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