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Richard Pearson

Richard Pearson

Richard Pearson

1918-08-02

Monmouth, Gwent, Wales, UK

ACTING

Biography

Richard de Pearsall Pearson 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.

Best known for:

Columbo

Tess

Scrooge

Macbeth

The Mirror Crack'd

The Agony and the Ecstasy

Inspector Morse

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Inspector Clouseau

One Foot in the Grave

Hammer House of Horror

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

Tales of the Unexpected

The Wind in the Willows

How I Won the War

The Wonderful World of Disney

Water

The Blue Bird

Royal Flash

Miss Marple: The Moving Finger

Libel

The Woman in Question

Whoops Apocalypse

Charlie Bubbles

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Filmography:

Sunday Night Theatre (1950)
APPEREAD AS:
John Wood, Father Francis
The Woman in Question (1950)
APPEREAD AS:
Detective
Scrooge (1951)
6.1
APPEREAD AS:
Mr. Tupper
The Blue Parrot (1953)
APPEREAD AS:
Quinney
The Wonderful World of Disney (1954)
APPEREAD AS:
Bailiff
Svengali (1954)
APPEREAD AS:
Lambert
Dangerous Cargo (1954)
APPEREAD AS:
Noel
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1955)
APPEREAD AS:
Jack Williams

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Lilli Palmer Theatre (1955)
APPEREAD AS:
Bilston
Quay South (1955)
APPEREAD AS:
Frederick Elwes
Armchair Theatre (1956)
APPEREAD AS:
Major Trumbull
Our Mutual Friend (1958)
APPEREAD AS:
Nicodemus Boffin
Sea Fury (1958)
APPEREAD AS:
Kershaw
Bleak House (1959)
APPEREAD AS:
Inspector Bucket
Life in Danger (1959)
APPEREAD AS:
Sgt. Burt Norris
Libel (1959)
APPEREAD AS:
The Butler

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Model for Murder (1959)
APPEREAD AS:
Bullock
Sir Francis Drake (1961)
APPEREAD AS:
Sir Richard Bosanquet
Attempt to Kill (1961)
APPEREAD AS:
Frank Weyman
Danger! Men Working (1961)
APPEREAD AS:
Major Trumbull
Guns of Darkness (1962)
APPEREAD AS:
Herbert Bastian
The Wednesday Play (1964)
APPEREAD AS:
Fatty
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
4.7
APPEREAD AS:
Osborn
The Comedy Man (1964)
APPEREAD AS:
Advertising Man
Public Eye (1965)
APPEREAD AS:
Jenks
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
APPEREAD AS:
Koolyghin, Rev. Canon Chasuble, Herbert Soppitt, Mazzini Dunn
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
5.8
APPEREAD AS:
Cardinal
The Legend of Young Dick Turpin (1965)
APPEREAD AS:
Bailiff
Macready's Gala (1966)
APPEREAD AS:
Headmaster
How I Won the War (1967)
APPEREAD AS:
Old Man at Alamein
Inspector Clouseau (1968)
3.5
APPEREAD AS:
Shockley
Charlie Bubbles (1968)
APPEREAD AS:
Accountant
Play for Today (1970)
APPEREAD AS:
Alfred
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970)
APPEREAD AS:
Wilting
The Three Sisters (1970)
APPEREAD AS:
Koolyghin
Columbo (1971)
6.9
APPEREAD AS:
Diver
Macbeth (1971)
5.8
APPEREAD AS:
Doctor
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
APPEREAD AS:
Marquess of Macclesfield
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
5.3
APPEREAD AS:
Patient
Catch Me a Spy (1971)
APPEREAD AS:
Haldene
Pope Joan (1972)
APPEREAD AS:
Friar Timothy
Mrs. Warren's Profession (1972)
APPEREAD AS:
Rev. Samuel Gardner
Still Waters (1972)
APPEREAD AS:
Alfred
Her Majesty's Pleasure (1973)
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs Whiteheart
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975)
4.3
APPEREAD AS:
Sir Geoffrey
Royal Flash (1975)
APPEREAD AS:
Duchy Chamberlain
Love Among the Ruins (1975)
APPEREAD AS:
George Druce
The Blue Bird (1976)
APPEREAD AS:
Bread
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1976)
APPEREAD AS:
Granville Bennett
BBC2 Play of the Week (1977)
APPEREAD AS:
Father Below
Enemy at the Door (1978)
APPEREAD AS:
William Clifford
She Fell Among Thieves (1978)
APPEREAD AS:
Father Below
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
5.4
APPEREAD AS:
Michael Carey
Tess (1979)
5.8
APPEREAD AS:
Vicar of Marlott
Coming Out (1979)
APPEREAD AS:
Gerald Fox
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
4.7
APPEREAD AS:
Doctor Haydock
Hammer House of Horror (1980)
5.8
APPEREAD AS:
Sir Humphrey Chesterton
Therese Raquin (1980)
APPEREAD AS:
Michaud
The Wind in the Willows (1983)
APPEREAD AS:
Mole
The Wind in the Willows (1984)
APPEREAD AS:
Mole (voice)
WORK AS:
Vocals
Water (1985)
APPEREAD AS:
Foreign Secretary
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger (1985)
APPEREAD AS:
Mr. Pye
Whoops Apocalypse (1986)
APPEREAD AS:
Michael Sumpter (Defence Secretary)
The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales (1986)
APPEREAD AS:
Mole (voice)
Inspector Morse (1987)
6.6
APPEREAD AS:
Jerome Hogg
Campion (1989)
APPEREAD AS:
Dr. Galley
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads (1989)
APPEREAD AS:
Mole (voice)