Richard Pasco

Richard Pasco
Born	Richard Edward Pasco (1926-07-18) 18 July 1926 Barnes, London, England, UK
Occupation	actor
Years active	1940s - present
Spouse(s)	Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Richard Edward Pasco, CBE (born 18 July 1926) is a British stage, screen and TV actor.

Early life

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 three years with the Birmingham Repertory Company.

Career

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.

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) with Laurence Olivier. One of his most memorable performances was in John Barton's 1974 production of Richard II for the RSC (alternating the title role and that of Bolingbroke with Ian Richardson). Among his radio successes were his performances of BBC Radio 4's Morning Story for BBC Pebble Mill producer David Shute. His TV credits include the lead role of Brutus in Julius Caesar (1979) by William Shakespeare in the BBC's Shakespeare cycle.

His later work includes Mrs. Brown (1997), the Inspector Morse episode, Dead on Time, A Dance to the Music of Time (1997), and Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1998).

Selected filmography

• Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
• Hot Enough for June (1964)
• Julius Caesar (1979)

External links

• Richard Pasco bio
• Richard Pasco at the Internet Movie Database
• Richard Pasco at the Internet Broadway Database