Richard Pasco Movies and Career Information

Richard Edward Pasco, CBE (born 18 July 1926) is a British stage, screen and TV actor. Pasco was born in Barnes, London, the son of Phyllis Irene (née Widdison) and Cecil George Pasco. He was educated at the King's College School, Wimbledon. He became an apprentice stage manager at the Q theatre, before studying at the Central School of Speech and Drama, where he won the gold medal. He then spent 3 years with the Birmingham Repertory Company. One of his earliest screen appearances was as Teddy in Room at the Top (1959). His other films include Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960), The Gorgon (1964) and Rasputin, the Mad Monk (1966), all for Hammer Studios, and more recently, Mrs. Brown (1997). His recent TV credits include Hetty Wainthropp Investigates and A Dance to the Music of Time. During his lengthy stage career, which began in 1943, he has worked with the Old Vic, the Royal Court, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. Pasco played the part of Frank Rice in the original stage production of John Osborne's play The Entertainer (1957) opposite Sir Laurence Olivier. Among his radio successes were his performances of BBC Radio 4's Morning Story for BBC Pebble Mill