Richard Pearson: movies and TV shows
Richard Pearson has 117 credits in the archive: 64 films and 53 TV series, from 1950 to 1995. Highest rated: Enemy at the Door (8.2/10).
Career timeline
1950 – 1995 · busiest year: 1965 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Good Friends | TV | — | 76 | |
| 1992 | The Christmas Collection | Mole (voice) | Film | — | 73 |
| 1990 | One Foot in the Grave | TV | 7.7 | 71 | |
| 1990 | Oh, Mr. Toad | Mole | TV | — | 71 |
| 1990 | Freddie and Max | Malcolm Parkes | TV | 6.5 | 71 |
| 1990 | Kappatoo | TV | 7.5 | 71 | |
| 1990 | More Children's Holiday Favourites | Mole (voice) | Film | — | 71 |
| 1989 | Campion | Dr. Galley | TV | 6.3 | 70 |
| 1989 | The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads | Mole (voice) | Film | 5.0 | 70 |
| 1989 | Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1 | Mole (voice) | Film | — | 70 |
| 1989 | Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2 | Mole (voice) | Film | — | 70 |
| 1989 | More Children's Summer Stories | Mole (voice) | Film | — | 70 |
| 1988 | Children's Favourites - Volume 1 | Mole (voice) | Film | — | 69 |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Jerome Hogg | TV | 7.9 | 68 |
| 1986 | Whoops Apocalypse | Michael Sumpter (Defence Secretary) | Film | 5.7 | 67 |
| 1986 | The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales | Mole (voice) | Film | — | 67 |
| 1985 | Miss Marple: The Moving Finger | Mr. Pye | TV | 7.6 | 66 |
| 1985 | Water | Foreign Secretary | Film | 6.1 | 66 |
| 1985 | Reunion at Fairborough | Film | 5.8 | 66 | |
| 1984 | The Wind in the Willows | Mole (voice) | TV | 7.8 | 65 |
| 1984 | The Wind in the Willows | TV | 7.8 | 65 | |
| 1984 | Weekend Playhouse | Donald | TV | — | 65 |
| 1983 | Arms and the Man | Petkoff | Film | — | 64 |
| 1983 | The Wind in the Willows | Mole | Film | 7.0 | 64 |
| 1983 | The Bank Manager's Wife | George | Film | 7.0 | 64 |
| 1981 | A Fine Romance | TV | 5.4 | 62 | |
| 1981 | The Walls of Jericho | Dr Anstie | TV | — | 62 |
| 1980 | Hammer House of Horror | Sir Humphrey Chesterton | TV | 7.1 | 61 |
| 1980 | The Mirror Crack'd | Doctor Haydock | Film | 6.1 | 61 |
| 1980 | Therese Raquin | Michaud | TV | 5.5 | 61 |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Michael Carey | TV | 6.8 | 60 |
| 1979 | Tess | Vicar of Marlott | Film | 7.1 | 60 |
| 1979 | Coming Out | Gerald Fox | Film | 5.0 | 60 |
| 1978 | Enemy at the Door | William Clifford | TV | 8.2 | 59 |
| 1978 | She Fell Among Thieves | Father Below | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | Father Below | TV | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1977 | Cottage to Let | George | TV | — | 58 |
| 1976 | The Duchess of Duke Street | Sir Ernest Horsfield | TV | 8.0 | 57 |
| 1976 | The Blue Bird | Bread | Film | 5.5 | 57 |
| 1976 | Love Among the Ruins | George Druce | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1976 | It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet | Granville Bennett | Film | 8.0 | 57 |
| 1975 | One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing | Sir Geoffrey | Film | 5.8 | 56 |
| 1975 | Royal Flash | Duchy Chamberlain | Film | 5.9 | 56 |
| 1973 | Her Majesty's Pleasure | Mrs Whiteheart | Film | 8.0 | 54 |
| 1973 | The Upper Crusts | Balmforth | TV | — | 54 |
| 1973 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | The White King | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 1972 | Mrs. Warren's Profession | Rev. Samuel Gardner | Film | 9.0 | 53 |
| 1972 | Pope Joan | Friar Timothy | Film | 6.1 | 53 |
| 1972 | Still Waters | Alfred | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1972 | A Fluid Arrangement | Jack | Film | — | 53 |
| 1971 | Columbo | Diver | TV | 8.1 | 52 |
| 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Marquess of Macclesfield | TV | 7.5 | 52 |
| 1971 | Macbeth | Doctor | Film | 7.1 | 52 |
| 1971 | Sunday Bloody Sunday | Patient | Film | 6.6 | 52 |
| 1971 | Catch Me a Spy | Haldene | Film | 5.0 | 52 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Alfred | TV | 6.6 | 51 |
