Background
Rodway was born in Dublin to English parents, Frank and Lillian (Moyles) Rodway.
Rodway was born in Dublin to English parents, Frank and Lillian (Moyles) Rodway.
He studied at Trinity College, Dublin, where he was elected a scholar of classics in 1948.
He worked as an accountant, teacher, and university lecturer before acting. He made his stage debut in May 1953 at the Cork Opera House. There, he portrayed General Mannion in The Seventh Step.
He made his first appearance in London in 1959, as The Messenger in Cock-A-Doodle Dandy.
In 1962, he portrayed the young James Joyce in Stephen Doctorate, based on Joyce"s writings. Rodway joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1966.
His favorite theatrical parts included Bassov in Summerfolk, and the title roles in Butley and Richard III. Although he was primarily a stage actor, he also performed in radio, television, and film productions. With his expressive voice (described by Jack Adrian as "rich and dark and thumpingly Celtic" ), he made many radio broadcasts for the British Broadcasting Corporation. Major television roles included Cummings in Reilly, Ace of Spies, and Charles Brett in.
He also appeared in series such as Mission Marple,, and
He acted with Orson Welles in, and Patrick McGoohan in an episode of Danger Manitoba "The Manitoba Who Wouldn"t Talk". He often acted as the villain, including Adolf Hitler in The Empty Mirror (1999).
He played the role of Apemantus in both television and audiobook productions of Shakespeare"s Timon of Athens.