Richard Durden

Richard Durden
Born
Mark Richard Durden-Smith

(1944-02-08) 8 February 1944
Hendon, Middlesex, England
OccupationActor
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.

    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

    Year Title Role Notes
    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
    1999 Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei Barão de Rosthschild
    2001 Superstition Minister 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
    2015 Je suis daddy Nigel Lawson
    2016 Late Shift Samuel Parr
    2017 Churchill Jan Smuts
    2018 Havergill
    2018 Postcards from London Max
    2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker First Order Officer #6

    Television

    Year Title Role Notes
    1987 Inspector Morse Alan Richards 1 episode
    1988 Piece of Cake Medical Officer 1 episode
    1988 Noble House Havergill 4 episodes
    1989 The Man Who Lived at the Ritz Man Ray TV movie
    1993 Agatha Christie's Poirot; The Case of the Missing Will Dr Pritchard 1 episode
    1997 Dressing for Breakfast Graham 3 episodes
    1999 The Worst Witch The Chief Wizard, Egbert Hellibore 3 episodes
    1999 Highlander Anton Novak 1 episode
    2003 Midsomer Murders Duncan Goff 1 episode
    2004 Dunkirk Lord Halifax TV movie, Documentary
    2004 Agatha Christie's Marple Mr. Prestcott 1 episode
    2006 Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial Lord Justice Lawrence 3 episodes, Documentary
    2007 Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud Old Man Hatfield TV movie
    2009 The Last Days of Lehman Brothers Harvey Miller TV movie
    2014 Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death Mr. Boggle TV movie / Pilot episode
    2015 Wolf Hall Bishop Fisher 1 episode
    2016 Agatha Raisin Mr. Boggle 3 episodes
    2019– Back to Life Oscar Series 1 and 2
    2019 Brexit: The Uncivil War Bill Cash TV movie
    2019–23 Ghosts Charles Worthing 4 episodes
    2021 Silent Witness Conor 1 episode[2]

    On radio, he played Bashwood in Armadale.

    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.