Richard Pearson

Born: 1918-08-02

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.


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Scrooge

as Mr. Tupper
Released: 1951-11-28

Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman; until he...

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Tess

as Vicar of Marlott
Released: 1979-10-06

A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to...

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The Agony and the Ecstasy

as Cardinal
Released: 1965-09-16

During the Italian Renaissance, Pope Julius II contracts the influential artist Michelangelo to...

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Macbeth

as Doctor
Released: 1971-12-20

Scotland, 11th century. Driven by the twisted prophecy of three witches and the ruthless...

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The Mirror Crack'd

as Doctor Haydock
Released: 1980-09-19

Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to...

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Inspector Clouseau

as Shockley
Released: 1968-07-19

Detective Inspector Jacques Clouseau is borrowed from the Surete on special assignment for...

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Sunday Bloody Sunday

as Patient
Released: 1971-07-01

Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod...

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One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

as Sir Geoffrey
Released: 1975-07-09

Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord...

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Water

as Foreign Secretary
Released: 1985-01-11

A British diplomat to a West Indian island nation finds his idyllic existence thrown into chaos...

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The Blue Bird

as Bread
Released: 1976-04-05

A pair of peasant children, Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, are led on a magical quest for the...

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The Yellow Rolls-Royce

as Osborn
Released: 1964-12-31

One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys...

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Royal Flash

as Duchy Chamberlain
Released: 1975-10-10

Cowardly rogue Harry Flashman's (Malcolm McDowell) schemes to gain entry to the royal circles of...

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Libel

as The Butler
Released: 1959-10-23

A 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 Haldene
Released: 1971-09-06

While on vacation, a woman's husband is taken by the Russian government. After one attempt...

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How I Won the War

as Old Man at Alamein
Released: 1967-10-18

An inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa...

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The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

as Wilting
Released: 1970-11-12

Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running...

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It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet

as Granville Bennett
Released: 1976-11-18

Based on James Herriot's books about life as a 1930s veterinarian in Yorkshire, John Alderson...

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The Woman in Question

as Detective
Released: 1950-10-03

Agnes "Astra" Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As...

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The Three Sisters

as Koolyghin
Released: 1970-01-18

In a small Russian town at the turn of the century, three sisters (Olga, Irina, and Masha) and...

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The Wind in the Willows

as Mole
Released: 1983-12-30

One spring, Mole decides that he can ignore the spring cleaning for a little longer, and begins...

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Love Among the Ruins

as George Druce
Released: 1975-03-06

An aging actress and socialite, Jessica Medlicott has ended her engagement with a younger man...

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The Comedy Man

as Advertising Man
Released: 1964-09-03

A middle-aged stock actor goes to London to try the big time. After much frustration, he lands a...

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Model for Murder

as Bullock
Released: 1959-02-01

An American officer scours Britain in search of his dead brother's girlfriend and becomes...

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Whoops Apocalypse

as Michael Sumpter (Defence Secretary)
Released: 1986-05-06

When a small British owned island in the Caribbean is invaded and the world's most dangerous...

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Guns of Darkness

as Herbert Bastian
Released: 1962-07-19

Committed pacifist Tom Jordan's decision to help former President Rivera escape a military coup...

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The Strange Affair

as uncredited
Released: 1968-08-22

When rookie P.C. Strange falls for an under aged girl, he is unknowingly compromised by a pair...

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Svengali

as Lambert
Released: 1954-09-01

A man hypnotizes a young woman into being an opera singer.

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Coming Out

as Gerald Fox
Released: 1979-04-10

Lewis, a gay writer of romantic novels, writes an article on gay issues under the pseudonym of...

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Dangerous Cargo

as Noel
Released: 1954-05-01

Inspired by the real events of the attempted heist at Heathrow Airport in 1952, a criminal...

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Pope Joan

as Friar Timothy
Released: 1972-08-16

Based on the medieval legend of Pope Joan, who was made Pope for a brief period around 855 A.D....

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Charlie Bubbles

as Accountant
Released: 1968-02-11

Charlie Bubbles, a writer, up from the working class of Manchester, England, who, in the course...

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She Fell Among Thieves

as Father Below
Released: 1978-03-01

While on a Pyrenees vacation in 1922, upright English gentleman Richard Chandos (Malcolm...

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Mrs. Warren's Profession

as Rev. Samuel Gardner
Released: 1972-10-03

Performed in 1902, after being banned by the censor for eight years, Shaw's indictment of the...

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The Blue Parrot

as Quinney
Released: 1953-10-01

'Rocks' Owen, the well-off owner of a car-hire business, is found murdered; the last place he...

