Richard Vernon

Richard Vernon

CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
GenderMale
BirthdayMar 7, 1925
Death1997-12-04
BiographyRichard Evelyn Vernon (7 March 1925 – 4 December 1997) was a British actor. He appeared in many feature films and television programmes, often in aristocratic or supercilious roles. For example as Colonel Loring, a misplaced idealist responsible for the disappearance of a whole village in the Pied Piper of Hambledown episode in the classic spy-fi Department S.

Prematurely balding and greying, Vernon settled into playing archetypal middle-aged lords and military types while still in his 30s. He played Slartibartfast in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the lead role of Edwin Oldenshaw in The Man in Room 17 (1965–67), Sir James Greenley alias "C" in The Sandbaggers (1978–80), and Sir Desmond Glazebrook in Yes Minister (1980–81) and its sequel series Yes, Prime Minister (1987).

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A Gentleman's Club
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as George
Class Act
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as Sir Horace Mainwaring
L for Lester
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as Mr. Davies
Roll Over Beethoven
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as Oliver Purcell
The Duchess of Duke Street
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as Major Smith-Barton
The Man in Room 17
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The Man in Room 17

as Edwin Oldenshaw
The Plane Makers
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The Plane Makers

as Keith Saville
The Sandbaggers
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The Sandbaggers

as Sir James Greenley

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