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name: "Richard Pearson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-pearson-121360"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 August 1918"
died: "2 August 2011"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:46:31.444071+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Richard Pearson

Actor. Born 2 August 1918 in Monmouth, Gwent, Wales, UK. Died 2 August 2011.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 August 1918, Monmouth, Gwent, Wales, UK
- **Died:** 2 August 2011
- **Also known as:** Richard de Pearsall Pearson

## Biography

Richard Pearson, also credited as Richard de Pearsall Pearson, was a British character actor. Born in Monmouth, Wales, in 1918, he made his stage debut in 1937 and appeared in numerous West End productions over more than 65 years, including the original London production of Harold Pinter's *The Birthday Party* (1958). He supported Maggie Smith, Robert Morley and others in long-running plays.

His film roles included Mr Tupper in *Scrooge* (1951) and character parts in three Roman Polanski films: *Macbeth* (1971), *Tess* (1979) and *Pirates* (1986). On television he appeared in *One Foot in the Grave* (1992) as Alfred Meldrew, voiced Mole in adaptations of *The Wind in the Willows* (from 1983), and featured in series including *Inspector Morse* (1991), *A Fine Romance* and *Men Behaving Badly* (both 1995). He died in 2011.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *One Foot in the Grave* (1990), Fi1m 83, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/one-foot-in-the-grave.md)

## Also known for

- *Tess* (1979), Vicar of Marlott
- *Scrooge* (1951), Mr. Tupper
- *Macbeth* (1971), Doctor
- *The Mirror Crack'd* (1980), Doctor Haydock
- *The Agony and the Ecstasy* (1965), Cardinal
- *Inspector Morse* (1987), Jerome Hogg
- *Sunday Bloody Sunday* (1971), Patient
- *Inspector Clouseau* (1968), Shockley

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