Richard Pearson
Actor
Born August 2, 1918 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.
Filmography
One Foot in the Grave
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
Mole (voice)
Campion
Dr. Galley
Inspector Morse
Jerome Hogg
The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales
Mole (voice)
Whoops Apocalypse
Michael Sumpter (Defence Secretary)
Reunion at Fairborough
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
Mr. Pye
Water
Foreign Secretary
The Wind in the Willows
Mole (voice)
The Wind in the Willows
Mole
A Fine Romance
The Walls of Jericho
Dr Anstie
Hammer House of Horror
Sir Humphrey Chesterton
Therese Raquin
Michaud
The Mirror Crack'd
Doctor Haydock
Tess
Vicar of Marlott
Coming Out
Gerald Fox
Tales of the Unexpected
Michael Carey
She Fell Among Thieves
Father Below
Enemy at the Door
William Clifford
BBC2 Play of the Week
Father Below
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
Granville Bennett
The Duchess of Duke Street
Sir Ernest Horsfield
The Blue Bird
Bread
Love Among the Ruins
George Druce
Royal Flash
Duchy Chamberlain
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Sir Geoffrey
Alice Through the Looking Glass
The White King
Her Majesty's Pleasure
Mrs Whiteheart
Mrs. Warren's Profession
Rev. Samuel Gardner
Pope Joan
Friar Timothy
Still Waters
Alfred
Macbeth
Doctor
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Patient
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Marquess of Macclesfield
Columbo
Diver
Catch Me a Spy
Haldene
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Wilting
Play for Today
Alfred
The Three Sisters
Koolyghin
The Fosters
Mr. Foster
The Strange Affair
Inspector Clouseau
Shockley
Charlie Bubbles
Accountant
How I Won the War
Old Man at Alamein
Macready's Gala
Headmaster
Mystery and Imagination
Mr Abney
BBC Play of the Month
Koolyghin
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Cyril Boggis
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Cardinal
The Legend of Young Dick Turpin
Bailiff
Public Eye
Jenks
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Osborn
The Wednesday Play
Fatty
The Comedy Man
Advertising Man
A Choice of Coward
Ernest Feldman
Martin Chuzzlewit
Guns of Darkness
Herbert Bastian
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Richard Bosanquet
Attempt to Kill
Frank Weyman
Danger! Men Working
Major Trumbull
Danger Man
Keith Smith
Libel
The Butler
Bleak House
Inspector Bucket
No Hiding Place
Model for Murder
Bullock
Life in Danger
Sgt. Burt Norris
Our Mutual Friend
Nicodemus Boffin
Sea Fury
Kershaw
Battle of the V-1
Senior RAF Officer (uncredited)
Armchair Theatre
Major Trumbull
Quay South
Frederick Elwes
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Jack Williams
Lilli Palmer Theatre
Bilston
The Wonderful World of Disney
Bailiff
Svengali
Lambert
Dangerous Cargo
Noel
The Blue Parrot
Quinney
Scrooge
Mr. Tupper
The Woman with No Name
Tony
The Woman in Question
Detective
Sunday Night Theatre
John Wood