Acting • AGE 82
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.


The Secret Santa Project
Barney
2025

Joy
Sir Norman Jeffcoate
2024

The Change
Doctor
2023

The Gold
Henry
2023

Late Shift
Samuel Parr
2022

Sister Boniface Mysteries
Arthur Salem
2022

Bridgerton
Lord Greer
2020

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
First Order Officer
2019

Ghosts
Charles
2019

Back to Life
Oscar Matteson
2019

Brexit: The Uncivil War
Bill Cash
2019

Man of the Hour
Jeremy's Father
2018

The Child in Time
Stephen's Father
2018

Churchill
Jan Smuts
2017

Harlots
Lord Dodds
2017

Agatha Raisin
Mr. Boggle
2016

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Lord Liverpool
2015

Poldark
Dr Anselm
2015

Satan Has a Bushy Tail
Derek
2015

Wolf Hall
Bishop Fisher
2015

The Ties That Bind
Reverend Cooper
2014

Papadopoulos & Sons
Father Jimmy
2012

World Without End
Sir Henry
2012

Anonymous
Archbishop
2011

Hidden
Dr. Sturgess
2011

The Awakening
Alexander Cathcart
2011

The Borgias
The Physician
2011

Silk
Lord Winter
2011

The Heavy
Carl
2010

From Paris with Love
Ambassador Bennington
2010

The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
Harvey Miller
2009

Agora
Olympius
2009

Lewis
John Gracey
2007

Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud
Old Man Hatfield
2007

The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
Sir Athelstane Jervis
2006

Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
Lord Justice Lawrence
2006

Oliver Twist
Board Member
2005

The Best Man
Vicar
2005

Fingersmith
Mr. Hawtrey
2005

The Jacket
Dr. Hale
2005

Not Only But Always
Proctor
2004

Agatha Christie's Marple
Mr. Prestcott
2004

Hex
Dr Wilkinson
2004

The Reckoning
Town Justice
2004

Hear the Silence
Dr. Austen Parker
2003

Daniel Deronda
Gentleman
2002

Foyle's War
Letwin
2002

Spooks
Irvin Perrot
2002

Amen.
Ambassador Taylor
2002

Superstition
Minister of Justice
2001

Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei
Barão de Rosthschild
1999

The First 9½ Weeks
Laurence Garner
1998

The Worst Witch
Grand Wizard Egbert Hellibore
1998

Highlander: The Raven
Anton Novak
1998

Trial & Retribution
Dr John Foster
1997

Danielle Steel's Zoya
Konstantin
1997

Midsomer Murders
Duncan Goff
1997

Madson
Armstrong
1996

Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
Smith
1996

Silent Witness
Conor Hodgson
1996

The Grotesque
Sykes-Herring
1995

Bugs
Dent
1995

To Play the King
BBC Official
1993

The Innocent
Black
1993

Peak Practice
George Morgan
1993

2Point4 Children
John Crudaal
1991

The House of Eliott
Archibald Lovat
1991

A Woman at War
Jaques
1991

Sleepers
Rev. David Bancroft
1991

Sleepers
Reverend David Bancroft
1991

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
BKA Interrogator
1990

Batman
TV Director
1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot
Dr. Pritchard
1989

The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
Man Ray
1988

Maigret
Julian Braden
1988

Noble House
Havergill
1988

Hedgehog Wedding
Daniel
1987

Lovejoy
Commissaire Dupont
1986

Screen Two
Daniel
1985

Amy
Captain Bill Hope
1984

Country
Guy Wheldon
1981

Minder
Dr. Jarvis
1979

Shoestring
Steve
1979

The Comedy of Errors
Ephesus Townsperson
1978

The Love-Girl and the Innocent
Khomich
1973

Justice
Anthony Sherman
1971

Scars of Dracula
Second Officer
1970

Doctor Faustus
Evil Angel/Knight
1967

ITV Playhouse
Roger
1967

BBC Play of the Month
Khomich
1965

Cheaper 2 Keep Her
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