre, Exeter, England, 1970
The Taming of the Shrew, Northcott Theatre, 1970
Death of a Salesman, Oxford Playhouse, 1975
Are You Now or Have You Ever Been..., Bush Theatre, London, 1977

Flashpoint, New End Theatre, then Mayfair Theatre, both London, 1979
Film Appearances
Duke, Rotten to the Core, Cinema V, 1956
Tomson, Crash Drive, United Artists, 1959
Night Train for Inverness, Paramount, 1960
Tom, Part-Time Wife, British Lion, 1961
Alec, Petticoat Pirates, Warner Bros./Pathe, 1961
Dan Conyers, Tarnished Heroes, WPD, 1961
Young man, Carry on Cruising, 1962
Hardy, Carry on, Jack (also known as Carry on, Venus), Warner Bros./Pathe, 1963
The Swingin' Maiden (also known as The Iron Maiden), AngloAmalgamated/Columbia, 1963
The Traitors, Universal, 1963
To Chase a Million, 1967
(Uncredited) German officer at airfield, Where Eagles Dare, 1969
Tony Alexander, The Man Who Haunted Himself, Levitt-Pickman, 1970
Tom Jenkins, Scrooge, National General, 1970
Bernard, The Day of the Jackal, Universal, 1973
Michael White, Intimate Reflections, 1974
East of Elephant Rock, Kendon, 1976
George Berenson, The Fourth Protocol, Lorimar, 1987
Inspector Andre, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Orion, 1988
Duke d'Antan, Impromptu, Hemdale, 1991
Chief Lazar, Blake Edwards' Son of the Pink Panther, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1993
Television Appearances
Movies
Julian Clay, The Eye (also known as Out of the Unknown: The Eye), 1966
Jamie, Jamie, on a Flying Visit (also known as Wednesday Play:Jamie, on a Flying Visit), 1968
Coming Out (also known as Play for Today: Coming Out), 1979
Dr. Max Hargrove, Agatha Christie's "Murder with Mirrors," CBS, 1985
John, Comeback, 1987
Also appeared in The Flaxborough Chronicles.
Series
Lt. Gilmore RN, The Sky Larks, 1958
Ukridge, 1968
Zodiak, 1974
William Fields, Fresh Fields, 1984
Alec Callender, May to December, 1989
William Fields, French Fields, 1989
Noah Kirby, Noah's Ark, 1997
Episodic
Attala, "Yesterday's Enemies," Danger Man, 1965
Peta Stone, "The Night-lifers," Gideon's Way, 1965
Julian Clay, "The Eye," Out of the Unknown, 1966
Pierre, "A Double in Diamonds," The Saint, 1967
Number two, "The Schizoid Man," The Prisoner, 1967
Jules, "Reply Box No. 666," The Champions, 1968
Terrell, "One of Our Aircraft Is Empty," Department S, 1969
Dr. Matthews, "Remission-Negative," Fraud Squad, 1970
Scone, "The Mistress and the Maids," Upstairs, Downstairs, 1971
Phillipe de Brion, "All That Glisters: Parts 1 & 2," Jason King, 1971
King Con, The Protectors, 1972
Affairs of the Heart, 1974
Ken Aspen, "Rumpole and the Honourable Member," Rumpole of the Bailey, 1978
Samuel Jordan, "After the War," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1990
Langtry, "Lilly," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1999
Also appeared as Newdigate, in The Duchess of Duke Street.
Miniseries
"Disraeli," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1978
Ronald Kegworthy, UpRising, 1999
RECORDINGS
Taped Readings
Robinson Crusoe (unabridged), Multilingua Inc., 1994
Robinson Crusoe (abridged), Media Books, 1999
Also recorded The Phantom of the Opera; The Devil Rides Out; Three Men in a Boat; Jolly Snow and Other Stories; Jolly Snow; Jolly Tall; Old Bear and Other Stories; Old Bear Stories; Old Bear's Nursery Stories; and Ruff and Other Stories.

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