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Richard Pearson

Richard Pearson

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.

Good Friends

1995

Freddie and Max

1990

as Malcolm Parkes

Kappatoo

1990

Oh, Mr. Toad

1990

as Mole

One Foot In the Grave

1990

Campion

1989

as Dr. Galley

The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads

1988

as Mole (voice)

Inspector Morse

1987

as Jerome Hogg

Whoops Apocalypse

1986

as Michael Sumpter (Defence Secretary)

Miss Marple: The Moving Finger

1985

as Mr. Pye

Water

1985

as Foreign Secretary

Miss Marple

1984

as Mr. Pye

The Wind in the Willows

1984

The Wind in the Willows

1983

as Mole

Arms and the Man

1983

A Fine Romance

1981

The Mirror Crack'd

1980

as Doctor Haydock

Hammer House of Horror

1980

as Sir Humphrey Chesterton

Thérèse Raquin

1980

as Michaud

Tess

1979

as Vicar of Marlott

Coming Out

1979

as Gerald Fox

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

as Michael Carey

She Fell Among Thieves

1978

as Father Below

Enemy at the Door

1978

as William Clifford

BBC2 Play of the Week

1977

as Father Below

It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet

1976

The Blue Bird

1976

as Bread

Royal Flash

1975

as Duchy Chamberlain

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

1975

as Sir Geoffrey

Love Among the Ruins

1975

as George Druce

Alice Through the Looking Glass

1973

Her Majesty's Pleasure

1973

as Mrs Whiteheart

Mrs. Warren's Profession

1972

as Rev. Samuel Gardner

A Fluid Arrangement

1972

as Jack

Pope Joan

1972

as Friar Timothy

Still Waters

1972

as Alfred

Macbeth

1971

as Doctor

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

1971

as Marquess of Macclesfield

Columbo

1971

as Diver

Catch Me a Spy

1971

as Haldene

Sunday Bloody Sunday

1971

as Patient

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

1970

as Wilting

Play for Today

1970

as Alfred

The Three Sisters

1970

as Koolyghin

The First Churchills

1969

The Strange Affair

1968

Inspector Clouseau

1968

as Shockley

Charlie Bubbles

1968

as Accountant

How I Won the War

1967

as Old Man at Alamein

Macready's Gala

1966

as Headmaster

Mystery and Imagination

1966

BBC Play of the Month

1965

as Koolyghin

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965

as Cloon

The Agony and the Ecstasy

1965

as Cardinal

Public Eye

1965

as Jenks

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

1964

as Osborn

The Comedy Man

1964

as Advertising Man

Martin Chuzzlewit

1964

Guns of Darkness

1962

as Herbert Bastian

Sir Francis Drake

1961

as Sir Richard Bosanquet

Attempt to Kill

1961

as Frank Weyman

Danger! Men Working

1961

as Major Trumbull

The Threatening Storm

1961

Mystery of Edwin Drood

1960

Libel

1959

as The Butler

No Hiding Place

1959

The Crowning Touch

1959

as Roger

Model for Murder

1959

as Bullock

Life in Danger

1959

as Sgt. Burt Norris

Our Mutual Friend

1958

as Nicodemus Boffin

Sea Fury

1958

as Kershaw

Armchair Theatre

1956

as Major Trumbull

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

1955

as Jack Williams

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as Bailiff

Svengali

1954

as Lambert

Dangerous Cargo

1954

as Noel

The Blue Parrot

1953

as Quinney

Scrooge

1951

as Mr. Tupper

The Woman in Question

1950

as Detective

The Girl Is Mine

1950

as Sergeant