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Sea Fury

as Kershaw
Released: 1958-08-26

The captain of a tugboat harboured off a Spanish village is lured into a romantic involvement...

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The Legend of Young Dick Turpin

as Bailiff
Released: 1965-03-01

When a rapacious new landlord threatens to evict him, seize his horse, and leave him penniless,...

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Life in Danger

as Sgt. Burt Norris
Released: 1959-01-30

Panic and fear overtake a small British farming community after a homicidal child-killer escapes...

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Attempt to Kill

as Frank Weyman
Released: 1961-08-01

A wealthy business man fires one of his employees and becomes the victim of murder attempt. The...

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Alice Through the Looking Glass

as uncredited
Released: 1973-12-25

1973 BBC TV movie adaptation of the book by Lewis Carroll.

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Still Waters

as Alfred
Released: 1972-01-13

A middle-aged couple who are fairly tired of each other go out on a picnic for the day. However,...

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The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads

as Mole (voice)
Released: 1988-12-06

Designed with young audiences in mind, this award-winning animated film (created with...

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Her Majesty's Pleasure

as Mrs Whiteheart
Released: 1973-10-25

They are all 'in' for life so the pleasures are sparse, and strictly of their own making.Their...

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Macready's Gala

as Headmaster
Released: 1966-03-02

The Headmaster and governors of a boarding school are accidentally locked in the new memorial...

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Columbo

as Diver
First aired: 1971-09-15

Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently...

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No Hiding Place

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-16

No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by...

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Tales of the Unexpected

as Michael Carey
First aired: 1979-03-24

A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and...

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Play for Today

as Alfred
First aired: 1970-10-15

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...

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Inspector Morse

as Jerome Hogg
First aired: 1987-01-06

Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse...

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Thirty-Minute Theatre

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-10-07

Thirty-Minute Theatre is an anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television...

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Thirty-Minute Theatre

as Cloon
First aired: 1965-10-07

Thirty-Minute Theatre is an anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television...

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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

as Marquess of Macclesfield
First aired: 1971-09-20

Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.

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Miss Marple

as Mr. Pye
First aired: 1984-12-26

Miss Marple, the spinster detective who is one of the most famous characters created by English...

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Campion

as Dr. Galley
First aired: 1989-01-22

Campion is a television show made by the BBC, adapting the Albert Campion mystery novels written...

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Enemy at the Door

as William Clifford
First aired: 1978-01-28

Enemy At The Door is a British television drama series made by London Weekend Television for...

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BBC Play of the Month

as Koolyghin
First aired: 1965-10-19

Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and...

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Public Eye

as Jenks
First aired: 1965-01-23

Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC...

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Sir Francis Drake

as Sir Richard Bosanquet
First aired: 1961-11-12

Sir Francis Drake was a British adventure television series starring Terence Morgan as Sir...

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The First Churchills

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-09-27

The lives of the Duke of Marlborough and his wife Sarah, from their meeting in 1673 to the...

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Hammer House of Horror

as Sir Humphrey Chesterton
First aired: 1980-09-13

Anthology series, in which each self-contained episode featured a different kind of horror....

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One Foot In the Grave

as uncredited
First aired: 1990-01-04

One Foot in the Grave is a BBC television sitcom series The series features the exploits of...

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Mystery and Imagination

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-01-29

Mystery and Imagination is a British television anthology series of classic horror and...

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Sunday Night Theatre

as John Wood
First aired: 1950-01-01

Sunday Night Theatre was a long-running series of televised live television plays screened by...

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The Wind in the Willows

as Mole (voice)
First aired: 1984-04-27

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 Williams
First aired: 1955-09-28

The second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero,...

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The Wonderful World of Disney

as Bailiff
First aired: 1954-10-27

Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different...

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Lilli Palmer Theatre

as Bilston
First aired: 1955-09-25

A half-hour anthology series.

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Therese Raquin

as Michaud
First aired: 1980-03-12

Therese, an attractive young woman married to her sickly cousin Camille, leads an extremely...

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A Fine Romance

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-11-01

A Fine Romance is a British situation comedy starring husband-and-wife team Judi Dench and...

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Miss Marple: The Moving Finger

as Mr. Pye
First aired: 1985-02-21

The residents of a quiet English village begin to receive nasty, threatening letters. The wife...

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BBC2 Play of the Week

as Father Below
First aired: 1977-09-21

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Bleak House

as Inspector Bucket
First aired: 1959-10-16

Bleak House is the first BBC adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel of the same name. It was...

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Armchair Theatre

as Major Trumbull
First aired: 1956-07-08

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the...

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Our Mutual Friend

as Nicodemus Boffin
First aired: 1958-11-07

Intertwining tales of love, greed, and secret identities in 1860s London.

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