Pearson, Fred

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Pearson, Fred

PERSONAL

Career:

Actor.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Mr. Rothwell, A Kind of Loving, Granada Television, 1982.

Baz Bailey, "Geordie Racer" series, Look and Read, BBC, beginning c. 1988.

Harold Jameson, Accused, [Great Britain], beginning 1996.

Dr. Vickery, Dalziel and Pascoe, BBC and Arts and Entertainment, 1997-2000.

Victor, Take Me, Independent Television (England), 2001.

Barnaby, Nuclear Secrets, BBC, beginning 2007.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Chief inspector Jack "Brock" Lovat, Shake Hands Forever, TVS, 1988.

"To Define True Madness," "Out of Sight," and "The Talking Cure," Madness (documentary; also known as Madness by Jonathan Miller), BBC and PBS, 1991.

Superintendent Stonehill, Chimera (also known as Monkey Boy), Anglia Television and Arts and Entertainment, 1991.

Jefferson, Underbelly, BBC, 1992.

Mr. Carpenter, The Glass Virgin (also known as Catherine Cookson's "The Glass Virgin"), Tyne Tees Television, 1995.

Simes, Tilly Trotter (also known as Catherine Cookson's "Tilly Trotter"), [Great Britain], 1999.

Mr. Sheepshanks, Wives and Daughters (also known as Filhas e esposas, Fruar och doettrar, Hustruer og dotre, and Vaimoja ja tyttaeriae), BBC, 1999, broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre (also known as ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre and Mobil Masterpiece Theatre), PBS, 2001, and BBC America, 2002.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Voice of John's father, Virtuoso (also known as Screen Two: Virtuoso), BBC, 1989, Arts and Entertainment, 1991.

Harold Lyle, Summer in the Suburbs, BBC, 2000, also broadcast on BBC America.

Museum curator, Night Flight, BBC, 2002.

Dr. Terence Roberts, Hear the Silence, Channel 5 (England), 2003.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Ernie, "The Happy Hunting Ground," Play for Today, BBC, 1976.

Director of social services, "The Spongers," Play for Today, BBC, 1978.

Dr. Causton, "No, Mama, No," ITV Playhouse, Independent Television (England), 1979.

Jack, "Pasmore," Play for Today, BBC, 1980.

Thorpe, "Clapperclaw," BBC2 Playhouse, BBC-2, 1981.

Editor, Scoop, London Weekend Television and PBS, 1987.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Haggard, "You Can't Win 'em All," Strangers, Independent Television (England), 1980.

Detective superintendent Donald Gray, "A Free Weekend in the Country," Strangers, Independent Television, 1982.

Chairman, "Abuse," Juliet Bravo, BBC, 1984.

Monsieur Albert, "The Registry Office Wedding," A Bit of a Do, Independent Television, 1989.

Frank Philpott, "Big Boys Don't Cry," Casualty, BBC, 1990.

Senor Jones, "Miracle of the Pueblo," Zorro (also known as The New Zorro and Les nouvelles aventures de Zorro), Family Channel, 1991.

Mr. Turner, "Not with Kindness," A Touch of Frost, Independent Television, 1992.

Pierre, "The Lady and the Tiger," Highlander (also known as Highlander: The Series), syndicated, 1993.

Spencer, "Guns and Roses," Lovejoy, BBC and Arts and Entertainment, 1994.

Bob Jackson, "Whatever It Takes," Casualty, BBC, 1997.

Fred Fowles, "Dream," Where the Heart Is, Independent Television, 1997.

Jimmy Turpin, "Local Knowledge," Heartbeat (also known as Classic Heartbeat), Independent Television, 1998.

Vince Marriot, "Good Faith: Part 1," The Bill, Independent Television, 1998.

Les Kenyon, "Whose Heart Is It Anyway?," Holby City (also known as Holby), BBC, 1999.

John, "Another Proposal," As Time Goes By, BBC, 2002, also broadcast on PBS.

Captain Harrison, "The Great Ship," Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, BBC, 2003.

Charlie Birkitt, "The Green Man," Midsomer Murders, Independent Television, BBC, and Arts and Entertainment, 2003.

Sonia's father, State of Play, BBC and BBC America, 2003.

Mr. Perryman, Northern Lights, Independent Television, 2006.

Vinny Thorpe, "Every One a Winner," Doctors, BBC, 2007.

Film Appearances:

Hapgood, American Friends, Castle Hill Productions, 1991.

Officer Crane, Papierowe malzenstwo (also known as Paper Marriage), 1992.

Patrick, Priest, Miramax, 1994.

Sid Nicholson, McLibel (documentary), Spanner Films, 1998.

Professor Lob, My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure (also known as Modesty Blaise: In the Beginning, My Name Is Modesty, and Il mio nome e Modesty), Buena Vista Home Video, 2003.