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Acting

Richard Vernon

Career: Active from 1953 to 1994, busiest in 1965 and 1981 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles: 19
top three billing

Average score: 68/100

Highest rated: The Servant
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 59 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Richard Vernon Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.8, average 5.4
Violence
2.9, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.7, average 4.8
Coming of Age
2.0, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 5
Witty Dialogue 2
Existential Crisis 2
Slow-Burn Tension 2
Gothic Horror 2
British Cinema 2
Psychological Drama 2
Slow Burn 2
Historical Drama 2
Psychological Exploration 2
British Comedy 2
Historical Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

138

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1990s

10 titles · average score 67

Loch Ness

49

as Aged Professor

Class Act

TV show · as Sir Horace Mainwaring

The Return of the Borrowers

73

TV show · as Mr. Pott

Frank Stubbs Promotes

TV show · as Lord Dunstable

Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown

as Suspect

The Borrowers

68

TV show · as Mr. Pott

The Camomile Lawn

65

TV show · as The General

A Masculine Ending

as Miriam's father

Blood and Dust

as Heraclius

You Rang, M'Lord?

81

TV show · as The Earl of Swaffham

1980s

33 titles · average score 70

A Month in the Country

75

as Colonel Hebron

Paradise Postponed

TV show · as Sir Nicholas Fanner

Casualty

62

TV show · as Dr. RIchard Payton

Yes, Prime Minister

87

TV show

Lovejoy

50

TV show · as Roger Nettleton

Waters of the Moon

as Colonel Selby

Legacy of Murder

TV show · as Roland Tolhurst

Gandhi

82

as Sir Edward Gait

Nanny

TV show

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

76

as Slartibartfast

The Box

as (voice)

Yes Minister

89

TV show

1970s

40 titles · average score 68

Roger of the Raj

79

as Lord Bartlesham

The After Dinner Joke

as Mr. Price

In the Steps of a Dead Man

77

as George Cornfield

The Satanic Rites of Dracula

41

as Col. Mathews

Last of the Summer Wine

67

TV show

She'll Follow You Anywhere

as Andrew Coombes

Persuasion

65

TV show · as Admiral Croft

Will Amelia Quint Continue Writing 'A Gnome Called Shorthouse'?

as Lewis

Upstairs, Downstairs

81

TV show · as Major Cochrane-Danby

The Persuaders!

78

TV show · as Sir Maxwell Dean

UFO

81

TV show · as Pa Stone

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Mr. Price

1960s

41 titles · average score 69

Frankenstein

as Professor Krempe

The Man in Room 17

TV show · as Oldenshaw

The Early Bird

74

as Sir Roger Wedgewood

The Secret of My Success

60

as Lord Hetherby

The Tomb of Ligeia

74

as Dr. Vivian

Goldfinger

85

as Smithers

The Servant

86

as Lord Willie Mounset

Just for Fun

as Prime Minister

The Saint

74

TV show · as Sir John Ripwell

TV show · as The Major

Cash on Demand

76

as Pearson

The Avengers

83

TV show · as Lord Matterley

1950s

14 titles · average score 67

No Hiding Place

TV show · as Charles Lacey

Sapphire

70

as Doctor at Crime Scene

Probation Officer

TV show · as Lessing

The Adventures of William Tell

70

TV show · as Merchant

Indiscreet

83

as Leading man in play

Theatre Night

TV show · as Charles Pleydon, MP

Armchair Theatre

68

TV show · as Lewis

Dixon of Dock Green

64

TV show · as Mr. Fellowes / Mr. Pascoe

ITV Play of the Week

TV show · as Sir Hector Rose

Street of Shadows

49

Director, Screenplay

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Brogan-Moore

Sunday Night Theatre

51

TV show · as Egeon