Richard Durden

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Characters played by Richard Durden

First Order Officer — Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

Mid-ranking officer in the First Order military hierarchy

TV Director — Batman (1989)

Media professional managing Gotham television broadcasts.

Alexander Cathcart — The Awakening (2011)

Florence's father, a violent patriarch who murdered his wife and attempted to kill his daughter. He accidentally killed Tom and later took his own life, leaving Florence with repressed traumatic memories.

Jan Smuts — Churchill (2017)

A confidant who tries to persuade Churchill that leadership does not always require being physically present at the front.

Second Officer — Scars of Dracula (1970)

Military or police subordinate

Old Man Hatfield — Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud (2007)

Patriarch of the Hatfield family entrenched in a generational blood feud.

Harvey Miller — The Last Days of Lehman Brothers (2009)

Lehman's attorney, Miller is secretly asked by Fuld to draft a bankruptcy petition while Fuld still hopes for a buyer. He warns that bankruptcy would be an unprecedented catastrophe, then is summoned by Paulson to prepare the filing. Despite his reluctance, he helps carry out the process before the deadline.

Black — The Innocent (1993)

Black lives below Leonard and initially appears friendly, but he also takes an interest in Leonard and in the unfamiliar surroundings connected with his new assignment. The summary gives him a potentially watchful relationship to Leonard, though it does not establish his motives or later actions.

Evil Angel/Knight — Doctor Faustus (1967)

The Evil Angel/Knight functions as a force urging Doctor Faustus away from repentance and toward despair and rebellion. This figure repeatedly reinforces the belief that Faustus is already damned, helping sustain his commitment to the bargain rather than allowing him to seek salvation.

Samuel Parr — Late Shift (2022)

A British steel magnate, Parr is auctioning the centuries-old Chinese porcelain bowl at Hainsworth's. Depending on the player's choices, it is revealed that he paid May-Ling to forge a copy and paid Leclerc to switch the bowls and conceal the real one in another auction item he bought. May-Ling also suspects Parr arranged the crew's fatal crash.

Career Overview

Richard Durden has 72 screen credits in a career dating back to 1965. Their work spans 10 cinematic universes — most prominently Star Wars with 1 titles. Signature works include From Paris with Love, Churchill, Satan Has a Bushy Tail. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For
Acting
Gender
male
Known Credits
72
Birth Date
1944-02-08 00:00:00
Birth Place
Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK

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Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 10 universes

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Related entry on Wikidata (Q7325325), public domain (CC0).