Richard Edward Pasco Biography (1926-)

Born July 18, 1926, in London, England; son of Cecil George and Phyllis Irene(maiden name, Widdison) Pasco; married Greta Watson, 1956 (divorced, 1964);married Barbara Leigh-Hunt (an actress), 1967; children: (first marriage) oneson. Addresses: Agent: c/o Michael Whitehall Ltd., 125 Gloucester Rd., London SW7 4TE, England.

Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Birth Details: July 18, 1926; London, United Kingdom

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
(Stage debut) Diggory, She Stoops to Conquer, Queen's Theatre, London, 1943
(London stage debut) The Sentry, Zero Hour, Lyric Theatre, 1944
Curio, Twelfth Night, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1950
Bookholder, Bartholomew Fair, Old Vic Theatre, 1950
Gloucester, Henry V, Old Vic Theatre, 1951
Simple, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Old Vic Theatre, 1951
Agydas and messenger, Tamburlaine the Great, Old Vic Theatre, 1951
Old man, King Lear, Old Vic Theatre, 1952
Lucilius, Timon of Athens, Old Vic Theatre, 1952
Fortinbras, Hamlet, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1955
Jimmy Porter, Look Back in Anger, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London, 1956
Frank Rice, The Entertainer, English Stage Company, Royal Court Theatre, then Palace Theatre, London, both 1957 later Royale Theatre, New YorkCity (Broadway debut), 1958
Jarvis, The Member of the Wedding, English Stage Company, Royal Court Theatre, then Palace Theatre, 1957 later Moscow Youth Festival, Moscow, U.S.S.R., 1959
Jimmy Porter, Look Back in Anger, English Stage Company, Royal Court Theatre, then Palace Theatre, 1957 later Moscow Youth Festival, 1959
Man from Bellac, The Apollo de Bellac, English Stage Company, Royal Court Theatre, 1957
Orator, The Chairs, English Stage Company, Royal Court Theatre, 1957
Ben Gant, Look Homeward Angel, Pembroke Theatre, Croyden, England,1960
Lyngstrand, The Lady from the Sea, Queen's Theatre, London, 1961
Father Gracian, Teresa of Avila, Dublin Theatre Festival, Dublin,Ireland, then Vaudeville Theatre, London, both 1961
Ben Gant, Look Homeward Angel, Phoenix Theatre, 1962
Walter Like, The New Men, Strand Theatre, London, 1962
Julian "The Public Eye," in The Private Ear and The Public Eye, Globe Theatre, London, 1963
Title role, Henry V, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, Bristol, England, then Old Vic Theatre, later Venice Festival, Venice, Italy, all 1964
Berowne, Love's Labour's Lost, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, then Old Vic Theatre, later Venice Festival, all 1964
Title role, Hamlet, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, 1965
Yevgeny Konstantinovitch, Ivanov, Phoenix Theatre, 1965
Angelo, Measure for Measure, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, 1966
Title role, Peer Gynt, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, 1966
John Tanner, Man and Superman, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, 1966
Lord Chamberlain and various roles, Sixty Thousand Nights, BristolOld Vic Theatre, 1966
Title role, Hamlet, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, 1966
Edmund, The Italian Girl, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, 1967 then Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1968
Tremayne, The Window, Ambiance Theatre Club, London, 1969
Leantio, Women Beware Women, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1969
Proteus, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Royal Shakespeare Company, RoyalShakespeare Theatre, 1969
Polixenes, The Winter's Tale, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1969 then Aldwych Theatre, London, 1970
Henry VIII, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre,1969 then Aldwych Theatre, 1970
Adolphus Cusins, Major Barbara, Royal Shakespeare Company, AldwychTheatre, 1970
Duke Orsino, Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1970 then Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1971
Antonio Bologna, The Duchess of Malfi, Royal Shakespeare Company,Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1971
Title role, Richard II, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Company Theatregoround, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1971
Much Ado about Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, then Aldwych Theatre, both 1971
Pleasure and Repentance, Royal Shakespeare Company Theatregoround,1972
The Baron, The Lower Depths, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1972
Thomas Becket, Murder in the Cathedral, Royal Shakespeare Company,Aldwych Theatre, 1972
Medraut, The Island of the Mighty, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1972
Jacques, As You Like It, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1973
Title role and Bolingbroke (alternating roles with Ian Richardson), Richard II, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, then Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York City, 1974
Aleister Crowley/Aleister Crowley Sr., The Beast, Royal Shakespeare Company, Palace Theatre, 1974
Manfred (concert work), Aldeburgh Festival, Aldeburgh, England, 1974
Speaker, Jane Austen at Home, Aldeburgh Festival, 1975
Lord John Carp, The Marrying of Ann Leete, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1975

