Richard Pearson

Born: 1918-08-02, Monmouth, Gwent, Wales, UK

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

• The Wednesday Play (1964)
• Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
• Inspector Morse (1987)
• Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
• Danger Man (1960)
• The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
• The Duchess of Duke Street (1976)
• The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1955)
• Hammer House of Horror (1980)
• Public Eye (1965)
• One Foot in the Grave (1990)
• The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
• A Fine Romance (1981)
• Tess (1979)
• Scrooge (1951)
• Inspector Clouseau (1968)
• The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
• The Blue Bird (1976)
• Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
• The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
• One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975)
• How I Won the War (1967)
• Pope Joan (1972)
• Royal Flash (1975)
• The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970)
• Libel (1959)
• Catch Me a Spy (1971)
• Charlie Bubbles (1968)
• The Woman in Question (1950)
• Sea Fury (1958)