Personal Info
Birth date
1944-02-08 (81 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK
Also known as
Mark Richard Durden-Smith
Richard Durden-Smith
Dick Durden-Smith
Richard Durdan
Richard Durdon
Richard Durden
Biography
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.
Filmography
Midsomer Murders
7.534
Overview:
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.Agatha Christie's Poirot
8.2
Overview:
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.Bridgerton
8.1
Overview:
Wealth, lust, and betrayal set in the backdrop of Regency era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family.Silent Witness
7.6
Overview:
A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.Minder
6.833
Overview:
Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.BBC Play of the Month
5
Overview:
A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.Agatha Christie's Marple
7.737
Overview:
The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders which she helps solve. Although the police are sometimes reluctant to accept Miss Marple's help, her reputation and unparalleled powers of observation eventually win them over.Foyle's War
7.907
Overview:
As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an MI5 agent operating in the aftermath of the war.Ghosts
7.9
Overview:
A cash-strapped young couple inherits a grand country house, only to find it is both falling apart and teeming with the ghosts of former inhabitants.Lewis
7.6
Overview:
Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.Justice
6
Overview:
Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974. Margaret Lockwood stars as Harriet Peterson a female barrister in the North of England. It was made by Yorkshire Television and was based loosely on Justice Is a Woman, an episode of ITV Playhouse broadcast in 1969 in which Lockwood had previously also played a barrister. The theme music was Crown Imperial by William Walton.Poldark
7.8
Overview:
Britain is in the grip of a chilling recession... falling wages, rising prices, civil unrest - only the bankers are smiling. It's 1783 and Ross Poldark returns from the American War of Independence to his beloved Cornwall to find his world in ruins: his father dead, the family mine long since closed, his house wrecked and his sweetheart pledged to marry his cousin. But Ross finds that hope and love can be found when you are least expecting it in the wild but beautiful Cornish landscape.Trial & Retribution
6.769
Overview:
Trial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police procedural television drama series that began in 1997. It was devised and written by Lynda La Plante as a follow-on from her successful television series Prime Suspect. Each episode of the Trial & Retribution series is broadcast over two nights. The 2008 series 10 had 10 episodes, the longest run of the drama so far. The latest series was number 12 which aired in February 2009.The Worst Witch
6.7
Overview:
Mildred Hubble is a young witch attending Cackles Academy. She's called the "Worst Witch" because she's always caught getting into trouble.The Gold
7.4
Overview:
On 26 November 1983, six armed men break into the Brink's-Mat security depot, stumbling across gold bullion worth £26m.Spooks
7.7
Overview:
Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid.Wolf Hall
7.548
Overview:
England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope and most of Europe oppose him. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer, and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people, and implacable in his ambition. But Henry is volatile: one day tender, one day murderous. Cromwell helps him break the opposition, but what will be the price of his triumph?Agatha Raisin
6.1
Overview:
Burnt out on office politics, Agatha Raisin retires early to a picturesque village in the Cotswolds and soon finds a second career as an amateur detective investigating mischief, mayhem, and murder in her deceptively quaint town.Sister Boniface Mysteries
6.4
Overview:
First there was Father Brown. Now, say hello to Sister Boniface. This clever, moped-riding nun is the police's secret weapon for solving murders in this divine Father Brown spin-off.Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
7.4
Overview:
With magic long since lost to England, two men are destined to bring it back; the reclusive Mr. Norrell and daring novice Jonathan Strange. So begins a dangerous battle between two great minds.World Without End
6.9
Overview:
Two hundred years after the construction of the great cathedral, the medieval town of Kingsbridge is taken under siege by Queen Isabella. Caris, a visionary young woman, inspires her people to stand up for their rights and revolt against to the most powerful forces of her time, the Church and the Crown.2Point4 Children
7.2
Overview:
They're just your average family. Stressed mum Bill, daft dad Ben, and two troublesome teens. Plus just a few crazy ideas, escapades and mishaps. The classic 90s sitcom.Peak Practice
6.1
Overview:
Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time. It originally starred Kevin Whately as Dr Jack Kerruish, Amanda Burton as Dr Beth Glover and Simon Shepherd as Dr Will Preston, though the roster of doctors would change many times over the course of the series. Cardale was based on the Staffordshire village of Longnor for the final series, but was previously based in the Derbyshire village of Crich, although certain scenes were filmed at other nearby Derbyshire towns and villages, most notably Matlock, Belper and Ashover.The Change
