Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Richard de Pearsall Pearson (1 August 1918 – 2 August 2011), an English actor, was born and grew up in Monmouth, Wales. He was educated at Aymestrey Court, Worcester, and at Monmouth School, where his father taught French.Notable films of his career included Brian Desmond Hurst's Scrooge (1951) as well as a brief appearance in John Schlesinger's Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) and cameo roles in three films by Roman Polanski: Macbeth (1971), Tess (1979) and Pirates (1986). Pearson made his stage debut at age 18 at London's Collins's Music Hall, but didn't make his film debut until 32 when he played a Sergeant in the motion picture The Girl is Mine (1950) which was followed a year later by his performance as Mr. Tupper in Scrooge.In later years, he is perhaps best known for his role as Mole in Cosgrove Hall's The Wind in the Willows (1983), its subsequent television series, The Wind in the Willows which led on from the original film and its spin-off programme Oh, Mr. Toad both of which he starred alongside David Jason, Peter Sallis and Michael Hordern. He has also has appeared in episodes of One Foot in the Grave as Victor Meldrew's absent-minded brother, Alfred and the Men Behaving Badly episode "Three Girlfriends" as Gary's father Mr Strang. He played Mr. Pye in the 1985 TV movie Marple: The Moving Finger.Richard Pearson fought in World War II with the 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division. He was mentioned in dispatches and left the army with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He married the actress Patricia Dickson in 1949. Pearson had a brain haemorrhage on the night of his 93rd birthday on August 1, 2011. He died the next morning, on 2 August 2011, survived by his wife and their two sons, one of whom, Patrick Pearson, is also an actor.. }
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- Richard_Pearson_(actor) abstract "Richard de Pearsall Pearson (1 August 1918 – 2 August 2011), an English actor, was born and grew up in Monmouth, Wales. He was educated at Aymestrey Court, Worcester, and at Monmouth School, where his father taught French.Notable films of his career included Brian Desmond Hurst's Scrooge (1951) as well as a brief appearance in John Schlesinger's Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) and cameo roles in three films by Roman Polanski: Macbeth (1971), Tess (1979) and Pirates (1986). Pearson made his stage debut at age 18 at London's Collins's Music Hall, but didn't make his film debut until 32 when he played a Sergeant in the motion picture The Girl is Mine (1950) which was followed a year later by his performance as Mr. Tupper in Scrooge.In later years, he is perhaps best known for his role as Mole in Cosgrove Hall's The Wind in the Willows (1983), its subsequent television series, The Wind in the Willows which led on from the original film and its spin-off programme Oh, Mr. Toad both of which he starred alongside David Jason, Peter Sallis and Michael Hordern. He has also has appeared in episodes of One Foot in the Grave as Victor Meldrew's absent-minded brother, Alfred and the Men Behaving Badly episode "Three Girlfriends" as Gary's father Mr Strang. He played Mr. Pye in the 1985 TV movie Marple: The Moving Finger.Richard Pearson fought in World War II with the 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division. He was mentioned in dispatches and left the army with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He married the actress Patricia Dickson in 1949. Pearson had a brain haemorrhage on the night of his 93rd birthday on August 1, 2011. He died the next morning, on 2 August 2011, survived by his wife and their two sons, one of whom, Patrick Pearson, is also an actor.".