
Acting
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.

Columbo
1971

Play for Today
1970

BBC Play of the Month
1965

The Wednesday Play
1964

Tales of the Unexpected
1979

Inspector Morse
1987

No Hiding Place
1959

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965

Sunday Night Theatre
1950

Danger Man
1960

Public Eye
1965

BBC2 Play of the Week
1977

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971

The Duchess of Duke Street
1976

Enemy at the Door
1978

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954

The Wind in the Willows
1984

Hammer House of Horror
1980

Mystery and Imagination
1966

Campion
1989

One Foot in the Grave
1990

Sir Francis Drake
1961

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955

Bleak House
1959

Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
1985

Inspector Clouseau
1968

A Fine Romance
1981

Village Hall
1974

The Mirror Crack'd
1980

Lilli Palmer Theatre
1955

Tess
1979

Therese Raquin
1980

Armchair Theatre
1956

The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964

The Agony and the Ecstasy
1965

A Choice of Coward
1964