Richard Briers


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Actor

Richard David Briers, CBE 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 i...

Place of Birth: Raynes Park, Surrey, England, UK

Date of Birth: Jan 14, 1934

Date of Death: Feb 17, 2013


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Filmography

Actor (52 Known Credits)


British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited)

Extras

Richard Briers

Our Hidden Lives

Herbert Brush

Dad

Larry James

Unconditional Love

Barry Moore

Love's Labour's Lost

Sir Nathaniel

The Student Prince

Dr. Corbitt

A Respectable Trade

Sir Charles Fairley

Hamlet

Polonius

Heavy Weather

The Hon. Galahad Threepwood

Skallagrigg

Old Arthur/George

Much Ado About Nothing

Signor Leonato

Peter's Friends

Lord Morton

Henry V

Lieutenant Bardolph

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

The Chief Caretaker/The Great Architect

Screen Two

Old Arthur/George

Arms and the Man

Bluntschli

The Aerodrome

The Rector

It's Your Move

The Husband

Watership Down

Fiver (voice)

A Small Miracle

Himself - Commentator

The Good Life

Tom Good

Great

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Rentadick

Miles Gannet

Fathom

Flight Lt. Timothy Webb

A Home of Your Own

The Husband

All in Good Time

The Young Husband

Murder She Said

'Mrs Binster'

Murder She Said

'Mrs. Binster'

The Girl on the Boat

Eustace Hignett

Bottoms Up!

Colbourne

Girls at Sea

'Popeye' Lewis

Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mouse (voice)
Hamish
Mr. Adolphus Spanker
Adam
Extras (2005 - 2006)
Richard Briers
Herbert Brush
Dad (2005)
Larry James
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004 - 2013)
Wilson
Peter Pan (2003)
Smee
Barry Moore
Sir Nathaniel
Bob the Builder (1999 - 2016)
Robert
Dr. Corbitt
Sir Charles Fairley
Bishop
Hamlet (1996)
Polonius
Heavy Weather (1995)
The Hon. Galahad Threepwood
Großvater
Rat
Skallagrigg (1994)
Old Arthur/George
Signor Leonato
Godfrey Spry
Lord Morton
Henry V (1989)
Lieutenant Bardolph
The Chief Caretaker/The Great Architect
Screen Two (1985 - 1996)
Old Arthur/George
Bluntschli
The Aerodrome (1983)
The Rector
The Husband
Fiver (voice)
Mr. Smythe
Himself - Commentator
The Good Life (1975 - 1977)
Tom Good
Great (1975)
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Rentadick (1972)
Miles Gannet
Fathom (1967)
Flight Lt. Timothy Webb
The Husband
The Young Husband
'Mrs Binster'
'Mrs. Binster'
Jamieson
Eustace Hignett
Bottoms Up! (1960)
Colbourne
Girls at Sea (1958)
'Popeye' Lewis

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