Richard Pearson
Acting • Born 1918-08-02 – Died 2011-08-02
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.
Filmography
106 credits
Whoops Apocalypse
Movie • 1986
Michael Sumpter (Defence Secretary)
Tess
Movie • 1979
Vicar of Marlott
Water
Movie • 1985
Foreign Secretary
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Movie • 1971
Patient
The Blue Parrot
Movie • 1953
Quinney
Macready's Gala
Movie • 1966
Headmaster
The Wind in the Willows
Movie • 1983
Mole
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Movie • 1965
Cardinal
Dangerous Cargo
Movie • 1954
Noel
Guns of Darkness
Movie • 1962
Herbert Bastian
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Movie • 1975
Sir Geoffrey
Attempt to Kill
Movie • 1961
Frank Weyman
Love Among the Ruins
Movie • 1976
George Druce
She Fell Among Thieves
Movie • 1978
Father Below
The Mirror Crack'd
Movie • 1980
Doctor Haydock
Danger! Men Working
Movie • 1961
Major Trumbull
A Fluid Arrangement
Movie • 1972
Jack
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Movie • 1973
Royal Flash
Movie • 1975
Duchy Chamberlain
Catch Me a Spy
Movie • 1971
Haldene
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
Movie • 1976
Granville Bennett
Inspector Clouseau
Movie • 1968
Shockley
The Strange Affair
Movie • 1968
Charlie Bubbles
Movie • 1968
Accountant
The Woman in Question
Movie • 1950
Detective
Scrooge
Movie • 1951
Mr. Tupper
The Blue Bird
Movie • 1976
Bread
Sea Fury
Movie • 1958
Kershaw
Still Waters
Movie • 1972
Alfred
Life in Danger
Movie • 1959
Sgt. Burt Norris
The Three Sisters
Movie • 1970
Koolyghin
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Movie • 1964
Osborn
The Comedy Man
Movie • 1964
Advertising Man
The Girl Is Mine
Movie • 1950
Sergeant
Coming Out
Movie • 1979
Gerald Fox
The Crowning Touch
Movie • 1959
Roger
How I Won the War
Movie • 1967
Old Man at Alamein
Macbeth
Movie • 1971
Doctor
Model for Murder
Movie • 1959
Bullock
Libel
Movie • 1959
The Butler
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Movie • 1970
Wilting
The Threatening Storm
Movie • 1961
Pope Joan
Movie • 1972
Friar Timothy
Her Majesty's Pleasure
Movie • 1973
Mrs Whiteheart
Mrs. Warren's Profession
Movie • 1972
Rev. Samuel Gardner
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
Movie • 1989
Mole (voice)
Svengali
Movie • 1954
Lambert
Arms and the Man
Movie • 1983
Petkoff
Quay South
Movie • 1955
Frederick Elwes
The Legend of Young Dick Turpin
Movie • 1965
Bailiff
Fabian of the Yard
Movie • 1954
The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales
Movie • 1986
Mole (voice)
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
Movie • 1988
Mole (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
Movie • 1989
Mole (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
Movie • 1989
Mole (voice)
More Children's Summer Stories
Movie • 1989
Mole (voice)
More Children's Holiday Favourites
Movie • 1990
Mole (voice)
The Christmas Collection
Movie • 1992
Mole (voice)
The Wind in the Willows
Movie • 1984
Mole (voice)
Ella
Movie • 1966
Edwin
Battle of the V-1
Movie • 1958
Senior RAF Officer (uncredited)
Reunion at Fairborough
Movie • 1985
The Bank Manager's Wife
Movie • 1983
George
The Woman with No Name
Movie • 1950
Tony
The Fosters
Movie • 1969
Mr. Foster
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Michael Carey
Enemy at the Door
TV • 1978
William Clifford
Inspector Morse
TV • 1987
Jerome Hogg
One Foot in the Grave
TV • 1990
A Fine Romance
TV • 1981
The Wind in the Willows
TV • 1984
Mole (voice)
No Hiding Place
TV • 1959
Kappatoo
TV • 1990
Sir Francis Drake
TV • 1961
Sir Richard Bosanquet
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
TV • 1955
Jack Williams
Mystery of Edwin Drood
TV • 1960
Freddie and Max
TV • 1990
Malcolm Parkes
Martin Chuzzlewit
TV • 1964
Good Friends
TV • 1995
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV • 1965
Hammer House of Horror
TV • 1980
Sir Humphrey Chesterton
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Koolyghin
Columbo
TV • 1971
Diver
Campion
TV • 1989
Dr. Galley
Oh, Mr. Toad
TV • 1990
Mole
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
TV • 1985
Mr. Pye
Armchair Theatre
TV • 1956
Major Trumbull
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV • 1965
Cloon
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Bailiff
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TV • 1971
Marquess of Macclesfield
Public Eye
TV • 1965
Jenks
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV • 1977
Father Below
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Alfred
Bleak House
TV • 1959
Inspector Bucket
Lilli Palmer Theatre
TV • 1955
Bilston
Sunday Night Theatre
TV • 1950
John Wood
Sunday Night Theatre
TV • 1950
Father Francis
The Wednesday Play
TV • 1964
Fatty
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Rev. Canon Chasuble
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Herbert Soppitt
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Mazzini Dunn
Our Mutual Friend
TV • 1958
Nicodemus Boffin
The Upper Crusts
TV • 1973
Balmforth
Mystery and Imagination
TV • 1966
Mr Abney
The Duchess of Duke Street
TV • 1976
Sir Ernest Horsfield
Therese Raquin
TV • 1980
Michaud