Richard Vernon is one of Britain's most distinguished leading character actors. He first appeared in London as Mr. Darling in PETER PAN, and he has starred in a great many highly successful TV plays and long-running series, including THE MEN IN ROOM 17, THE DUCHESS OF DUKE STREET, as Lord Salisbury in EDWARD VII and Yorkshire's award winning play SARAH. He took over Sir Laurence Olivier's' role in SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY when this play transferred from the National to the Queen's Theatre. Incidentally, his ancestor Admiral Vernon was the originator of the Grog Ration for the Navy.