Richard Vernon Biography

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Richard Vernon (March 7, 1925 – December 4, 1997) was a British actor. He appeared in many feature films and television programmes, often in aristocratic roles (for example as Lord Bartelsham in the Ripping Yarns episode Roger of the Raj and, in a serious mode, as Squire Dale in the BBC radio 4 adaptation of The Small House at Allington).

He is also remembered for his parts as an unnamed man on a train reluctantly sharing a seat with the Beatles in A Hard Day's Night, the planetary designer Slartibartfast (proudly responsible for the fiords!) in the BBC radio and TV series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, as Sir James Greenley ("C") in The Sandbaggers, as Lord Salisbury in Edward the Seventh, as Major Toby Smith-Barton in The Duchess of Duke Street, as the Duke of Broughton in Nanny, and as the occasional character Sir Desmond Glazebrook in the TV series Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister.

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• 1. Man on Train: I fought the war for your sort.
  2. Ringo Starr: I bet you're sorry you won.
  From A Hard Day's Night. Submitted by Brian G (3 months ago)