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Biography

Benedicta Leigh (4th July 1955-1990) divorced 2 children. Trivia Daughter,actress Sarah Vernon. Played: Slartibartfast in the cult BBC radio series "The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to…more

Born

3/7/1925, Reading, Berkshire, England

Died

12/4/1997

Birth Name

Richard Evelyn Vernon

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (9)

Role
- Class Act
  Sir Horace Mainwaring
  - S 1: Ep 1 Series 1 Episode 1
    4/7/94
- Paradise Postponed
  Sir Nicholas Fanner
  - S 2: Ep 3 Titmuss Regained (3)
    9/17/91
  - S 2: Ep 2 Titmuss Regained (2)
    9/10/91
  - S 2: Ep 1 Titmuss Regained (1)
    9/3/91
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Simcox Inheritance
    11/24/86
  - S 1: Ep 10 Faith Unfaithful
    11/17/86
  - + 9 More Credits
- A Gentleman's Club
  George
  - S 1: Ep 6 A Memorial Service
    10/28/88
  - S 1: Ep 5 Visiting Tim
    10/21/88
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Perfect Match
    10/14/88
  - S 1: Ep 3 A Question of Er...
    10/7/88
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Actor
    9/30/88
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Nanny (1981)
  Henry, Duke of Broughton (1982)
  - S 3: Ep 10 Let Nothing You Dismay
    3/12/83
  - S 3: Ep 9 Short Engagements
    3/5/83
  - S 3: Ep 8 Frankly Speaking
    2/26/83
  - S 3: Ep 7 A Journey
    2/19/83
  - S 3: Ep 6 Into the Blitz
    2/12/83
  - + 25 More Credits
- Legacy of Murder
  Roland Tolhurst
  - S 1: Ep 6 Corpse in the Act
    3/23/82
  - S 1: Ep 5 Bizarre Bazaar
    3/16/82
  - S 1: Ep 4 Bang, Bang, You're Dead
    3/9/82
  - S 1: Ep 3 Who Do You Voodoo?
    3/2/82
  - S 1: Ep 2 Holy Smoke
    2/23/82
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Sandbaggers
  C (Sir James Greenley) (eps 1-12)
  - S 2: Ep 5 It Couldn't Happen Here
    2/25/80
  - S 2: Ep 4 A Question of Loyalty
    2/18/80
  - S 2: Ep 3 Decision by Committee
    2/11/80
  - S 2: Ep 2 Enough of Ghosts
    2/4/80
  - S 2: Ep 1 At All Costs
    1/28/80
  - + 7 More Credits
- The Duchess of Duke Street
  Major Toby Smith-Barton
  - S 2: Ep 16 Ain't We Got Fun
    12/24/77
  - S 2: Ep 15 Poor Little Rich Girl
    12/17/77
  - S 2: Ep 14 Blossom Time
    12/10/77
  - S 2: Ep 13 Lottie
    12/3/77
  - S 2: Ep 12 The Legion of the Living
    11/19/77
  - + 14 More Credits
- The Fellows (Late of Room 17)
  Edwin Oldenshaw
- The Man in Room 17
  Oldenshaw
  - S 2: Ep 13 Never Fall Down
    7/1/66
  - S 2: Ep 12 Saints Are Safer Dead
    6/24/66
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Standard
    6/17/66
  - S 2: Ep 10 Lady Luck's No Gentleman
    6/10/66
  - S 2: Ep 9 Under Influence
    6/3/66
  - + 21 More Credits
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- Bognor
  Lord Wharfedale
  - S 1: Ep 11 Deadline, Part 5: Good Luck Willy
    3/17/81
  - S 1: Ep 10 Deadline, Part 4: The Criketer's Almanac
    3/12/81
  - S 1: Ep 9 Deadline, Part 3: There Comes No Answer
    3/10/81
  - S 1: Ep 8 Deadline, Part 2: Who Goes Home?
    3/5/81
  - S 1: Ep 7 Deadline, Part 1: They Don't Make Them Like That Any More
    3/3/81
- Saki
  The Major
Guest Star (61)

