Richard Pearson

Personal Info

Birthday

August 2, 1918

Day of Death

2011-08-02

(93 years old)

Place of Birth

Monmouth, Gwent, Wales, UK

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.

Known For

Columbo

Play for Today

Tales of the Unexpected

BBC Play of the Month

Inspector Morse

The Wednesday Play

The Wind in the Willows

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Filmography

1989
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
as Mole (voice)
1986
Whoops Apocalypse
as Michael Sumpter (Defence Secretary)
1985
Water
as Foreign Secretary
1980
The Mirror Crack'd
as Doctor Haydock
1979
Tess
as Vicar of Marlott
Coming Out
as Gerald Fox
1978
She Fell Among Thieves
as Father Below
1976
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
as Granville Bennett
The Blue Bird
as Bread
1975
Royal Flash
as Duchy Chamberlain
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
as Sir Geoffrey
Love Among the Ruins
as George Druce
1973
Her Majesty's Pleasure
as Mrs Whiteheart
1972
Mrs. Warren's Profession
as Rev. Samuel Gardner
A Fluid Arrangement
as Jack
Pope Joan
as Friar Timothy
Still Waters
as Alfred
1971
Macbeth
as Doctor
Catch Me a Spy
as Haldene
Sunday Bloody Sunday
as Patient
1970
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
as Wilting
The Three Sisters
as Koolyghin
1968
Inspector Clouseau
as Shockley
Charlie Bubbles
as Accountant
1967
How I Won the War
as Old Man at Alamein
1966
Macready's Gala
as Headmaster
1965
The Agony and the Ecstasy
as Cardinal
The Legend of Young Dick Turpin
as Bailiff
1964
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
as Osborn
The Comedy Man
as Advertising Man
1962
Guns of Darkness
as Herbert Bastian
1961
Attempt to Kill
as Frank Weyman
Danger! Men Working
as Major Trumbull
1959
Libel
as The Butler
The Crowning Touch
as Roger
Model for Murder
as Bullock
Life in Danger
as Sgt. Burt Norris
1958
Sea Fury
as Kershaw
1955
Quay South
as Frederick Elwes
1954
Svengali
as Lambert
Dangerous Cargo
as Noel
1953
The Blue Parrot
as Quinney
1951
Scrooge
as Mr. Tupper
1950
The Woman in Question
as Detective
The Girl Is Mine
as Sergeant