Richard Pearson
Biography
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.
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Acting History
1995
Good Friends
1992The Christmas Collection as Mole (voice)
1990Freddie and Max as Malcolm Parkes
1990More Children's Holiday Favourites as Mole (voice)
1990Kappatoo
1990Oh, Mr. Toad as Mole
1990One Foot in the Grave
1989The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads as Mole (voice)
1989More Children's Summer Stories as Mole (voice)
1989Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1 as Mole (voice)
1989Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2 as Mole (voice)
1989Campion as Dr. Galley
1988Children's Favourites - Volume 1 as Mole (voice)
1987Inspector Morse as Jerome Hogg
1986The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales as Mole (voice)
1986Whoops Apocalypse as Michael Sumpter (Defence Secretary)
1985Reunion at Fairborough
1985Miss Marple: The Moving Finger as Mr. Pye
1985Water as Foreign Secretary
1984The Wind in the Willows as Mole (voice)
1984The Wind in the Willows as Mole (voice)
1983The Wind in the Willows as Mole
1983Arms and the Man
1981A Fine Romance
1980Hammer House of Horror as Sir Humphrey Chesterton
1980Therese Raquin as Michaud
1980The Mirror Crack'd as Doctor Haydock
1979Tess as Vicar of Marlott
1979Coming Out as Gerald Fox
1979Tales of the Unexpected as Michael Carey
1978She Fell Among Thieves as Father Below
1978Enemy at the Door as William Clifford
1977BBC2 Play of the Week as Father Below
1976It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet as Granville Bennett
1976The Blue Bird as Bread
1976Love Among the Ruins as George Druce
1975Royal Flash as Duchy Chamberlain
1975One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing as Sir Geoffrey
1973Alice Through the Looking Glass
1973Her Majesty's Pleasure as Mrs Whiteheart
1972Mrs. Warren's Profession as Rev. Samuel Gardner
1972A Fluid Arrangement as Jack
1972Pope Joan as Friar Timothy
1972Still Waters as Alfred
1971Macbeth as Doctor
1971The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Marquess of Macclesfield
1971Columbo as Diver
1971Catch Me a Spy as Haldene
1971Sunday Bloody Sunday as Patient
1970The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer as Wilting
1970Play for Today as Alfred
1970The Three Sisters as Koolyghin
1968The Strange Affair
1968Inspector Clouseau as Shockley
1968Charlie Bubbles as Accountant
1967How I Won the War as Old Man at Alamein
1966Ella as Edwin
1966Macready's Gala as Headmaster
1966Mystery and Imagination
1965BBC Play of the Month as Koolyghin
1965BBC Play of the Month as Rev. Canon Chasuble
1965BBC Play of the Month as Herbert Soppitt
1965BBC Play of the Month as Mazzini Dunn
1965Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965Thirty-Minute Theatre as Cloon
1965The Agony and the Ecstasy as Cardinal
1965The Legend of Young Dick Turpin as Bailiff
1965Public Eye as Jenks
1964The Yellow Rolls-Royce as Osborn
1964The Wednesday Play as Fatty
1964The Comedy Man as Advertising Man
1964Martin Chuzzlewit
1962Guns of Darkness as Herbert Bastian
1961Sir Francis Drake as Sir Richard Bosanquet
1961Attempt to Kill as Frank Weyman
1961Danger! Men Working as Major Trumbull
1961The Threatening Storm
1960Mystery of Edwin Drood
1959Libel as The Butler
1959Bleak House as Inspector Bucket
1959No Hiding Place
1959The Crowning Touch as Roger
1959Model for Murder as Bullock
1959Life in Danger as Sgt. Burt Norris
1958Our Mutual Friend as Nicodemus Boffin
1958Sea Fury as Kershaw
1958Battle of the V-1 as Senior RAF Officer (uncredited)
1956Armchair Theatre as Major Trumbull
1955Quay South as Frederick Elwes
1955The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel as Jack Williams
1955Lilli Palmer Theatre as Bilston
1954The Wonderful World of Disney as Bailiff
1954Fabian of the Yard
1954Svengali as Lambert
1954Dangerous Cargo as Noel
1953The Blue Parrot as Quinney
1951Scrooge as Mr. Tupper
1950The Woman in Question as Detective
1950The Girl Is Mine as Sergeant
1950Sunday Night Theatre as John Wood
1950Sunday Night Theatre as Father Francis