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.

KNOWN FOR

Midsomer Murders
2003
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1993
Silent Witness
2021
Bridgerton
2024
Minder
1994
Lewis
2012
BBC Play of the Month
1973
Screen Two
1987
Peak Practice
2001
Spooks
2009
ITV Playhouse
1981
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
98
2025
The Secret Santa Project
as Barney
2024
JOY
as Sir Norman Jeffcoate
2024
Bridgerton
as Lord Greer
2024
Sister Boniface Mysteries
as Arthur Salem
2023
The Gold
as Henry
2023
The Change
as Doctor
2023
Ghosts
as Charles Worthing
2022
Late Shift
as Samuel Parr
2021
Ghosts
as Charles
2021
Silent Witness
as Conor Hodgson
2019
Brexit: The Uncivil War
as Bill Cash
2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as First Order Officer
2019
Back to Life
as Oscar Matteson
2019
Ghosts
as Solicitor
2018
The Child in Time
as Stephen's Father
2018
Man of the Hour
as Jeremy's Father
2018
Poldark
as Dr Anselm
2018
Harlots
as Lord Dodds
2017
Churchill
as Jan Smuts
2016
Agatha Raisin
as Mr. Boggle
2015
Satan Has a Bushy Tail
as Derek
2015
Wolf Hall
as Bishop Fisher
2015
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
as Lord Liverpool
2015
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
as Lord Liverpool (uncredited)
2014
The Ties That Bind
as Reverend Cooper
2012
Papadopoulos & Sons
as Father Jimmy
2012
World Without End
as Sir Henry
2012
Lewis
as John Gracey
2012
Silk
as Lord Winter
2012
The Borgias
as The Physician
2011
The Awakening
as Alexander Cathcart
2011
Anonymous
as Archbishop
2011
Hidden
as Dr. Sturgess
2010
From Paris with Love
as Ambassador Bennington
2010
The Heavy
as Carl
2009
Agora
as Olympius
2009
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
as Harvey Miller
2009
Spooks
as Irvin Perrot
2007
Confessions of a Diary Secretary
as Office Manager
2007
Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud
as Old Man Hatfield
2006
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Pebmarsh
2006
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
as Sir Athelstane Jervis
2006
Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial
as Lord Justice Lawrence
2005
The Jacket
as Dr. Hale
2005
Oliver Twist
as Board Member
2005
The Best Man
as Vicar
2005
Fingersmith
as Mr. Hawtrey
2005
Hex
as Dr Wilkinson
2004
Not Only But Always
as Proctor
2004
The Reckoning
as Town Justice
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Mr. Prestcott
2003
Hear the Silence
as Dr. Austen Parker
2003
Midsomer Murders
as Duncan Goff
2003
Foyle's War
as Letwin
2002
Amen.
as Ambassador Taylor
2002
Bobbie's Girl
as Headmaster Ashbourne
2002
Daniel Deronda
as Gentleman
2001
Superstition
as Minister of Justice
2001
Peak Practice
as George Morgan
1999
Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei
as Barão de Rosthschild
1999
Highlander: The Raven
as Anton Novak
1999
The Worst Witch
as Grand Wizard Egbert Hellibore
1998
The First 9½ Weeks
as Laurence Garner
1997
Danielle Steel's Zoya
as Konstantin
1997
Trial & Retribution
as Dr John Foster
1996
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
as Smith
1996
2Point4 Children
as John Crudaal
1996
Madson
as Armstrong
1995
The Grotesque
as Sykes-Herring
1995
Bugs
as Dent
1994
Minder
as Dr. Jarvis
1993
The Innocent
as Black
1993
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Dr. Pritchard
1993
Lovejoy
as Commissaire Dupont
1993
To Play the King
as BBC Official
1993
The House of Eliott
as Archibald Lovat
1991
Sleepers
as Rev. David Bancroft
1991
A Woman at War
as Jaques
1991
Sleepers
as Reverend David Bancroft
1990
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
as BKA Interrogator
1989
Batman
as TV Director
1988
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
as Man Ray
1988
Maigret
as Julian Braden
1988
Noble House
as Havergill
1987
Hedgehog Wedding
as Daniel
1987
Screen Two
as Daniel
1984
Amy
as Captain Bill Hope
1981
The Day of the Janitor
as Roger
1981
Country
as Guy Wheldon
1981
ITV Playhouse
as Roger
1979
Shoestring
as Steve
1978
The Comedy of Errors
as Ephesus Townsperson
1973
The Love-Girl and the Innocent
as Khomich
1973
Justice
as Anthony Sherman
1973
BBC Play of the Month
as Khomich
1970
Scars of Dracula
as Second Officer
1967
Doctor Faustus
as Evil Angel/Knight
Cheaper 2 Keep Her
as Police officer #1