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