Richard Vernon
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Richard Vernon | |
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Richmond upon Thames, London, England | |
Alma mater | Royal Central School of Speech and Drama |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1949—1996 |
Richard Evelyn Vernon (7 March 1925 – 4 December 1997) was a British
Early life
Vernon was born in Kenya in 1925 to British parents. Vernon and his parents moved to Britain in 1937 where Vernon attended
Career
In 1960, Vernon appeared in an
He played an unnamed 'city gent' reluctantly sharing a train compartment with
On radio, in 1978 he played Sir Gerald Tarrant in a BBC World Service adaptation of the Modesty Blaise book Last Day in Limbo and Professor Misty in the BBC Radio 3 sitcom Patterson in 1981.[10] He also starred in the title role of Lord Emsworth in several BBC Radio 4 series of Blandings between 1985 and 1992.[11]
In December 1990 he began teaching a course on stage acting in
His final film appearance was a cameo at the end of the family film Loch Ness, which was released in 1996.[13]
Personal life and death
In 1955 he married actress Benedicta Leigh née Hoskyns. They had a daughter Sarah (1956) and a son, Thomas (1958). They divorced in 1990.
Vernon died of complications from Parkinson's disease on December 4, 1997.[2]
Filmography
Film
- Stop Press Girl (1949) - (uncredited)
- Indiscreet (1958) - Guide (uncredited)
- The Heart of a Man (1959) - Manager (uncredited)
- The Siege of Pinchgut (1959) - Under-Secretary
- Sapphire (1960) - Detective
- Clue of the Twisted Candle (1960) - Viney
- Village of the Damned (1960) - Sir Edgar Hargraves
- Foxhole in Cairo (1960) - General
- Cash on Demand (1961) - Pearson
- The Edgar Wallace Mysteries Film series (1962, The Share Out) - John Crewe
- Reach for Glory (1962) - Dr. Aldrich
- Jigsaw (1962) - (voice)
- We Joined the Navy (1962) - (uncredited)
- The Edgar Wallace Mysteries Film series (1963, Accidental Death) - John Paxton
- Just for Fun (1963) - Prime Minister
- The Servant (1963) - Lord Mounset
- Hot Enough for June (1964) - Roddinghead
- A Hard Day's Night (1964) - Pompous man on train (Johnson)
- Goldfinger (1964) - Colonel Smithers
- The Counterfeit Constable (1964) (French title: Allez France!) - Lord Brisburn
- The Tomb of Ligeia (1964) - Dr. Vivian
- The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1965) - Racecourse official (uncredited)
- The Intelligence Men (1965) - Sir Edward Seabrook
- The Secret of My Success (1965) - Lord Hetherby
- The Early Bird (1965) - Sir Roger Wedgewood
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) - Chairman (uncredited)
- Song of Norway (1970) - Councilman
- She'll Follow You Anywhere (1971) - Andrew Coombes
- One Brief Summer (1971) - Hayward
- The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) - Mathews
- Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976) - Gentleman (uncredited)
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) - Professor Hugo Fassbender
- Sammy's Super T-Shirt (1978) - Mr. Becket
- The Human Factor (1979) - Sir John Hargreaves
- Oh! Heavenly Dog (1980) - Quimby Charles
- The Box (1981) - (voice)
- Evil Under the Sun (1982) - Flewitt
- Witness for the Prosecution(1982) - Brogan-Moore, barrister
- Gandhi (1982) - Sir Edward Albert Gait
- Night Train to Murder (1983) - Uncle Felix
- Lady Jane (1986) - The Marquess of Winchester
- A Month in the Country (1987) - Colonel Hebron
- Loch Ness (1996) - Aged professor (cameo) (final film role)
Television
- ITV Television Playhouse (1956–1963, 5 episodes) as Multiple roles