Jack Tanner, Man and Superman, Malvern Festival, Malvern, England,then Savoy Theatre, London, both 1977
Trigorin, The Seagull, Bristol Theatre Royal, Bristol, England, 1978
Title role, Timon of Athens, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1980-1982
Clarence, Richard III, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre,1980-1982
Schatslitsev, The Forest, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1980-1982
Bad baron, The Swan Down Gloves, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1980-1982
The Poet, La Ronde, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1980-1982
The father, Six Characters in Search of An Author, National Theatre, London, 1987
Pavel, Fathers and Sons, National Theatre, 1987
Reverend Charlie Allen, Racing Demon, National Theatre, 1990
Sir Peter Edgecombe, Murmuring Judges, National Theatre, 1991
Birling, An Inspector Calls, National Theatre, 1992
Reverend Charlie Allen, Racing Demon, National Theatre, 1993
Sir Peter Edgecombe, Murmuring Judges, National Theatre, 1993
Malcolm Pryce, The Absence of War, Olivier Theatre, London, 1993
Boss Finlay, Sweet Bird of Youth, National Theatre, 1993
Racing Demon, Los Angeles, 1994
Sorin, The Seagull, Barbican Theater, London, 2000
Also appeared in the concert pieces The Soldier's Tale and Facade, both Barbican Theatre; appeared with Princess Grace of Monaco in Birds, Beasts, and Flowers, an anthology program, at the Aldeburgh Festival, then Edinburgh Theatre Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland; appeared as the narrator in Egmont, a concert work, at the Aldeburgh Festival; appeared asa speaker in The Trojans and Oedipus Rex, both at the Proms, London; and also appeared as the narrator in Wood Magic.
Major Tours
Fortinbras, Hamlet, U.K. and Soviet cities, 1955
Title role, Henry V, European and Israeli cities, 1964
Berowne, Love's Labour's Lost, European and Israeli cities, 1964
Angelo, Measure for Measure, Bristol Old Vic Company, North American and European cities, 1967
Title role, Hamlet, Bristol Old Vic Company, North American and European cities, 1967
Polixenes, The Winter's Tale, Royal Shakespeare Company, Japaneseand Australian cities, 1970
Duke Orsino, Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company, Japanese and Australian cities, 1970
Adolphus Cusins, Major Barbara, Royal Shakespeare Company, Japanese and Australian cities, 1970
Duke Orsino, Twelfth Night, Japanese cities, 1972
Jack Tanner, Man and Superman, U.K. cities, 1977
Poetry International, U.S. cities, 1978
Film Appearances
Dr. Fisher, Kill Me Tomorrow, Ren-Tudor, 1958
Teddy, Room at the Top, Romulus, 1959
Second Lieutenant Hastings, Yesterday's Enemy, Columbia, 1959
Earl of Newark, Sword of Sherwood Forest, Columbia, 1961
Charlie, Six Black Horses, 1962
Paul Heitz, The Gorgon, Columbia, 1964
Plakov, Agent 8 3/4 (also known as Hot Enough for June andAgent 008 3/4), Continental, 1965
Dr. Zargo, Rasputin--The Mad Monk, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1966
Tom Colley, The Watcher in the Woods, Buena Vista, 1980
Lady Jane, Paramount, 1986
Doctor Jenner, Mrs. Brown (also known as Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown), Miramax, 1997
Television Appearances
Series
Joe Newman, The Man Who Finally Died (also known as Saturday Serial: The Man Who Finally Died), 1959
Miniseries
The Three Musketeers, 1966
Otto Wesendonck, Wagner, 1983
Captain Stephen Sorrell, Sorrel and Son, BBC, 1984 then broadcastas segments of Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1987
Playing Shakespeare, 1984
George Drummond, Drummonds, LWT, 1985
Joseph Conrad, The Modern World: Ten Great Writers, 1988
Sir Magnus Donners, A Dance to the Music of Time, 1997
Also appeared in Disraeli, BBC, then rebroadcast as segments of Masterpiece Theatre, PBS.
Specials
Jacques, As You Like It (also known as BBC Television Shakespeare: As You Like It), BBC, then PBS, 1979
Brutus, Julius Caesar (also known as BBC Television Shakespeare: Julius Caesar), BBC, then PBS, 1979
Let's Run Away to Africa, 1984
Pythons on the Mountain, 1984
Also appeared as the title role in Henry Irving; speaker, A Child of Our Time; and appeared in productions of The Emergency Channel, Savages, Love Letters on Blue Paper, Love Lies Bleeding, Ghosts, Van Der Valk, The Chief Mourner, The British in Love, Sweet Wine of Youth, The Poisoned Gift, Dreamland, The Houseboy, The Plot to Murder Lloyd George, Philby, and The Trouble with Gregory.
Movies
Berowne, Love's Labour's Lost, 1965
Dr. Veber, Arch of Triumph, CBS, 1985
Hemmerde K. C., The Man from the PRU, 1989
Episodic
Jim Bartley, "The Astronaut," R3, 1964
Albert de Vink, "The Runt," Van der Valk, 1977
William Bryce-Morgan, "Dead on Time," Inspector Morse, 1992
Hansi Bauer, "Helping Hansi," Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, BBC1,1998
Appeared as Michael Connor, "Yellow Pill," in Out of This World.
Other
Appeared as John Dunne, Omnibus.
RECORDINGS
Albums
Shakespeare's Complete Sonnets, 1984
Recorded, with Princess Grace of Monaco, Birds, Beasts, and Flowers. Also recorded numerous verse and prose readings.
WRITINGS
Wrote "Essays on Timon of Athens" for Shakespeare in Perspective,BBC Publishing; and Essays on Pericles, Folio Society.

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