Richard Pearson
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.
Scrooge
as Mr. TupperEbenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman; until he...
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Inspector Clouseau
as ShockleyDetective Inspector Jacques Clouseau is borrowed from the Surete on special assignment for...
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The Mirror Crack'd
as Doctor HaydockJane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to...
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Tess
as Vicar of MarlottA strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to...
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Macbeth
as DoctorScotland, 11th century. Driven by the twisted prophecy of three witches and the ruthless...
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The Agony and the Ecstasy
as CardinalDuring the Italian Renaissance, Pope Julius II contracts the influential artist Michelangelo to...
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Sunday Bloody Sunday
as PatientRecently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod...
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How I Won the War
as Old Man at AlameinAn inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa...
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Water
as Foreign SecretaryThe British governor of a tiny island nation in the Caribbean Commonwealth finds his idyllic...
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Royal Flash
as Duchy ChamberlainCowardly rogue Harry Flashman's (Malcolm McDowell) schemes to gain entry to the royal circles of...
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The Wind in the Willows
as MoleOne spring, Mole decides that he can ignore the spring cleaning for a little longer, and begins...
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The Yellow Rolls-Royce
as OsbornOne Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys...
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The Blue Bird
as BreadPeasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of...
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The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
as WiltingFresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running...
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One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
as Sir GeoffreyEscaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord...
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Whoops Apocalypse
as Michael Sumpter (Defence Secretary)When a small British owned island in the Caribbean is invaded and the world's most dangerous...
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Pope Joan
as Friar TimothyBased on the medieval legend of Pope Joan, who was made Pope for a brief period around 855 A.D....
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Libel
as The ButlerA California commercial pilot sees a telecast in London of an interview with Sir Mark Lodden at...
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Catch Me a Spy
as HaldeneWhile on vacation, a woman's husband is taken by the Russian government. After one attempt...
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Charlie Bubbles
as AccountantCharlie Bubbles, a writer, up from the working class of Manchester, England, who, in the course...
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The Strange Affair
as uncreditedWhen rookie P.C. Strange falls for an under aged girl, he is unknowingly compromised by a pair...
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The Legend of Young Dick Turpin
as BailiffWhen a rapacious new landlord threatens to evict him, seize his horse, and leave him penniless,...
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The Woman in Question
as DetectiveAgnes "Astra" Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As...
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Svengali
as LambertA man hypnotizes a young woman into being an opera singer.
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Love Among the Ruins
as George DruceAn aging actress and socialite, Jessica Medlicott has ended her engagement with a younger man...
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Life in Danger
as Sgt. Burt NorrisPanic and fear overtake a small British farming community after a homicidal child-killer escapes...
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The Comedy Man
as Advertising ManA middle-aged stock actor goes to London to try the big time. After much frustration, he lands a...
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The Blue Parrot
as Quinney'Rocks' Owen, the well-off owner of a car-hire business, is found murdered; the last place he...
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Mrs. Warren's Profession
as Rev. Samuel GardnerPerformed in 1902, after being banned by the censor for eight years, Shaw's indictment of the...
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It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
as Granville BennettBased on James Herriot's books about life as a 1930s veterinarian in Yorkshire, John Alderson...
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Coming Out
as Gerald FoxLewis, a gay writer of romantic novels, writes an article on gay issues under the pseudonym of...
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The Three Sisters
as KoolyghinIn a small Russian town at the turn of the century, three sisters (Olga, Irina, and Masha) and...
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Dangerous Cargo
as NoelInspired by the real events of the attempted heist at Heathrow Airport in 1952, a criminal...
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Guns of Darkness
as Herbert BastianCommitted pacifist Tom Jordan's decision to help former President Rivera escape a military coup...
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Model for Murder
as BullockAn American officer scours Britain in search of his dead brother's girlfriend and becomes...
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Macready's Gala
as HeadmasterThe Headmaster and governors of a boarding school are accidentally locked in the new memorial...
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The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
as Mole (voice)Designed with young audiences in mind, this award-winning animated film (created with...
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She Fell Among Thieves
as Father BelowWhile on a Pyrenees vacation in 1922, upright English gentleman Richard Chandos (Malcolm...
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Quay South
as Frederick ElwesFacing pressure from authorities to relinquish control of his ship the Ebb Tide, Capt. Daniel...
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Alice Through the Looking Glass
as uncredited1973 BBC TV movie adaptation of the book by Lewis Carroll.
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Sea Fury
as KershawThe captain of a tugboat harboured off a Spanish village is lured into a romantic involvement...
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Her Majesty's Pleasure
as Mrs WhiteheartThey are all 'in' for life so the pleasures are sparse, and strictly of their own making.Their...
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Attempt to Kill
as Frank WeymanA wealthy business man fires one of his employees and becomes the victim of murder attempt. The...
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Still Waters
as AlfredA middle-aged couple who are fairly tired of each other go out on a picnic for the day. However,...
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Columbo
as DiverColumbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently...
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Play for Today
as AlfredPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...
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Inspector Morse
as Jerome HoggInspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse...
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Tales of the Unexpected
as Michael CareyA British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and...
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No Hiding Place
as uncreditedNo Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by...
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Public Eye
as JenksPublic Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC...
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Thirty-Minute Theatre
as uncreditedThirty-Minute Theatre is an anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television...
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Thirty-Minute Theatre
as CloonThirty-Minute Theatre is an anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television...
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BBC Play of the Month
as KoolyghinPlay of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and...
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Campion
as Dr. GalleyCampion is a television show made by the BBC, adapting the Albert Campion mystery novels written...
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Miss Marple
as Mr. PyeMiss Marple, the spinster detective who is one of the most famous characters created by English...
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Armchair Theatre
as Major TrumbullArmchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the...
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Enemy at the Door
as William CliffordEnemy At The Door is a British television drama series made by London Weekend Television for...
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One Foot In the Grave
as uncreditedOne Foot in the Grave is a BBC television sitcom series The series features the exploits of...
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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Marquess of MacclesfieldAdaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.
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Hammer House of Horror
as Sir Humphrey ChestertonAnthology series, in which each self-contained episode featured a different kind of horror....
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Sunday Night Theatre
as John WoodSunday Night Theatre was a long-running series of televised live television plays screened by...
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Sir Francis Drake
as Sir Richard BosanquetSir Francis Drake was a British adventure television series starring Terence Morgan as Sir...
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Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
as Mr. PyeThe residents of a quiet English village begin to receive nasty, threatening letters. The wife...
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The Wind in the Willows
as Mole (voice)The Wind in the Willows is a TV series that was originally broadcast between 1984 and 1987,...
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The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
as Jack WilliamsThe second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero,...
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The Wonderful World of Disney
as BailiffWalt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different...
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The First Churchills
as uncreditedThe lives of the Duke of Marlborough and his wife Sarah, from their meeting in 1673 to the...
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Therese Raquin
as MichaudTherese, an attractive young woman married to her sickly cousin Camille, leads an extremely...
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Mystery and Imagination
as uncreditedMystery and Imagination is a British television anthology series of classic horror and...
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Our Mutual Friend
as Nicodemus BoffinIntertwining tales of love, greed, and secret identities in 1860s London.
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Bleak House
as Inspector BucketBleak House is the first BBC adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel of the same name. It was...
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