Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
8/2/1918
Place of Birth
Monmouth, Gwent, Wales, UK
Richard Pearson
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
Inspector Clouseau
as Shockley
Whoops Apocalypse
as Michael Sumpter (Defence Secretary)
Macbeth
as Doctor
Royal Flash
as Duchy Chamberlain
Sea Fury
as Kershaw
The Woman in Question
as Detective
Charlie Bubbles
as Accountant
The Agony and the Ecstasy
as Cardinal
Libel
as The Butler
Still Waters
as Alfred
Tess
as Vicar of Marlott
The Mirror Crack'd
as Doctor Haydock
Scrooge
as Mr. Tupper
Guns of Darkness
as Herbert Bastian
Coming Out
as Gerald Fox
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
as Osborn
Quay South
as Frederick Elwes
How I Won the War
as Old Man at Alamein
Reunion at Fairborough
Unknown Role
Dangerous Cargo
as Noel
Career Timeline
1990
1989
1986
1985
1980
1979
1976
1972
1971
1970
1968
1965
BBC Play of the Month
as Koolyghin
BBC Play of the Month
as Rev. Canon Chasuble
BBC Play of the Month
as Herbert Soppitt
BBC Play of the Month
as Mazzini Dunn
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Role unknown
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Cloon
The Agony and the Ecstasy
as Cardinal
The Legend of Young Dick Turpin
as Bailiff
Public Eye
as Jenks