
Richard Pearson
Born August 2, 1918 · Monmouth, Gwent, Wales, UK
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

The Mirror Crack'd

Scrooge

Inspector Clouseau

Tess

The Agony and the Ecstasy

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

Sunday Bloody Sunday

The Blue Bird

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Macbeth

Water

How I Won the War

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

Love Among the Ruins

Pope Joan

Whoops Apocalypse

Royal Flash

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

Charlie Bubbles

The Woman with No Name

Macready's Gala

The Wind in the Willows

Her Majesty's Pleasure

Catch Me a Spy

Reunion at Fairborough

Libel

The Fosters

The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads

The Strange Affair
TV Shows

Inspector Morse

The Wednesday Play

No Hiding Place

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

BBC2 Play of the Week

Danger Man

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Sunday Night Theatre

Public Eye

Mystery and Imagination

Hammer House of Horror

The Duchess of Duke Street

Sir Francis Drake

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

The Wonderful World of Disney

One Foot in the Grave

Campion

Enemy at the Door

The Wind in the Willows

Miss Marple: The Moving Finger

Bleak House

A Fine Romance

Lilli Palmer Theatre

The Walls of Jericho

Therese Raquin

Our Mutual Friend

A Choice of Coward

Armchair Theatre

Martin Chuzzlewit
More Movies

Guns of Darkness

Battle of the V-1

It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet

The Comedy Man

She Fell Among Thieves

The Woman in Question

Sea Fury

The Legend of Young Dick Turpin

The Blue Parrot

Attempt to Kill

Model for Murder

Danger! Men Working

Coming Out

Dangerous Cargo

Mrs. Warren's Profession

Svengali

Life in Danger

The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales

The Three Sisters

Quay South




