Acting

Richard Pescud

Born 1928-02-01 · Edmonton, London, England

Actor best known as the hospital consultant who bursts out in song in The Singing Detective.

Acting credits

Top Secret! poster
7.1

Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up in an underground resistance movement. Rivers joins forces with Agent Cedric and Flammond to attempt the rescue of her father, Dr. Paul, from the Germans, who have captured the scientist in hopes of coercing him into building a new naval mine.

Top Secret!

1984

Murder by Decree poster
6.4

Sherlock Holmes is drawn into the case of Jack the Ripper, who is killing prostitutes in London's East End. Assisted by Dr. Watson, and using information provided by a renowned psychic, Robert Lees, Holmes finds that the murders may have their roots in a Royal indiscretion and that a cover-up is being managed by politicians at the highest level, all of whom happen to be Masons.

Murder by Decree

1979

The Fosters poster
NR

Mr Foster and his sister live quietly in the suburbs but are not what they seem, possessing scientific knowledge far in advance of humanity.

The Fosters

1969

Hitler: The Last Ten Days poster
6.2

Hitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his final days. Based on the book by Gerhard Boldt, it provides a bleak look at the goings-on within, and without.

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

1973

Rumour poster
7.0

A hard-bitten newspaper reporter is drawn back into the world of sleaze he had hoped to have left behind, and this time it goes right to the top.

Rumour

1970

Everyday Something: True Stories from the 21st Century poster
7.0

Based on the filmmaker's collection of newspaper cuttings the film presents private moments that give strange glimpses into everyday life.

Everyday Something: True Stories from the 21st Century

2001

A Safe House poster
NR

In the aftermath of the Guildford and Woolwich pub bombings, a large number of people of Irish descent were rounded up for questioning by the police in London. Most were subsequently released. But for the Maguire family, 3 December 1974 was the start of a nightmare that is only now ending.

A Safe House

1990

No artwork available
NR

James Carlisle is a successful architect who sees his children every weekend following his divorce from Lyn. When Lyn falls in love with the unstable Bernard, James is forced to take drastic action.

One Way Out

1989

The Silent Twins poster
NR

Twins June and Jennifer Gibbons speak only to each other in a language of their own creation. As young teens, they commit a violent crime. After 14 years in Broadmoor Psychiatric Institution, freedom visits them in a mysterious way.

The Silent Twins

1986

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10.0

A young man bitterly regrets his part in an attack on a bank cashier.

Bam! Pow! Zap!

1969

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NR

A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master, Mr Potter

The Trouble with 2b: Part One, Happy Days

1972