7.2
Overview:
Linda finds a new lease on life when she learns that she's experiencing menopause. So she heads to the forest on a journey of self-discovery.Back to Life
7.42
Overview:
When Miri Matteson returns home after eighteen years, can she integrate back into her old life? With a terrible event from her past hanging over her, it won’t be easy.Fingersmith
7.3
Overview:
A young woman is hired as a maid to an heiress who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering uncle. But, the maid has a secret: she is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a gentleman to help him seduce the heiress to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed according to plan until the women discover some unexpected emotions.Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
6.289
Overview:
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.Hex
6.316
Overview:
The show opens with a girl who yearns to be popular and liked in her school. She wishes she was in the "in-crowd", however, she goes about unnoticed in school everyday. The only girl who truly notices her is her best friend Thelma. For some strange reason though, Cassie feels like she is being followed by a man. This is only the beginning of her problem...Batman
7.233
Overview:
Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis when a deformed madman calling himself "The Joker" seizes control of Gotham's criminal underworld.From Paris with Love
6.339
Overview:
James Reese has a good job as an ambassador's aid in France, but his real passion is a side gig—working in a minor role in the CIA. He would love to be a full-fledged agent and can't believe his luck when he lands an assignment with Charlie Wax. Trigger-happy Charlie soon has James crying for his desk job, but when he learns that the same guys they're trying to catch are after him, James realises that Charlie may be his only hope of survival.Acting
2024Joy as Sir Norman Jeffcoate
2023The Change (1 Episode) as Doctor
2023The Gold (1 Episode) as Henry
2022Late Shift as Samuel Parr
2022Sister Boniface Mysteries (1 Episode) as Arthur Salem
2020Bridgerton (1 Episode) as Lord Greer
2019Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as First Order Officer
2019Ghosts (1, 2, 1 Episode) as Charles, Charles Worthing, Solicitor
2019Back to Life (12 Episodes) as Oscar Matteson
2019Brexit: The Uncivil War as Bill Cash
2018Man of the Hour as Jeremy's Father
2018The Child in Time as Stephen's Father
2017Churchill as Jan Smuts
2016Agatha Raisin (2 Episodes) as Mr. Boggle
2015Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2, 1 Episode) as Lord Liverpool, Lord Liverpool (uncredited)
2015Poldark (1 Episode) as Dr Anselm
2015Wolf Hall (1 Episode) as Bishop Fisher
2014The Ties That Bind as Reverend Cooper
2012Papadopoulos & Sons as Father Jimmy
2012World Without End (8 Episodes) as Sir Henry
2011Anonymous as Archbishop
2011Hidden (1 Episode) as Dr. Sturgess
2011The Awakening as Alexander Cathcart
2010The Heavy as Carl
2010From Paris with Love as Ambassador Bennington
2009The Last Days of Lehman Brothers as Harvey Miller
2009Agora as Olympius
2007Confessions of a Diary Secretary as Office Manager
2007Lewis (1 Episode) as John Gracey
2007Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud as Old Man Hatfield
2006The Amazing Mrs Pritchard (1 Episode) as Sir Athelstane Jervis
2006Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial (3 Episodes) as Lord Justice Lawrence
2005Oliver Twist as Board Member
2005The Best Man as Vicar
2005Fingersmith (3 Episodes) as Mr. Hawtrey
2005The Jacket as Dr. Hale
2004Not Only But Always as Proctor
2004Agatha Christie's Marple (1 Episode) as Mr. Prestcott
2004Hex (1 Episode) as Unknown
2004The Reckoning as Town Justice
2003Hear the Silence as Dr. Austen Parker
2002Foyle's War (1 Episode) as Letwin
2002Spooks (1 Episode) as Irvin Perrot
2002Amen. as Ambassador Taylor
2001Superstition as Minister of Justice
1999Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei as Barão de Rosthschild
1998The Worst Witch (2 Episodes) as Grand Wizard Egbert Hellibore
1998Highlander: The Raven (1 Episode) as Anton Novak
1997Trial & Retribution (14 Episodes) as Dr. John Foster
1997Danielle Steel's Zoya as Konstantin
1997Midsomer Murders (1 Episode) as Duncan Goff
1996Beaumarchais the Scoundrel as Smith
1996Silent Witness (4 Episodes) as Conor Hodgson
1995The Grotesque as Sykes-Herring
1995Bugs (4 Episodes) as Dent
1993To Play the King (4 Episodes) as BBC Official
1993The Innocent as Black
1993Peak Practice (1 Episode) as George Morgan
19912Point4 Children (1 Episode) as John Crudaal
1991The House of Eliott (2 Episodes) as Archibald Lovat
1991A Woman at War as Jaques
1991Sleepers as Rev. David Bancroft
1990The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story as BKA Interrogator
1989Batman as TV Director
1989Agatha Christie's Poirot (1, 1 Episode) as Dr. Pritchard, Pebmarsh
1988The Man Who Lived at the Ritz as Man Ray
1988Maigret as Julian Braden
1988Noble House (4 Episodes) as Havergill
1987Hedgehog Wedding as Daniel
1986Lovejoy (1 Episode) as Commissaire Dupont
1981Country as Guy Wheldon
1981The Day of the Janitor as Roger
1979Minder (1 Episode) as Dr. Jarvis
1978The Comedy of Errors as Ephesus Townsperson
1973The Love-Girl and the Innocent as Khomich
1971Justice (1 Episode) as Anthony Sherman
1970Scars of Dracula as Second Officer
1967Doctor Faustus as Evil Angel/Knight
1965BBC Play of the Month (1 Episode) as Khomich