Richard Pearson
August 2, 1918 (106 years old) in Monmouth, Gwent, Wales, UK
Richard de Pearsall Pearson (1 August 1918 – 2 August 2011) was an English character actor, who appeared in numerous film, television and stage productions over a period of 65 years. He played leading roles in several London West End plays and also supported Maggie Smith, Robert Morley and others in long-running West End stage productions. His many screen appearances included character parts in three Polanski films.
Known For
Credits
- 1995 · Good Friends as
- 1990 · Freddie and Max as Malcolm Parkes
- 1990 · Kappatoo as
- 1990 · Oh, Mr. Toad as Mole
- 1990 · One Foot In the Grave as
- 1989 · Campion as Dr. Galley
- 1988 · The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads as Mole (voice)
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Jerome Hogg
- 1986 · Whoops Apocalypse as Michael Sumpter (Defence Secretary)
- 1985 · Miss Marple: The Moving Finger as Mr. Pye
- 1985 · Water as Foreign Secretary
- 1984 · Miss Marple as Mr. Pye
- 1984 · The Wind in the Willows as Mole (voice)
- 1983 · The Wind in the Willows as Mole
- 1983 · Arms and the Man as
- 1981 · A Fine Romance as
- 1980 · The Mirror Crack'd as Doctor Haydock
- 1980 · Hammer House of Horror as Sir Humphrey Chesterton
- 1980 · Thérèse Raquin as Michaud
- 1979 · Tess as Vicar of Marlott
- 1979 · Coming Out as Gerald Fox
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Michael Carey
- 1978 · She Fell Among Thieves as Father Below
- 1978 · Enemy at the Door as William Clifford
- 1977 · BBC2 Play of the Week as Father Below
- 1976 · It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet as Granville Bennett
- 1976 · The Blue Bird as Bread
- 1975 · Royal Flash as Duchy Chamberlain
- 1975 · One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing as Sir Geoffrey
- 1975 · Love Among the Ruins as George Druce
- 1973 · Alice Through the Looking Glass as
- 1973 · Her Majesty's Pleasure as Mrs Whiteheart
- 1972 · Mrs. Warren's Profession as Rev. Samuel Gardner
- 1972 · A Fluid Arrangement as Jack
- 1972 · Pope Joan as Friar Timothy
- 1972 · Still Waters as Alfred
- 1971 · Macbeth as Doctor
- 1971 · The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Marquess of Macclesfield
- 1971 · Columbo as Diver
- 1971 · Catch Me a Spy as Haldene
- 1971 · Sunday Bloody Sunday as Patient
- 1970 · The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer as Wilting
- 1970 · Play for Today as Alfred
- 1970 · The Three Sisters as Koolyghin
- 1969 · The First Churchills as
- 1968 · The Strange Affair as
- 1968 · Inspector Clouseau as Shockley
- 1968 · Charlie Bubbles as Accountant
- 1967 · How I Won the War as Old Man at Alamein
- 1966 · Macready's Gala as Headmaster
- 1966 · Mystery and Imagination as
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Koolyghin
- 1965 · Thirty-Minute Theatre as
- 1965 · Thirty-Minute Theatre as Cloon
- 1965 · The Agony and the Ecstasy as Cardinal
- 1965 · The Legend of Young Dick Turpin as Bailiff
- 1965 · Public Eye as Jenks
- 1964 · The Yellow Rolls-Royce as Osborn
- 1964 · The Comedy Man as Advertising Man
- 1964 · Martin Chuzzlewit as
- 1962 · Guns of Darkness as Herbert Bastian
- 1961 · Sir Francis Drake as Sir Richard Bosanquet
- 1961 · Attempt to Kill as Frank Weyman
- 1961 · Danger! Men Working as Major Trumbull
- 1961 · The Threatening Storm as
- 1960 · Mystery of Edwin Drood as
- 1959 · Libel as The Butler
- 1959 · Bleak House as Inspector Bucket
- 1959 · No Hiding Place as
- 1959 · The Crowning Touch as Roger
- 1959 · Model for Murder as Bullock
- 1959 · Life in Danger as Sgt. Burt Norris
- 1958 · Our Mutual Friend as Nicodemus Boffin
- 1958 · Sea Fury as Kershaw
- 1956 · Armchair Theatre as Major Trumbull
- 1955 · Quay South as Frederick Elwes
- 1955 · The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel as Jack Williams
- 1955 · Lilli Palmer Theatre as Bilston
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Bailiff
- 1954 · Svengali as Lambert
- 1954 · Dangerous Cargo as Noel
- 1953 · The Blue Parrot as Quinney
- 1951 · Scrooge as Mr. Tupper
- 1950 · The Woman in Question as Detective
- 1950 · The Girl Is Mine as Sergeant
- 1950 · Sunday Night Theatre as John Wood