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Richard Easton (born John Richard Easton; March 22, 1933) is a Canadian actor. He is best known in for his portrayal of Brian Hammond in the 1970s BBC serial The Brothers. Easton was born in Montréal, Québec, Canada, the son of Mary Louise (née Withington) and Leonard Idell Easton, a civil engineer. He has performed in a number of stage productions, as well as various film roles. He has had television guest appearances on Doctor Who, L.A. Law, Frasier, and Ed and in 2011 he made a guest appearance in the second season of Boardwalk Empire. Easton underwent a procedure to correct a heart... MORE

Richard Easton (born John Richard Easton; March 22, 1933) is a Canadian actor. He is best known in for his portrayal of Brian Hammond in the 1970s BBC serial The Brothers. Easton was born in Montréal, Québec, Canada, the son of Mary Louise (née Withington) and Leonard Idell Easton, a civil engineer. He has performed in a number of stage productions, as well as various film roles. He has had television guest appearances on Doctor Who, L.A. Law, Frasier, and Ed and in 2011 he made a guest appearance in the second season of Boardwalk Empire. Easton underwent a procedure to correct a heart arrhythmia in 2006, briefly delaying the opening of Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia, in which he plays a central role. Between 2005 and 2011, he has appeared as Benjamin Franklin in a series of commercials and videos about Freemasonry, produced for the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts A.F. & A.M.. Easton was awarded the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play in 2001 for his role in Tom Stoppard's The Invention of Love. LESS