Role
- Lovejoy
  Roger Nettleton
  - S 6: Ep 3 Somewhere Over the Rainbow
    10/16/94
- Frank Stubbs Promotes
  Lord Dunstable
  - S 2: Ep 1 Charity
    7/11/94
- The Comic Strip
  Suspect (uncredited)
  - S 7: Ep 1 Detectives on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
    4/22/93
- You Rang, M'Lord
  The Earl Of Swaffham
  - S 4: Ep 2 Requiem for a Parrot
    3/27/93
- Bonjour la classe
  Sir Lionel
  - S 1: Ep 5 Herring's Magnificat
    3/15/93
- Rumpole of the Bailey
  Lionel Leering
  - S 7: Ep 6 Rumpole on Trial
    12/3/92
- KYTV
  Chester Chuckles
  - S 2: Ep 1 KYTellython
    3/17/92
- The Camomile Lawn
  General
  - S 1: Ep 2 Part 2
    3/13/92
- About Face
  Bingham
  - S 1: Ep 5 Send Her Victorious
    12/4/89
- Casualty
  Dr Richard Payton
  - S 3: Ep 10 Caring
    11/4/88
- Jim Henson's the Storyteller
  King
  - S 1: Ep 4 A Story Short
    6/5/88
- Hot Metal
  Lord Gilbert
  - S 2: Ep 6 Unleash the Kracken
    4/17/88
- Yes, Prime Minister
  Sir Desmond Glazebrook
  - S 2: Ep 4 A Conflict of Interest
    12/24/87
- Ladies in Charge
  Lord Brompton
  - S 1: Ep 5 Double Act
    6/10/86
- This is Your Life (UK)
  Himself
  - S 26: Ep 20 Richard Vernon
    2/26/86
- Last of the Summer Wine
  Rev Beanpeache
  - S 9: Ep 8 Go With The Flow
    2/22/86
- Lytton's Diary
  Duncan Anderson
  - S 2: Ep 5 National Hero
    2/5/86
- Pig in the Middle
  Lord Gathorne
  - S 3: Ep 6 Getting To Know You, Getting To Change All About You
    4/8/83
- The Morecambe & Wise Show
  Guest Star
  - S 18: Ep 8 1982 Christmas Special
    12/27/82
  - S 17: Ep 7 Joanna Lumley / Richard Vernon
    10/13/81
  - S 17: Ep 4 George Chisholm / Hannah Gordon / Richard Vernon
    9/22/81
  - S 17: Ep 2 Max Bygraves / Richard Vernon
    9/8/81
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Brogan-Moore
  - S 32: Ep 1 Witness for the Prosecution
    12/4/82
- Strangers
  Sir Geoffrey
  - S 5: Ep 4 The Lost Chord
    9/29/82
- Yes Minister
  Sir Desmond Glazebrook
  - S 2: Ep 6 The Quality of Life
    3/30/81
  - S 1: Ep 7 Jobs for the Boys
    4/7/80
- Bognor
  Lord Wharfedale
  - S 1: Ep 12 Deadline, Part 6: Hard Cheese on Eric
    3/19/81
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  Slartibartfast
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode 4
    1/26/81
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode 3
    1/19/81
- Ripping Yarns
  Lord Bartlesham
  - S 2: Ep 3 Roger of the Raj
    10/24/79
- Play for Today
  Guest Star
  - S 8: Ep 16 The After Dinner Joke
    2/14/78
- Edward the King
  Lord Salisbury
  - S 1: Ep 11 King at Last
    6/10/75
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Years of Waiting
    6/3/75
  - S 1: Ep 9 Scandal
    5/27/75
- Dial M for Murder
  Chief
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Man in the Middle
    6/24/74
- Thriller (1973)
  George Cornfield
  - S 3: Ep 4 In the Steps of a Dead Man
    6/22/74
- Upstairs, Downstairs
  Major Cochrane Danby
  - S 3: Ep 8 The Bolter
    12/15/73
- Upstairs, Downstairs
  Major Cochrane-Danby
  - S 3: Ep 3 A Change of Scene
    11/10/73
- The Adventurer
  Sir Richard
  - S 1: Ep 5 Skeleton in the Cupboard
    9/22/73
- Special Branch
  Townsend
  - S 3: Ep 4 Assault
    4/25/73
- Softly Softly
  Sir Ralph Townley
  - S 8: Ep 6 On the Third Day
    10/18/72
- The Persuaders!
  Sir Maxwell Dean
  - S 1: Ep 8 Anyone Can Play
    11/5/71
- The Guardians
  Dace
  - S 1: Ep 7 This Is Quarmby
    8/21/71
- UFO
  Pa Stone
  - S 1: Ep 23 The Sound of Silence
    7/17/71
- The Mind Of Mr. J.G. Reeder
  Major Olbude
  - S 2: Ep 8 The Treasure Hunt
    6/7/71
- Paul Temple
  Carlton
  - S 3: Ep 8 Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?
    3/7/71
- Fraud Squad
  Sir Roy Prentice
  - S 2: Ep 4 Double Deal
    10/10/70
- Edgar Wallace Mysteries
  Viney
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Clue of the Twisted Candle
- The Wednesday Play
  Guest Star
  - S 9: Ep 7 Happy
    11/12/69
  - S 6: Ep 12 Everybody's Rich Except Us
    1/25/67
- Department S
  Colonel Loring
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Pied Piper of Hambledown
    9/30/69
- Somerset Maugham Theatre
  Lord Kastellan
  - S 1: Ep 1 A Casual Affair
    6/3/69
- Journey to the Unknown
  Sir Gerald Walters
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Madison Equation
    1/23/69
- Mystery and Imagination
  Professor Krempe
  - S 4: Ep 2 Frankenstein
    11/11/68
- Thirty-Minute Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 9 Cause of Death
    11/11/68
- Comedy Playhouse
  Antrobus
  - S 7: Ep 4 Stiff Upper Lip
    5/17/68
- Play of the Month
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 5 The Cabinet Makers
    3/14/67
- The Plane Makers
  Keith Saville
  - S 2: Ep 12 Strings in Whitehall
    12/3/63
- The Saint
  Sir John Ripwell
  - S 2: Ep 5 The Elusive Ellshaw
    10/17/63
- Z Cars
  Det. Chief Inspector Humphries
  - S 2: Ep 13 Business Trip
    12/12/62
- The Avengers
  Lord Matterley
  - S 2: Ep 7 The Mauritius Penny
    11/10/62
- Maigret
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 1 Voices from the Past
    9/24/62
- The Cheaters
  Ken Northwood
  - S 2: Ep 26 Knight Of The Road
    6/16/62
- Dixon of Dock Green
  Mr. Fellowes
  - S 8: Ep 20 A Path through the Jungle
    1/20/62
- No Hiding Place
  John Eldin
  - S 3: Ep 8 Payment in Kind
    3/24/61
- The Cheaters
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 11 A Question Of Murder
    2/25/61
- Dixon of Dock Green
  Mr. Pascoe
  - S 7: Ep 11 The Mystery of the Wandering Voice
    12/10/60
- No Hiding Place
  Charles Lacey
  - S 1: Ep 14 Black Fashion
    12/16/59
- The Adventures of William Tell
  Merchant
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Killer
    2/9/59

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