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