Richard Vernon

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Richard Vernon began acting near the end of his wartime service with the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, producing, directing and starring in a production of George Bernard Shaw's 'Heartbreak House' for the Combined Services Club. After being demobbed, he then completed his training at the Central School of Speech and Drama. On the stage from 1950, he subsequently enjoyed a successful theatrical career in West End productions ranging from 'Peter Pan' (as Mr.Darling) to Noël Coward's 'Hay Fever' (as Richard Greatham). During the 60s, he appeared in supporting roles in several prestigious motion pictures, including De fördömdas by (1960), Den gula Rolls-Roycen (1964) and Goldfinger (1964).Considerably better employed on the small screen, Richard evolved into the consummate scene-stealer. Looking older than his years and with his dignified bearing, he came to specialize in impersonating typically British stiff-upper-lip military or aristocratic types or senior public servants. A noteworthy early starring role was as The Man in Room 17 (1965), a barrister and ex- war correspondent assigned to a secret unit as an infallible criminologist investigating cases deemed too difficult for the local plods and Scotland Yard. A natural propensity for period drama then insured his successful run in several popular series, notably Herrskap och tjänstefolk (1971) and The Duchess of Duke Street (1976). Above all, Richard excelled in gleeful old rogues and slightly dishevelled or befuddled eccentrics. He also had a way of delivering even the funniest of lines totally deadpan and matter-of-fact. He was wonderfully droll as Lord Bartlesham in the Pythons parodier (1976) episode 'Roger of the Raj'. Perhaps his most popular role was that of galactic fjord builder Slartibartfast in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981), a part to which he had originally lent his voice in a 1978 radio serial. A truly unique, immensely likeable character actor, Richard Vernon plied his craft until two years prior to his death from Parkinson's Disease. - IMDb Mini Biography By: I.S.Mowis

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Releases by Year

Richard Vernon on average has worked on 2 movies per year from 1970 to 1994. See the full graphs of the number of Richard Vernon movies released per year from 1976 till 1994.

Top Genres

Richard Vernon works mostly in Drama Genre followed by Comedy Genre flixes. 41% of Richard Vernon movies are Drama Genre movies. See Top Genres that Richard Vernon worked on in the graph below.

Average IMDB Score

On average the IMDB score of the movies that Richard Vernon has worked on is 7.5.

7.5 / 10

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The missions of an elite British Intelligence covert operations unit.

8.8/1060 min

Available in 3 platform(s).

Louisa is an ordinary girl living in Victorian London. She is looking for a job and ends up talking her way into the kitchen of a Lords townhouse. The Lord has a rather snooty French chef, ...

8.3/1050 min

Available in 4 platform(s).

Arthur Dent and his friend Ford Prefect escape the destruction of Earth only to face incredible trials, tribulations and adventures in space and time.

8/10152 min

Available in 8 platform(s).