
Richard Pearson
Department: Acting
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

Whoops Apocalypse
1986

Tess
1979

Water
1985

Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971

The Blue Parrot
1953

Macready's Gala
1966

The Wind in the Willows
1983

The Agony and the Ecstasy
1965

Dangerous Cargo
1954

Guns of Darkness
1962

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975

Attempt to Kill
1961

Love Among the Ruins
1976

She Fell Among Thieves
1978

The Mirror Crack'd
1980

Danger! Men Working
1961

A Fluid Arrangement
1972

Alice Through the Looking Glass
1973

Royal Flash
1975

Catch Me a Spy
1971

It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
1976

Inspector Clouseau
1968

The Strange Affair
1968

Charlie Bubbles
1968

The Woman in Question
1950

Scrooge
1951

The Blue Bird
1976

Sea Fury
1958

Still Waters
1972

Life in Danger
1959

The Three Sisters
1970

The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964

The Comedy Man
1964

The Girl Is Mine
1950

Coming Out
1979

The Crowning Touch
1959

How I Won the War
1967

Macbeth
1971

Model for Murder
1959

Libel
1959

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970

The Threatening Storm
1961

Pope Joan
1972

Her Majesty's Pleasure
1973

Mrs. Warren's Profession
1972

The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
1989

Svengali
1954

Arms and the Man
1983

Quay South
1955

The Legend of Young Dick Turpin
1965

Fabian of the Yard
1954

The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales
1986

Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1988

Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1989

Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
1989

More Children's Summer Stories
1989

More Children's Holiday Favourites
1990

The Christmas Collection
1992

The Wind in the Willows
1984

Ella
1966

Battle of the V-1
1958

Reunion at Fairborough
1985

The Bank Manager's Wife
1983

The Woman with No Name
1950

The Fosters
1969

Tales of the Unexpected
1979

Enemy at the Door
1978

Inspector Morse
1987

One Foot in the Grave
1990

A Fine Romance
1981

The Wind in the Willows
1984

No Hiding Place
1959

Kappatoo
1990

Sir Francis Drake
1961

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955

Mystery of Edwin Drood
1960

Freddie and Max
1990

Martin Chuzzlewit
1964

Good Friends
1995

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965

Hammer House of Horror
1980

BBC Play of the Month
1965

Columbo
1971

Campion
1989

Oh, Mr. Toad
1990

Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
1985

Armchair Theatre
1956

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971

Public Eye
1965

BBC2 Play of the Week
1977

Play for Today
1970

Bleak House
1959

Lilli Palmer Theatre
1955

Sunday Night Theatre
1950

Sunday Night Theatre
1950

The Wednesday Play
1964

BBC Play of the Month
1965

BBC Play of the Month
1965

BBC Play of the Month
1965

Our Mutual Friend
1958

The Upper Crusts
1973

Mystery and Imagination
1966

The Duchess of Duke Street
1976

Therese Raquin
1980

Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960

Armchair Theatre
1956

Armchair Theatre
1956

Armchair Theatre
1956