Norman Bird
Age: N/A | From: Coalville, Leicestershire, England, UK
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Норман Бёрд , John George Norman Bird
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Coalville, Leicestershire, England, UK
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Movie Involvements: 36
TV Involvements: 14
Most Famous Work
Biography
John George Norman Bird (30 October 1924 – 22 April 2005) was an English character actor. Bird was born in Coalville, Leicestershire, England. A RADA graduate, he made his West End debut in Peter Brook's production of The Winter's Tale at the Phoenix Theatre in 1951. He was also a member of the BBC's Radio Drama Company. His first film appearance was as the foreman in An Inspector Calls (1954). He was a familiar face to British cinema audiences of the 1950s and 1960s, appearing in nearly 50 films such as The Angry Silence (1960), The League of Gentlemen (1960), Whistle Down the Wind (1961), Victim (1961) and Term of Trial (1962) with Laurence Olivier and The Hill with Sean Connery (1965). He had over 200 television appearances, notably as Mr Braithwaite in Worzel Gummidge (1979–81) and Mr Arrad in the Fawlty Towers episode "Waldorf Salad" (1979). His long list of credits include Steptoe and Son, Till Death Us Do Part, Rising Damp, Ever Decreasing Circles, Yes Minister, To Serve Them All My Days, All Creatures Great and Small, Z-Cars, Public Eye, The Saint, Department S, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and Boon. In 1990 he appeared in Stay Lucky, with Dennis Waterman, which marked his 200th television appearance. One of his last film appearances was as a taxi driver in Richard Attenborough's Shadowlands (1993).
Most Famous Work
The Saint
(1962) Weems
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
(1971) Inspector Trent
Department S
(1969) Drayton
Return of the Saint
(1978) Morgan
Hammer House of Horror
(1980) Basil
Public Eye
(1965) Arthur Biddle
Gideon's Way
(1965) Supt. Fred Lee
The Lord of the Rings
(1978) Bilbo (voice)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Grandfather | |
| 1993 | Taxi Driver Witness | |
| 1992 | Mr Radley | |
| 1986 | Mr Normington | |
| 1984 | Seeds | |
| N/A | ||
| Ham | ||
| 1982 | Mr. Morris | |
| 1981 | Doctor | |
| Dr. Philmore | ||
| 1980 | Mr Braithwaite | |
| Alderman Blunt | ||
| Basil | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1979 | Mr. Braithwaite | |
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| 1978 | Bilbo (voice) | |
| Office Manager | ||
| Morgan | ||
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| Major Henry Morlar | ||
| Farmer Benson | ||
| 1977 | N/A | |
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| 1976 | N/A | |
| Dress Shop Proprieter | ||
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| Farmer | ||
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| 1975 | Mr. Arrad | |
| Mr. Bunn | ||
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| Ambrose | ||
| 1973 | Sid Stubbins | |
| Inspector Street | ||
| 1972 | Ambrose | |
| Warder Burke | ||
| N/A | ||
| Brooks | ||
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| Brewer | ||
| 1971 | Police Inspector | |
| Inspector Trent | ||
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| Reynolds | ||
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| Dr Matthews | ||
| 1970 | Alderman Poot | |
| Walter | ||
| Uncle Fred | ||
| 1969 | Samuel Tomkins | |
| Sgt. Hooper | ||
| Elliot | ||
| Drayton | ||
| Training Sgt (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
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| 1968 | Copperfield | |
| 1967 | N/A | |
| 1966 | Clergyman | |
| N/A | ||
| 1965 | Mr. Cheeseman - undertaker | |
| Commandant | ||
| Supt. Fred Lee | ||
| Arthur Biddle | ||
| 1964 | Harris | |
| Mr. Edward Freeman | ||
| Stuart | ||
| Employment Exchange Clerk | ||
| Waterways Supervisor Albert Williams | ||
| 1963 | Harold Davis | |
| Salon | ||
| Reginald Fletcher | ||
| Mr. Pitt | ||
| Aubrey | ||
| Policeman | ||
| 1962 | Senior Yacht Guard | |
| Mr. Spode | ||
| Weems | ||
| Mr. Taylor | ||
| Doctor | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1961 | Sanderson | |
| Harold Doe | ||
| Eddie | ||
| Ralph Beldon | ||
| Travers | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1960 | Herbert | |
| Weaver | ||
| Roberts | ||
| 1959 | N/A | |
| 1956 | Walter | |
| 1954 | Jones-Collins - Foreman | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