- ITV Play of the Week(1957–1966, 9 episodes) as Multiple roles
- Probation Officer (1959–1960, 5 episodes) as Doctor Lessing
- No Hiding Place (1959–1961, 2 episodes) as John Eldin/Charles Lacey
- Dixon of Dock Green (1960–1962, 2 episodes) as Fellowes/Pascoe
- Emergency Ward 10 (1960, 1 episode) as Forrester
- Francis Storm Investigates (1960, 1 episode) as Commodore Garwood
- Deadline Midnight (1960, 1 episode) as Holroyd
- Boyd Q.C. (1960, 1 episode) as Mr. Trottman
- Theatre 70 (1960, 1 episode) as Mr. Pearson
- The Odd Man(1960, 5 episodes) as Charles Ormiston
- The Citadel (1960, 5 episodes) as Doctor Ivory
- Jango (1961, 1 episode) as Parkinson
- Stranger on the Shore (1961, 6 episodes) as David Gough
- Stranger in the City (1962, 6 episodes) as David Gough
- The Cheaters (1962, 1 episode) as Ken Northwood
- Saki(1962, 8 episodes) as The Major
- Maigret (1962, 1 episode) as Philippe
- The Last Man Out (1962, 1 episode) as The Colonel
- The Avengers (1962, 1 episode) as Lord Matterley
- Harpers West One (1962, 1 episode) as Arthur Purvis
- Z-Cars (1962, 1 episode) as Det. Chief Insp. Humphries
- It Happened Like This (1963, 1 episode) as Harker
- 24-Hour Call (1963, 1 episode) as Wing Commander Battenby
- Walter and Connie (1963, 1 episode) as Mr. Johns
- The Saint (1963, 1 episode) as Sir John Ripwell
- The Plane Makers (1963, 2 episodes) as Keith Saville
- Crane (1964, 1 episode) as Wolsey
- The Hidden Truth (1964, 1 episode) as William Anstruthe
- Here's Harry (1964, 1 episode) as Self
- The Marriage Lines(1964, 1 episode) as Mr. Renfrew-Smith
- The Man in Room 17 (1965–1966, 26 episodes) as Edwin Oldenshaw
- The Fellows (1967, 13 episodes) as Edwin Oldenshaw
- ITV Playhouse(1967–1970, 3 episodes) as Multiple roles
- Comedy Playhouse (1968, 1 episode) as Sir Reginald Polk-Mowbray
- Mystery and Imagination (1968, 1 episode) as Professor Krempe
- Harry Worth (1968, 1 episode) as Mr. Gilmore
- The Man in Room 17 (1968–1972, 3 episodes) as Multiple roles
- Thirty-Minute Theatre (1968, 1 episode) as Colonel O'Dwyer
- Journey to the Unknown (1969, 1 episode) as Sir Gerald Walters
- Department S (1969, 1 episode) as Colonel Loring
- W. Somerset Maugham (1969, 1 episode) as Lord Kastellan
- Fraud Squad (1970, 1 episode) as Sir Roy Prentiss
- Biography (1970, 1 episode) as Tycho Brahe
- UFO (1971, 1 episode) as Stone
- Seasons of the Year (1971, 1 episode) as Lord Rudge
- Paul Temple (1971, 1 episode) as Carlton
- The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder (1971, 1 episode) as Major Olbude
- Brett (1971, 1 episode) as Sutherland
- Albert and Victoria (1971, 1 episode) as Mr. Ridley
- The Persuaders! (1971, 1 episode) as Sir Maxwell Dean
- The Guardians (1971, 1 episode) as Face
- Hadleigh (1971–1976, 3 episodes) as Sir Geoffrey Osborne
- Persuasion (1971, 5 episodes) as Admiral Croft
- The Adventurer (1972, 1 episode) as Sir Richard McKenzie
- Softly, Softly: Task Force (1972, 1 episode) as Sir Ralph Townley
- The Sextet (1972, 8 episodes) as Multiple roles
- Man at the Top (1972, 2 episodes) as Lord Belmont
- Between the Wars (1973, 1 episode) as Morton
- Late Night Theatre (1973, 1 episode) as Morry Sheldon
- Special Branch (1973, 1 episode) as Townsend
- Upstairs, Downstairs (1973, 2 episodes) as Major Cochrane-Danby
- Harriet's Back in Town (1973, 6 episodes) as Oliver Warburton
- Dolly (1973, 2 episodes) as Mr. Hilary Musgrave
- Dial M for Murder (1974, 1 episode) as The Chief
- Justice (1974, 1 episode) as Lord Tilling
- Thriller (1974, 1 episode) as George Cornfield
- Village Hall (1974, 1 episode) as Cedric Wellbeloved
- Affairs of the Heart (1974, 1 episode) as Colonel Chart
