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.
Personal life Durden-Smith was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College and Merton College, Oxford in 1963.
Durden-Smith and Maria Aitken were married in 1968 and divorced in 1971. In 1996 he married actress Jane How. His older brother was Jo Durden-Smith.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes1967 Doctor Faustus Evil Angel / Knight 1970 Scars of Dracula Second Officer 1989 Batman TV Director 1993 The Innocent Black 1995 The Grotesque Sykes-Herring 1996 Beaumarchais Smith 1998 The First 9½ Weeks Laurence Garner Direct-to-video film1999 Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei Barão de Rosthschild 2001 Superstition Minister of Justice 2002 Amen. Ambassador Taylor 2002 The Reckoning Town Justice 2005 The Jacket Dr. Hale 2005 Oliver Twist Unkind Board Member 2005 The Best Man Reverend 2009 Agora Olympius 2009 The Heavy Carl 2009 21 and a Wake-Up 24th Evac Staff and Patients 2010 From Paris With Love Ambassador Thomas Bennington 2011 Anonymous Archbishop 2011 The Awakening Alexander Cathcart 2012 Papadopoulos & Sons Father Jimmy 2015 Je suis daddy Nigel Lawson2016 Late Shift Samuel Parr 2017 Churchill Jan Smuts 2018 Havergill 2018 Postcards from London Max 2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker First Order Officer #6
Television Year Title Role Notes1987 Inspector Morse Alan Richards 1 episode1988 Piece of Cake Medical Officer 1 episode1988 Noble House Havergill 4 episodes1989 The Man Who Lived at the Ritz Man Ray TV movie1993 Agatha Christie's Poirot; The Case of the Missing Will Dr Pritchard 1 episode1997 Dressing for Breakfast Graham 3 episodes1999 The Worst Witch The Chief Wizard, Egbert Hellibore 3 episodes1999 Highlander Anton Novak 1 episode2003 Midsomer Murders Duncan Goff 1 episode2004 Dunkirk Lord Halifax TV movie, Documentary2004 Agatha Christie's Marple Mr. Prestcott 1 episode2006 Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial Lord Justice Lawrence 3 episodes, Documentary2007 Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud Old Man Hatfield TV movie2009 The Last Days of Lehman Brothers Harvey Miller TV movie2014 Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death Mr. Boggle TV movie / Pilot episode2015 Wolf Hall Bishop Fisher 1 episode2016 Agatha Raisin Mr. Boggle 3 episodes2019– Back to Life Oscar Series 1 and 22019 Brexit: The Uncivil War Bill Cash TV movie2019–23 Ghosts Charles Worthing 4 episodes2021 Silent Witness Conor 1 episode2024Sister Boniface Mysteries Arthur Salem Series 3, episode 2: "House of Misfit Dolls"2026–present Harry Potter Professor Cuthberth Binns
On radio, he played Bashwood in Armadale.
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