Richard Pearson
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Columbo
Diver
1971
Series
Play for Today
Alfred
1970
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Koolyghin
1965
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Rev. Canon Chasuble
1965
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Herbert Soppitt
1965
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Mazzini Dunn
1965
Series
The Wednesday Play
Fatty
1964
Series
The Wednesday Play
Headmaster
1964
Series
Tales of the Unexpected
Michael Carey
1979
Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Cyril Boggis
1965
Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Cloon
1965
Series
No Hiding Place
1959
Series
Inspector Morse
Jerome Hogg
1987
Series
Sunday Night Theatre
John Wood
1950
Series
Sunday Night Theatre
Father Francis
1950
Series
Sunday Night Theatre
Joe
1950
Series
Danger Man
Keith Smith
1960
Series
Public Eye
Jenks
1965
Series
BBC2 Play of the Week
Father Below
1977
Series
The Duchess of Duke Street
Sir Ernest Horsfield
1976
Series
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Marquess of Macclesfield
1971
Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
Bailiff
1954
Series
Campion
Dr. Galley
1989
Series
Hammer House of Horror
Sir Humphrey Chesterton
1980
Series
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Richard Bosanquet
1961
Series
Enemy at the Door
William Clifford
1978
Series
One Foot in the Grave
1990
Series
The Wind in the Willows
Mole (voice)
1984
Series
Mystery and Imagination
Mr Abney
1966
Series
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Jack Williams
1955
Armchair Mystery Theatre
Karl Heffer
1960
Series
Bleak House
Mr Inspector Bucket
1959
Series
A Fine Romance
1981
Series
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
Mr. Pye
1985
Series
A Choice of Coward
Ernest Feldman
1964
Series
Armchair Theatre
Major Trumbull
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
Wilf
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
Jack
1956
Series
Lilli Palmer Theatre
Bilston
1955
Film
The Mirror Crack'd
Doctor Haydock
1980
Film
Inspector Clouseau
Shockley
1968
The Root of All Evil?
Arnold Butters
1968
Film
Tess
Vicar of Marlott
1979
Film
Scrooge
Mr. Tupper
1951
Series
Village Hall
Woodcock
1974
Weekend Playhouse
Donald
1984
Series
The Walls of Jericho
Dr Anstie
1981
Film
Macbeth
Doctor
1971
Film
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Cardinal
1965
Series
Therese Raquin
Michaud
1980
Film
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Osborn
1964
The Sound of Laughter
Leonard Jarvis
1977
Film
The Blue Bird
Bread
1976
Series
Our Mutual Friend
Nicodemus Boffin
1958
Film
Whoops Apocalypse
Michael Sumpter (Defence Secretary)
1986
Film
How I Won the War
Old Man at Alamein
1967
Series
Martin Chuzzlewit
1964
Film
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Patient
1971
Good Friends
1995
Kappatoo
1990
Oh, Mr. Toad
Mole
1990
Mystery of Edwin Drood
1960
Film
Pope Joan
Friar Timothy
1972
Film
Love Among the Ruins
George Druce
1976
Film
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Sir Geoffrey
1975
Film
Water
Foreign Secretary
1985
Freddie and Max
Malcolm Parkes
1990
Film
Alice Through the Looking Glass
The White King
1973
Cottage to Let
George
1977
Film
Battle of the V-1
Senior RAF Officer (uncredited)
1958
Film
The Fosters
Mr. Foster
1969
The Upper Crusts
Balmforth
1973
Film
Catch Me a Spy
Haldene
1971
Film
The Wind in the Willows
Mole
1983
Film
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Wilting
1970
Film
The Woman in Question
Detective
1950
Film
Royal Flash
Duchy Chamberlain
1975
Film
She Fell Among Thieves
Father Below
1978
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
Mole (voice)
1988
Film
The Legend of Young Dick Turpin
Bailiff
1965
Film
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
Granville Bennett
1976
Film
Her Majesty's Pleasure
Mrs Whiteheart
1973
Ella
Edwin
1966
The Bank Manager's Wife
George
1983
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
Mole (voice)
1989
Film
Charlie Bubbles
Accountant
1968
Arms and the Man
Petkoff
1983
More Children's Holiday Favourites
Mole (voice)
1990
Film
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
Mole (voice)
1989
Film
The Woman with No Name
Tony
1950
Film
Sea Fury
Kershaw
1958
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
Mole (voice)
1989
Film
The Three Sisters
Koolyghin
1970
Film
The Comedy Man
Advertising Man
1964
Film
Macready's Gala
Headmaster
1966
Film
Mrs. Warren's Profession
Rev. Samuel Gardner
1972
Film
Reunion at Fairborough
1985
Film
Libel
The Butler
1959
More Children's Summer Stories
Mole (voice)
1989
Film
Guns of Darkness
Herbert Bastian
1962
Film
The Strange Affair
1968
Film
The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales
Mole (voice)
1986
Film
Danger! Men Working
Major Trumbull
1961
The Girl Is Mine
Sergeant
1950
Film
Model for Murder
Bullock
1959
Fabian of the Yard
1954
Film
Life in Danger
Sgt. Burt Norris
1959
Film
Quay South
Frederick Elwes
1955
Film
Svengali
Lambert
1954
Film
The Blue Parrot
Quinney
1953
Film
Attempt to Kill
Frank Weyman
1961
The Threatening Storm
1961
Film
Coming Out
Gerald Fox
1979
The Crowning Touch
Roger
1959
Film
Dangerous Cargo
Noel
1954
The Christmas Collection
Mole (voice)
1992
Film
Still Waters
Alfred
1972
A Fluid Arrangement
Jack
1972