AKA Richard Evelyn Vernon

Born: 7-Mar-1925
Birthplace: Reading, Berkshire, England
Died: 4-Dec-1997
Location of death: London, England
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Oldenshaw on The Man in Room 17

Military service: Royal Navy (WWII)

Wife: Benedicta Leigh (actress, m. 4-Jul-1955, div. 1990, one son, one daughter)

    High School: Reading School, Reading, Berkshire
    High School: Leighton Park School, Reading, Berkshire
    Conservatory: Central School of Speech and Drama

    Risk Factors: Parkinson's

    TELEVISION
    Class Act Sir Horace Mainwaring (1994-95)
    Leaving Mr. Chessington (1984)
    Bognor Lord Wharfedale (1981)
    The Sandbaggers C (1978-80)
    The Duchess of Duke Street Maj. Smith-Barton (1976-77)
    Harriet's Back in Town Oliver Warburton (1973)
    The Fellows Edwin Oldenshaw (1967)
    The Man in Room 17 Edwin Oldenshaw (1965-66)
    The Odd Man Charles Ormiston (1960)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Loch Ness (9-Feb-1996) · Aged Professor
    The Camomile Lawn (5-Mar-1992)
    A Month in the Country (27-Sep-1987) · Col. Hebron
    Lady Jane (7-Feb-1986) · The Marquess of Winchester
    Gandhi (6-Dec-1982) · Sir Edward Gait
    Witness for the Prosecution (4-Dec-1982) · Brogan-Moore
    Evil Under the Sun (5-Mar-1982) · Flewitt
    Oh, Heavenly Dog! (11-Jul-1980)
    The Human Factor (18-Dec-1979)
    The Pink Panther Strikes Again (15-Dec-1976) · Fassbender
    Edward the King (1-Apr-1975)
    The Satanic Rites of Dracula (13-Jan-1974)
    Song of Norway (4-Nov-1970)
    The Early Bird (30-Nov-1965)
    The Secret of My Success (29-Sep-1965)
    The Intelligence Men (13-Apr-1965)
    The Tomb of Ligeia (20-Jan-1965)
    Goldfinger (17-Sep-1964) · Smithers
    A Hard Day's Night (6-Jul-1964)
    Hot Enough for June (10-Mar-1964) · Roddinghead
    The Servant (Sep-1963) · Lord Mounset
    Just for Fun (Feb-1963)
    Reach for Glory (1962)
    Cash on Demand (1961) · Pearson
    Village of the Damned (7-Dec-1960) · Sir Edgar Hargraves
    Foxhole in Cairo (4-Oct-1960)
    The Seige of Pinchgut (1959)

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