Richard Durden | |
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Born | Mark Richard Durden-Smith 8 February 1944 |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1967–present |
Spouses |
Mark Richard Durden-Smith (born 8 February 1944), known as Richard Durden, is an English actor, with a range of television, film and stage credits.
Durden-Smith was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College and Merton College, Oxford in 1963. [1]
Durden-Smith and Maria Aitken were married in 1968 and divorced in 1971. In 1996 he married actress Jane How. His older brother was Jo Durden-Smith.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1967 | Doctor Faustus | Evil Angel / Knight | |
1970 | Scars of Dracula | Second Officer | |
1989 | Batman | TV Director | |
1993 | The Innocent | Black | |
1995 | The Grotesque | Sykes-Herring | |
1996 | Beaumarchais | Smith | |
1998 | The First 9½ Weeks | Laurence Garner | |
1999 | Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei | Barão de Rosthschild | |
2001 | Superstition | Minister of Justice | |
2002 | Amen. | Ambassador Taylor | |
2002 | The Reckoning | Town Justice | |
2005 | The Jacket | Dr. Hale | |
2005 | Oliver Twist | Unkind Board Member | |
2005 | The Best Man | Reverend | |
2009 | Agora | Olympius | |
2009 | The Heavy | Carl | |
2009 | 21 and a Wake-Up | 24th Evac Staff and Patients | |
2010 | From Paris With Love | Ambassador Thomas Bennington | |
2011 | Anonymous | Archbishop | |
2011 | The Awakening | Alexander Cathcart | |
2012 | Papadopoulos & Sons | Father Jimmy | |
2015 | Je suis daddy | Nigel Lawson | |
2016 | Late Shift | Samuel Parr | |
2017 | Churchill | Jan Smuts | |
2018 | Havergill | ||
2018 | Postcards from London | Max | |
2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | First Order Officer #6 |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1987 | Inspector Morse | Alan Richards | 1 episode |
1988 | Piece of Cake | Medical Officer | 1 episode |
1988 | Noble House | Havergill | 4 episodes |
1989 | The Man Who Lived at the Ritz | Man Ray | TV movie |
1993 | Agatha Christie's Poirot; The Case of the Missing Will | Dr Pritchard | 1 episode |
1997 | Dressing for Breakfast | Graham | 3 episodes |
1999 | The Worst Witch | The Chief Wizard, Egbert Hellibore | 3 episodes |
1999 | Highlander | Anton Novak | 1 episode |
2003 | Midsomer Murders | Duncan Goff | 1 episode |
2004 | Dunkirk | Lord Halifax | TV movie, Documentary |
2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Mr. Prestcott | 1 episode |
2006 | Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial | Lord Justice Lawrence | 3 episodes, Documentary |
2007 | Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud | Old Man Hatfield | TV movie |
2009 | The Last Days of Lehman Brothers | Harvey Miller | TV movie |
2014 | Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death | Mr. Boggle | TV movie / Pilot episode |
2016 | Agatha Raisin | Mr. Boggle | 3 episodes |
2019– | Back to Life | Oscar | Series 1 and 2 |
2019 | Brexit: The Uncivil War | Bill Cash | TV movie |
2019–23 | Ghosts | Charles Worthing | 4 episodes |
2021 | Silent Witness | Conor | 1 episode [2] |
On radio, he played Bashwood in Armadale .
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