Cast & creator
Richard Durden
Best known for Midsomer Murders, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Agatha Christie's Poirot
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.
Also known as: Mark Richard Durden-Smith, Richard Durden-Smith, Dick Durden-Smith, Richard Durdan, Richard Durdon
49
film credits
49
television credits
98
1965–2025 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (98)
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Midsomer Murders
Duncan Goff
1997
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Dr. Pritchard
1989Agatha Christie's Poirot
Pebmarsh
1989
Silent Witness
Conor Hodgson
1996
Bridgerton
Lord Greer
2020
Peak Practice
George Morgan
1993
Lewis
John Gracey
2007
Minder
Dr. Jarvis
1979
Spooks
Irvin Perrot
2002
Screen Two
Daniel
1985
BBC Play of the Month
Khomich
1965
ITV Playhouse
Roger
1967
Agatha Christie's Marple
Mr. Prestcott
2004
Foyle's War
Letwin
2002
The Borgias
The Physician
2011
Poldark
Dr Anselm
2015
Sister Boniface Mysteries
Arthur Salem
2022
Ghosts
Charles
2019Ghosts
Charles Worthing
2019Ghosts
Solicitor
2019
Silk
Lord Winter
2011
Lovejoy
Commissaire Dupont
1986
Justice
Anthony Sherman
1971
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
First Order Officer
2019
Wolf Hall
Bishop Fisher
2015
Trial & Retribution
Dr John Foster
1997
Batman
TV Director
1989
The Gold
Henry
2023
Shoestring
Steve
1979
The House of Eliott
Archibald Lovat
1991
Agatha Raisin
Mr. Boggle
2016
From Paris with Love
Ambassador Bennington
2010
Bugs
Dent
1995
Harlots
Lord Dodds
2017
2Point4 Children
John Crudaal
1991
Hex
Dr Wilkinson
2004
Highlander: The Raven
Anton Novak
1998
The Worst Witch
Grand Wizard Egbert Hellibore
1998
To Play the King
BBC Official
1993
World Without End
Sir Henry
2012
Fingersmith
Mr. Hawtrey
2005
Daniel Deronda
Gentleman
2002
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Lord Liverpool
2015Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Lord Liverpool (uncredited)
2015
Back to Life
Oscar Matteson
2019
The Awakening
Alexander Cathcart
2011
The Jacket
Dr. Hale
2005
Agora
Olympius
2009
The Change
Doctor
2023
Noble House
Havergill
1988
Oliver Twist
Board Member
2005
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
Sir Athelstane Jervis
2006
Madson
Armstrong
1996
Sleepers
Reverend David Bancroft
1991
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
Lord Justice Lawrence
2006
Hidden
Dr. Sturgess
2011
JOY
Sir Norman Jeffcoate
2024
The Best Man
Vicar
2005
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Bill Cash
2019
Anonymous
Archbishop
2011
Scars of Dracula
Second Officer
1970
Churchill
Jan Smuts
2017
The Child in Time
Stephen's Father
2018
The First 9½ Weeks
Laurence Garner
1998
Amen.
Ambassador Taylor
2002
The Innocent
Black
1993
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
Harvey Miller
2009
The Reckoning
Town Justice
2004
Superstition
Minister of Justice
2001
The Ties That Bind
Reverend Cooper
2014
Danielle Steel's Zoya
Konstantin
1997
The Secret Santa Project
Barney
2025
The Grotesque
Sykes-Herring
1995
Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud
Old Man Hatfield
2007
Country
Guy Wheldon
1981
The Love-Girl and the Innocent
Khomich
1973
A Woman at War
Jaques
1991
Not Only But Always
Proctor
2004
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
BKA Interrogator
1990
Man of the Hour
Jeremy's Father
2018
Doctor Faustus
Evil Angel/Knight
1967
Maigret
Julian Braden
1988
Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei
Barão de Rosthschild
1999
The Heavy
Carl
2010
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
Man Ray
1988
The Comedy of Errors
Ephesus Townsperson
1978
Hear the Silence
Dr. Austen Parker
2003Sleepers
Rev. David Bancroft
1991
Papadopoulos & Sons
Father Jimmy
2012
Bobbie's Girl
Headmaster Ashbourne
2002
Cheaper 2 Keep Her
Police officer #1
Late Shift
Samuel Parr
2022The Day of the Janitor
Roger
1981
Satan Has a Bushy Tail
Derek
2015Confessions of a Diary Secretary
Office Manager
2007
Amy
Captain Bill Hope
1984
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
Smith
1996
Hedgehog Wedding
Daniel
1987