Richard Hope

Actor Oct 11 (age 72) Kettering, Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England, UK 1975–2026 (51 year career)

6.7 avg rating

Biography

Richard Hope is a British actor who gained recognition from Brideshead Revisited as the doltish junior officer, Hooper, under Jeremy Irons charge. He is best known for playing Harris Pascoe in the UK TV drama Poldark.

Known For

Film

Cleaner

Alistair Lawson

Film

Mr. Morgan's Last Love

Stamp Collector

Film

Finding Your Feet

Care Home Manager

Film

The French Lieutenant's Woman

3rd Assistant

Film

The Great Train Robbery

DCS Malcolm Fewtrell

Film

Breaking Glass

Audition Musician

Film

Plenty

Alistair

Film

McLibel

Judge

Filmography

Acting (82)

Movies (44)

Giant

2026 Upcoming

as Wally Saunders

Nov 19

Giant

2026 Upcoming

Nov 19

Cleaner

2025

as Alistair Lawson

6.5

The Secret Assistants

2025

as Henry

The Village in the Woods

2021

as Charles

5.0

We All Just Want to Be Mad

2020

as The Wide(r) Man

Finding Your Feet

2017

as Care Home Manager

7.0

Mr. Morgan's Last Love

2013

as Stamp Collector

6.6

King Lear

2012

as Duke of Albany

Mrs. McGinty's Dead

2008

as Harold Spence

The Shell Seekers

2007

as George Chamberlaine

6.9

Chromophobia

2006

as Simon Whitemore

5.1

The Thieving Headmistress

as Auditor Andy Pert

McLibel

as Judge

Riot at the Rite

as Grigoriev

The Government Inspector

as Richard Sambrook

The Honeytrap

as Detective Fowler

A Is for Acid

as Dr. Archie Henderson

My Brother Tom

as Jessica's Dad

The Sea Change

as Alistair

Alive and Kicking

as Karaoke Doctor

The Last Post

as Man

Feast of July

1995

as Squire Wyman

5.5

Swords at Teatime

1992

as Dennis

'Itch

1991

as Geoff

Children Crossing

as Tom

Antonia and Jane

as Norman Beer

Death Has A Bad Reputation

1990

as Spry

4.0

A Casualty of War

1989

as Donald Spry

Burning Ambition

1988

as Martin's Father / Mr. Saunders / Motorway Buff

Bellman and True

1987

as Salto

6.5

See You at Wembley, Frankie Walsh

as Malcolm

Plenty

as Alistair

The Innocent

as Mouth Organ Player

Scandalous

as Young Detective

Laughterhouse

as Hubert

December Flower

as Dr. Mere

Simulation Exercise

1984

as Mr Exton

Wayne and Albert

1983

as Second ambulanceman

The French Lieutenant's Woman

as 3rd Assistant

Breaking Glass

as Audition Musician

Bloody Kids

as Police 2

Saturday, Sunday, Monday

1978

as Atillio

By Common Consent

1975

as Security Official

Television (38)

Hijack

2023

as Philip Paxton

7.5

The Chelsea Detective

2022

as Andrew Knightley

6.3

1899

2022

as Dr. Reginald Murray

7.5

Mandy

2020

as Jeffery Betts

7.5

Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler

as Frederick

Poldark

as Harris Pascoe

Endeavour

as Ted / Sergeant Wilkins

8.1

Father Brown

2013

as Sir St. John Pryde

7.6

Broadchurch

2013

as Arthur Tamworth

7.9

The Great Train Robbery

2013

as DCS Malcolm Fewtrell

Skins

as George

Doctor Who

as Dr Malokeh

Jericho

as TV Interviewer

Murder in Suburbia

Murder City

Murder Investigation Team

as DS Barry Purvis

Foyle's War

as Frank Vaudrey

The Forsyte Saga

as Gradman

Tipping the Velvet

as Mr. Astley

In Deep

as Dr. Kingswood

Reach for the Moon

as Lawrence Fenton

Children of the New Forest

as Heatherstone

Midsomer Murders

as Gordon Brierly

A Perfect State

The Demon Headmaster

as Professor Tim Dexter

Bramwell

as George Talbot

Tears Before Bedtime

as Stuart Freeman

The Vet

1995

as Colin English

The Riff Raff Element

as Mortimer Tundish

Peak Practice

as Roy Shearer

Heartbeat

as James Vincent

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

as Supt. Harold Spence

Victoria Wood

as Alan Warburton

Piece of Cake

as 'Skull' Skelton

Love and Marriage

as Alan

Brideshead Revisited

as Lieutenant Hooper

Secret Army

as Sgt. Hose

Laurence Olivier Presents

1976

as Atillio

7.0