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.
Whoops Apocalypse
(Michael Sumpter (Defence Secretary))
Tess
(Vicar of Marlott)
Water
(Foreign Secretary)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
(Patient)
The Blue Parrot
(Quinney)
Macready's Gala
(Headmaster)
The Wind in the Willows
(Mole)
The Agony and the Ecstasy
(Cardinal)
Dangerous Cargo
(Noel)
Guns of Darkness
(Herbert Bastian)
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
(Sir Geoffrey)
Attempt to Kill
(Frank Weyman)
She Fell Among Thieves
(Father Below)
Love Among the Ruins
(George Druce)
The Mirror Crack'd
(Doctor Haydock)
Danger! Men Working
(Major Trumbull)
A Fluid Arrangement
(Jack)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Royal Flash
(Duchy Chamberlain)
Catch Me a Spy
(Haldene)
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
(Granville Bennett)
Inspector Clouseau
(Shockley)
The Strange Affair
Charlie Bubbles
(Accountant)
The Woman in Question
(Detective)
Scrooge
(Mr. Tupper)
The Blue Bird
(Bread)
Sea Fury
(Kershaw)
Still Waters
(Alfred)
Life in Danger
(Sgt. Burt Norris)
The Three Sisters
(Koolyghin)
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
(Osborn)
The Comedy Man
(Advertising Man)
The Girl Is Mine
(Sergeant)
Coming Out
(Gerald Fox)
The Crowning Touch
(Roger)
How I Won the War
(Old Man at Alamein)
Macbeth
(Doctor)
Model for Murder
(Bullock)
Libel
(The Butler)
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
(Wilting)
The Threatening Storm
Pope Joan
(Friar Timothy)
Her Majesty's Pleasure
(Mrs Whiteheart)
Mrs. Warren's Profession
(Rev. Samuel Gardner)
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
(Mole (voice))
Svengali
(Lambert)
Arms and the Man
Quay South
(Frederick Elwes)
The Legend of Young Dick Turpin
(Bailiff)
Tales of the Unexpected
(Michael Carey)
Enemy at the Door
(William Clifford)
Inspector Morse
(Jerome Hogg)
One Foot In the Grave
A Fine Romance
The Wind in the Willows
(Mole (voice))
No Hiding Place
The First Churchills
Kappatoo
Sir Francis Drake
(Sir Richard Bosanquet)
Mystery and Imagination
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
(Jack Williams)
Mystery of Edwin Drood
Freddie and Max
(Malcolm Parkes)
Martin Chuzzlewit
Good Friends
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Hammer House of Horror
(Sir Humphrey Chesterton)
BBC Play of the Month
(Koolyghin)
Columbo
(Diver)
Our Mutual Friend
(Nicodemus Boffin)
Campion
(Dr. Galley)
Thérèse Raquin
(Michaud)
Oh, Mr. Toad
(Mole)
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
(Mr. Pye)
Armchair Theatre
(Major Trumbull)
Miss Marple
(Mr. Pye)
Thirty-Minute Theatre
(Cloon)
The Wonderful World of Disney
(Bailiff)
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
(Marquess of Macclesfield)
Public Eye
(Jenks)
BBC2 Play of the Week
(Father Below)
Play for Today
(Alfred)
Bleak House
(Inspector Bucket)
Lilli Palmer Theatre
(Bilston)
Sunday Night Theatre
(John Wood)