Richard Pasco

Richard Pasco
Born	Richard Edward Pasco 18 July 1926 (1926-07-18) Barnes, London, England
Occupation	actor
Years active	1940s - present
Spouse	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, and more recently, Mrs. Brown (1997). He appeared in the Inspector Morse episode, "Dead on Time." His TV credits include the lead role of Brutus in the 1978/1979 BBC TV production of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, 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 Laurence Olivier. Among his radio successes were his performances of BBC Radio 4's Morning Story for BBC Pebble Mill producer David Shute.

Selected filmography

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

External links

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