- Edward the Seventh (1975, 3 episodes) as Lord Salisbury
- Dawson's Weekly (1975, 1 episode) as Solicitor
- The Duchess of Duke Street (1976–1977, 18 episodes) as Major Smith-Barton
- Ripping Yarns (1976, 1 episode) as Lord Bartlesham
- The Cedar Tree (1977, 2 episodes) as Lord Evelyn Forbes
- Do You Remember? (1978, 1 episode) as Lord Greenham
- The Sandbaggers (1978–1980, 12 episodes) as Sir James Greenley / "C"
- Yes Minister (1980–1981, 2 episodes) as Sir Desmond Glazebrook
- Bognor (1981, 6 episodes) as Lord Wharfedale
- Roger Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1981, 1 episode) as Judge
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981, 2 episodes) as Slartibartfast
- Legacy of Murder (1982, 6 episodes) as Roland Tolhurst
- L for Lester (1982, 5 episodes) as Mr. Davies
- Something in Disguise (1982, 5 episodes) as Herbert Browne-Lacey
- Strangers (1982, 1 episode) as Sir Geoffrey
- Nanny (1982, 6 episodes) as Duke of Broughton
- The Boy Who Won the Pools (1983, 2 episodes) as Sir Malvern West
- Pig in the Middle (1983, 1 episode) as Lord Gathorne
- Leaving (1984, 6 episodes) as Mr. Chessington
- Roll Over Beethoven (1985, 13 episodes) as Oliver Purcell
- Summer Season (1985, 1 episode) as Thompson
- Ladies in Charge (1986, 1 episode) as Lord Brampton
- Lytton's Diary (1986, 1 episode) as Duncan Anderson
- Paradise Postponed (1986, 9 episodes) as Sir Nicholas Fanner
- Chance in a Million (1986, 1 episode) as Uncle Evelyn
- The Return of the Antelope (1986–1988, 13 episodes) as Mr. Garstanton
- Last of the Summer Wine (1987, 1 episode) as The Vicar
- Yes, Prime Minister(1987, 1 episode) as Sir Desmond Glazebrook
- Hot Metal (1988, 1 episode) as Lord Gilbert
- A Gentleman's Club (1988, 6 episodes) as George
- Casualty (1988, 1 episode) as Dr. Richard Payton
- Helping Henry (1988, 6 episodes) as Cosmic 1
- The Storyteller(1988, 1 episode) as King
- About Face (1989, 1 episode) as Bingham
- KYTV (1992, 1 episode) as Chester Chuckles
- The Camomile Lawn (1992, 2 episodes) as General Peachum
- Rumpole of the Bailey (1992, 1 episode) as Lionel Leering
- Bonjour la Classe (1993, 1 episode) as Sir Lionel
- You Rang, M'Lord? (1993, 1 episode) as The Earl of Swaffham
- The Return of the Borrowers (1993, 3 episodes) as Mr. Pott
- Rides (1993, 1 episode) as Arthur Copthorne
- Frank Stubbs Promotes (1994, 1 episode) as Lord Dunstable
- Lovejoy(1994, 1 episode) as Roger Nettleton
- Class Act (1994–1995, 14 episodes) as Sir Horace Mainwaring
References
- ^ a b c "Richard Vernon". ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ Independent.co.uk. 13 December 1997. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ Richard Vernon: Theatre & Performance Biographical File
- ^ "Fellows [26/06/1967] (1967)". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 February 2019.
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Goldfinger (1964) Credits". www.screenonline.org.uk.
- ^ "Richard Vernon". www.aveleyman.com.
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Ripping Yarns (1976-79)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
- ^ "Classic Serial: The Small House at Allington". 7 October 1993. p. 109 – via BBC Genome.
- ^ "Persuasion Part 5 (1971)". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 February 2019.
- ^ "Patterson". 26 February 1981. p. 65 – via BBC Genome.
- ^ "Blandings". 1 March 1990. p. 63 – via BBC Genome.
- ^ Wildlife Tourism by Myra L. Shackley · 1996
- ^ "Richard Vernon - Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
External links
- Richard Vernon at IMDb
- Obituary, The Independent
- Rogues & Vagabonds, daughter Sarah's theatre site