Richard Durden

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Richard Durden
Born
Mark Richard Durden-Smith

(1944-02-08) 8 February 1944 (age 80)
Hendon, Middlesex, England
Occupation Actor
Years active1967–present
Spouses
(m. 1968;div. 1971)
(m. 1996)

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.

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Personal life

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.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
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
1999Mauá - O Imperador e o ReiBarão de Rosthschild
2001SuperstitionMinister 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
2015Je suis daddyNigel Lawson
2016 Late Shift Samuel Parr
2017 Churchill Jan Smuts
2018Havergill
2018 Postcards from London Max
2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker First Order Officer #6

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987 Inspector Morse Alan Richards1 episode
1988 Piece of Cake Medical Officer1 episode
1988 Noble House Havergill4 episodes
1989 The Man Who Lived at the Ritz Man RayTV movie
1993 Agatha Christie's Poirot; The Case of the Missing Will Dr Pritchard1 episode
1997 Dressing for Breakfast Graham3 episodes
1999 The Worst Witch The Chief Wizard, Egbert Hellibore3 episodes
1999 Highlander Anton Novak1 episode
2003 Midsomer Murders Duncan Goff1 episode
2004 Dunkirk Lord HalifaxTV movie, Documentary
2004 Agatha Christie's Marple Mr. Prestcott1 episode
2006 Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial Lord Justice Lawrence3 episodes, Documentary
2007 Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud Old Man HatfieldTV movie
2009 The Last Days of Lehman Brothers Harvey MillerTV movie
2014 Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death Mr. BoggleTV movie / Pilot episode
2016 Agatha Raisin Mr. Boggle3 episodes
2019– Back to Life OscarSeries 1 and 2
2019 Brexit: The Uncivil War Bill Cash TV movie
2019–23 Ghosts Charles Worthing4 episodes
2021 Silent Witness Conor1 episode [2]

On radio, he played Bashwood in Armadale .

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References

  1. Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900-1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 548.
  2. "BBC One - Silent Witness, Series 24, Brother's Keeper, Part 1". BBC. Retrieved 28 September 2021.