Richard Pearson

ActorSound Aug 2 (died age 93) Monmouth, Gwent, Wales, UK 1950–1995 (45 year career)

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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.

Known For

Film

Scrooge

Mr. Tupper

Film

Tess

Vicar of Marlott

Film

Macbeth

Doctor

Film

The Agony and the Ecstasy

Cardinal

Film

The Mirror Crack'd

Doctor Haydock

Film

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Patient

Film

The Wind in the Willows

Mole

Film

Miss Marple: The Moving Finger

Mr. Pye

Filmography

Acting (101)

Movies (64)

The Christmas Collection

1992

as Mole (voice)

More Children's Holiday Favourites

1990

as Mole (voice)

More Children's Summer Stories

1989

as Mole (voice)

Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2

1989

as Mole (voice)

Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1

1989

as Mole (voice)

The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads

1989

as Mole (voice)

5.0

Children's Favourites - Volume 1

1988

as Mole (voice)

Whoops Apocalypse

1986

as Michael Sumpter (Defence Secretary)

5.6

The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales

1986

as Mole (voice)

Reunion at Fairborough

Water

as Foreign Secretary

The Wind in the Willows

1984

as Mole (voice)

The Wind in the Willows

1983

as Mole

7.0

Arms and the Man

1983

as Petkoff

The Bank Manager's Wife

as George

The Mirror Crack'd

as Doctor Haydock

Tess

as Vicar of Marlott

Coming Out

as Gerald Fox

She Fell Among Thieves

as Father Below

The Blue Bird

as Bread

Love Among the Ruins

as George Druce

It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet

as Granville Bennett

Royal Flash

as Duchy Chamberlain

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

1975

as Sir Geoffrey

5.7

Alice Through the Looking Glass

1973

6.2

Her Majesty's Pleasure

1973

as Mrs Whiteheart

Pope Joan

1972

as Friar Timothy

5.9

Still Waters

1972

as Alfred

A Fluid Arrangement

1972

as Jack

Mrs. Warren's Profession

1972

as Rev. Samuel Gardner

Macbeth

as Doctor

Sunday Bloody Sunday

as Patient

Catch Me a Spy

as Haldene

The Three Sisters

as Koolyghin

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

as Wilting

Inspector Clouseau

as Shockley

The Strange Affair

Charlie Bubbles

as Accountant

How I Won the War

as Old Man at Alamein

5.5

Macready's Gala

1966

as Headmaster

Ella

1966

as Edwin

The Agony and the Ecstasy

1965

as Cardinal

7.1

The Legend of Young Dick Turpin

1965

as Bailiff

The Comedy Man

1964

as Advertising Man

6.9

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

as Osborn

Guns of Darkness

as Herbert Bastian

Attempt to Kill

as Frank Weyman

The Threatening Storm

1961

Danger! Men Working

1961

as Major Trumbull

Model for Murder

1959

as Bullock

6.6

The Crowning Touch

1959

as Roger

Libel

as The Butler

Life in Danger

as Sgt. Burt Norris

Battle of the V-1

as Senior RAF Officer (uncredited)

Sea Fury

as Kershaw

Quay South

as Frederick Elwes

Dangerous Cargo

as Noel

Fabian of the Yard

Svengali

as Lambert

The Blue Parrot

as Quinney

Scrooge

as Mr. Tupper

The Woman in Question

1950

as Detective

6.3

The Girl Is Mine

1950

as Sergeant

The Woman with No Name

1950

as Tony

6.0

Television (37)

Good Friends

1995

One Foot in the Grave

1990

7.6

Oh, Mr. Toad

1990

as Mole

Kappatoo

Freddie and Max

as Malcolm Parkes

Campion

as Dr. Galley

Inspector Morse

as Jerome Hogg

Miss Marple: The Moving Finger

1985

as Mr. Pye

7.5

The Wind in the Willows

as Mole (voice)

A Fine Romance

Hammer House of Horror

1980

as Sir Humphrey Chesterton

7.0

Therese Raquin

1980

as Michaud

5.3

Tales of the Unexpected

as Michael Carey

Enemy at the Door

as William Clifford

BBC2 Play of the Week

1977

as Father Below

7.0

The Duchess of Duke Street

1976

as Sir Ernest Horsfield

8.0

The Upper Crusts

1973

as Balmforth

Columbo

1971

as Diver

8.1

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

1971

as Marquess of Macclesfield

7.4

Play for Today

1970

as Alfred

6.3

Mystery and Imagination

1966

as Mr Abney

5.5

BBC Play of the Month

as Koolyghin

Public Eye

as Jenks

Thirty-Minute Theatre

The Wednesday Play

as Fatty

Martin Chuzzlewit

Sir Francis Drake

as Sir Richard Bosanquet

4.5

Armchair Mystery Theatre

1960

as Karl Heffer

Mystery of Edwin Drood

No Hiding Place

Bleak House

as Inspector Bucket

Our Mutual Friend

as Nicodemus Boffin

Armchair Theatre

as Major Trumbull

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

1955

as Jack Williams

7.6

Lilli Palmer Theatre

1955

as Bilston

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Bailiff

Sunday Night Theatre

as John Wood

Crew (1)

Television (1)

The Wind in the Willows

1984

Vocals

7.6