Pearson was born in
Cleckheaton, near
Batley in the
West Riding of Yorkshire, the son of William Edward Pearson and his wife Ada,
né Farrar. He was educated at Whitcliffe Mount Grammar School and Owen's College. He then became a clerk in the
Midland Bank. After serving in the armed forces in the
First World War he studied for the stage at Lady Benson's Dramatic School and made his first appearance on the stage at the Palace Pier, Brighton in 1919 as the Police Officer in ''Diana of Dobson's''. He returned to London in 1937 and appeared as Viscount Pascal in
The Switchback, Tubby Pearson in
Dodsworth, Harper in
Nanny, and at the St Martin's in October 1938 he played Alderman Helliwell in the premiere of
When We Are Married.
Films In addition to his stage career, Pearson acted in films from 1938 to 1964: ==References==