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Richard Briers
Richard Briers

Richard Briers

ActingBorn January 14, 1934Died February 17, 2013 (age 79)Raynes Park, Surrey, England, UK

Biography

Richard David Briers, CBE (14 January 1934 – 17 February 2013) was an English actor. His fifty-year career encompassed television, stage, film and radio. Briers first came to prominence as George Starling in Marriage Lines (1961–66), but it was a decade later, when he narrated Roobarb and Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk (1974–76) and when he played Tom Good in the BBC sitcom The Good Life (1975–78), that he became a household name. Later, he starred as Martin in Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–89), and he had a leading role as Hector in Monarch of the Glen (2000–05). From the late 1980s, with Kenneth Branagh as director, he performed Shakespearean roles in Henry V (1989), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Hamlet (1996), and As You Like It (2006).

Filmography

2022Movie
2017
Roobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection

as Narrator, Roobarb, Custard / lot of characters. (uncredited)

Movie
2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

as Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
2013Movie
2012Movie
2012
Run For Your Wife

as Newspaper Seller

Movie
2010Movie
2007
Kingdom

as Jim Wright

TV
2006
Torchwood

as Parker

TV
2006Movie
2005
Our Hidden Lives

as Herbert Brush

Movie
2005TV
2005
Extras

as Richard Briers

TV
2005
Dad

as Larry James

Movie
2004
New Tricks

as James Farlow

TV
2003
Peter Pan

as Sam "Smee" Smiegel

Movie
2002
Unconditional Love

as Barry Moore

Movie
2001
Victoria & Albert

as Joseph Paxton

Movie
2000
Love's Labour's Lost

as Sir Nathaniel

Movie
2000
Monarch of the Glen

as Hector MacDonald

TV
1999
Watership Down

as Captain Broom (voice)

TV
1998
The Student Prince

as Dr. Corbitt

Movie
1998
A Respectable Trade

as Sir Charles Fairley

TV
1998
Parkinson

as Self

TV
1997
Spice World

as Bishop

Movie
1997
Midsomer Murders

as Stephen Wentworth

TV
1997
Brass Eye

as Self

TV
1996
Hamlet

as Polonius

Movie
1996Movie
1995
Heavy Weather

as The Hon. Galahad Threepwood

Movie
1995Movie
1995Movie
1995
Down to Earth

as Tony Fairfax

TV
1994Movie
1994Movie
1994
Skallagrigg

as Old Arthur/George

Movie
1994
Frances the Firefly

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1993TV
1993
Much Ado About Nothing

as Signor Leonato

Movie
1992
Peter's Friends

as Lord Morton

Movie
1992
Swan Song

as Nikita

Movie
1990
Mr. Bean

as Mr. Sprout

TV
1989
Henry V

as Lieutenant Bardolph

Movie
1989
A Chorus of Disapproval

as Ted Washbrook

Movie
1988Movie
1987
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

as The Chief Caretaker

Movie
1986
Lovejoy

as Raymond Doncaster

TV
1985
All in Good Faith

as Reverend Philip Lambe

TV
1985TV
1985Movie
1985
Screen Two

as Old Arthur/George

TV
1983
The Aerodrome

as The Rector

Movie
1983
Arms and the Man

as Bluntschli

Movie
1982
It's Your Move

as The Husband

Movie
1982
Wogan

as Self

TV
1982
Goodbye Mr Kent

as Travis Kent

TV
1981
P.Q. 17

as Jack Broome

Movie
1979Movie
1979
Tales of the Unexpected

as Albert Dobson

TV
1978
Watership Down

as Fiver (voice)

Movie
1977
The Other One

as Ralph Tanner

TV
1977TV
1977TV
1977
Our Flesh and Blood

as Mr. Smythe

Movie
1976
One-Upmanship

as Stephen Potter

TV
1976
A Small Miracle

as Himself - Commentator

Movie
1975
The Good Life

as Tom Good

TV
1975
Noddy

as Narrator

TV
1975
Great

as Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Movie
1974
The Four Musketeers

as Louis XIII (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1974TV
1973
The Three Musketeers

as Louis XIII (voice)

Movie
1973
Between the Wars

as Oswald Carstairs

TV
1972
Rentadick

as Miles Gannet

Movie
1971
Birds on the Wing

as Charles Jackson

TV
1970
Play for Today

as Mr. Smythe

TV
1970
Play for Today

as Commander Jack Broome

TV
1970
Ben Travers Farces

as Charlie Tutt

TV
1970
From a Bird's Eye View

as George Lemon

TV
1970
All the Way Up

as Nigel Hadfield

Movie
1967TV
1967
Fathom

as Flight Lt. Timothy Webb

Movie
1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Sandy Tyrell

TV
1964
A Home of Your Own

as The Husband

Movie
1964
Thursday Theatre

as David Prentice

TV
1964
Theatre 625

as David Prentice

TV
1964
The Bargee

as Tomkins

Movie
1964
All in Good Time

as The Young Husband

Movie
1963
Doctor Who

as Chief Caretaker

TV
1963
Doctor in Distress

as Medical Student (uncredited)

Movie
1962
The Girl on the Boat

as Eustace Hignett

Movie
1961
Faces of Jim

as John Frobisher

TV
1961
Faces of Jim

as Lighthouse Assistant

TV
1961
Faces of Jim

as Ricky Groin

TV
1961
A Matter of WHO

as Jamieson

Movie
1961
Murder She Said

as 'Mrs Binster'

Movie
1961
Marriage Lines

as George Starling

TV
1960
Bottoms Up!

as Colbourne

Movie
1958
Girls at Sea

as 'Popeye' Lewis

Movie
1956
Armchair Theatre

as Stanley Frelaine

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV
1955
Dixon of Dock Green

as Ken Tracey

TV
Bird Bath

as Narrator

TV
Little Red Tractor Stories

as Narrator (voice)

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJanuary 14, 1934
Day of DeathFebruary 17, 2013
Place of BirthRaynes Park, Surrey, England, UK
Popularity0.8