| 1970 | The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer | Wilting | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1970 | The Three Sisters | Koolyghin | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 1969 | The Fosters | Mr. Foster | Film | — | 50 |
| 1968 | Inspector Clouseau | Shockley | Film | 5.1 | 49 |
| 1968 | The Root of All Evil? | Arnold Butters | TV | — | 49 |
| 1968 | The Strange Affair | Film | 5.1 | 49 | |
| 1968 | Charlie Bubbles | Accountant | Film | 6.6 | 49 |
| 1967 | How I Won the War | Old Man at Alamein | Film | 5.6 | 48 |
| 1966 | Mystery and Imagination | Mr Abney | TV | 5.8 | 47 |
| 1966 | Ella | Edwin | Film | 9.0 | 47 |
| 1966 | Macready's Gala | Headmaster | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Koolyghin | TV | 5.3 | 46 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Rev. Canon Chasuble | TV | 5.3 | 46 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Herbert Soppitt | TV | 5.3 | 46 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Mazzini Dunn | TV | 5.3 | 46 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Cyril Boggis | TV | 4.2 | 46 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Cloon | TV | 4.2 | 46 |
| 1965 | Public Eye | Jenks | TV | 8.2 | 46 |
| 1965 | The Agony and the Ecstasy | Cardinal | Film | 7.1 | 46 |
| 1965 | The Legend of Young Dick Turpin | Bailiff | Film | — | 46 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Fatty | TV | 5.2 | 45 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Headmaster | TV | 5.2 | 45 |
| 1964 | Martin Chuzzlewit | TV | 8.0 | 45 | |
| 1964 | The Yellow Rolls-Royce | Osborn | Film | 6.1 | 45 |
| 1964 | The Comedy Man | Advertising Man | Film | 7.1 | 45 |
| 1964 | A Choice of Coward | Ernest Feldman | TV | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1962 | Guns of Darkness | Herbert Bastian | Film | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1961 | Sir Francis Drake | Sir Richard Bosanquet | TV | 5.1 | 42 |
| 1961 | The Threatening Storm | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1961 | Danger! Men Working | Major Trumbull | Film | — | 42 |
| 1961 | Attempt to Kill | Frank Weyman | Film | — | 42 |
| 1960 | Danger Man | Keith Smith | TV | 7.4 | 41 |
| 1960 | Armchair Mystery Theatre | Karl Heffer | TV | 9.0 | 41 |
| 1960 | Mystery of Edwin Drood | TV | — | 41 | |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place | TV | 4.8 | 40 | |
| 1959 | Bleak House | Inspector Bucket | TV | 10.0 | 40 |
| 1959 | Model for Murder | Bullock | Film | 6.7 | 40 |
| 1959 | Libel | The Butler | Film | 6.8 | 40 |
| 1959 | Life in Danger | Sgt. Burt Norris | Film | 8.3 | 40 |
| 1959 | The Crowning Touch | Roger | Film | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1958 | Our Mutual Friend | Nicodemus Boffin | TV | 5.0 | 39 |
| 1958 | Battle of the V-1 | Senior RAF Officer (uncredited) | Film | 5.2 | 39 |
| 1958 | Sea Fury | Kershaw | Film | 6.1 | 39 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Major Trumbull | TV | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Wilf | TV | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | TV | 6.0 | 37 | |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Jack | TV | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1955 | The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel | Jack Williams | TV | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1955 | Lilli Palmer Theatre | Bilston | TV | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1955 | Quay South | Frederick Elwes | Film | — | 36 |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Bailiff | TV | 7.9 | 35 |
| 1954 | Svengali | Lambert | Film | 6.1 | 35 |
| 1954 | Dangerous Cargo | Noel | Film | 6.4 | 35 |
| 1954 | Fabian of the Yard | Film | 7.0 | 35 | |
| 1953 | The Blue Parrot | Quinney | Film | 5.9 | 34 |
| 1951 | Scrooge | Mr. Tupper | Film | 7.4 | 32 |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | John Wood | TV | 3.5 | 31 |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Father Francis | TV | 3.5 | 31 |
| 1950 | The Woman with No Name | Tony | Film | 8.0 | 31 |
| 1950 | The Woman in Question | Detective | Film | 6.3 | 31 |
| 1950 | The Girl Is Mine | Sergeant | Film | 8.0 | 31 |