Person Details

Birthday: 1934-01-14 16:17:20

Death: 2013-02-17 16:17:20

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

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

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Movie Involvements: 24

TV Involvements: 16


Most Famous Work

Biography

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 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).

Most Famous Work

Midsomer Murders
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8

Midsomer Murders

(1997) Stephen Wentworth
Doctor Who
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8

Doctor Who

(1963) Chief Caretaker
Torchwood
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7

Torchwood

(2006) Parker
Agatha Christie's Marple
Average
8

Agatha Christie's Marple

(2004) Wilson
Tales of the Unexpected
Average
7

Tales of the Unexpected

(1979) Albert Dobson
Kingdom
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8

Kingdom

(2007) Jim Wright
Screen Two
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8

Screen Two

(1985) Old Arthur/George
Peter Pan
Average
7

Peter Pan

(2003) Smee

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2022 Archive Footage
2017 Narrator, Roobarb, Custard and the other lot of characters.
2016 Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013 Mouse (voice)
2012 Hamish
Newspaper Seller
2010 N/A
Mr. Adolphus Spanker
2009 Roobarb/Custard (voice)
2007 N/A
N/A
Jim Wright
2006 Parker
Narrator
Adam
N/A
2005 Herbert Brush
Narrator
Richard Briers
Himself
Larry James
2004 Wilson
N/A
2003 Smee
N/A
2002 Barry Moore
2001 Self
2000 Sir Nathaniel
Hector MacDonald
N/A
1999 Broom
1998 Dr. Corbitt
Narrator
Sir Charles Fairley
1997 Bishop
Stephen Wentworth
N/A
1996 Polonius
Rat
1995 Rat
The Hon. Galahad Threepwood
Henry
N/A
1994 Rat
Grandfather
Old Arthur/George
1993 Godfrey Spry
Signor Leonato
1992 Lord Morton
Nikita
1990 Mr. Sprout
1989 Lieutenant Bardolph
Ted Washbrook
1988 Malvolio
1987 The Chief Caretaker
1986 Raymond Doncaster
1985 N/A
Alias
Old Arthur/George
1984 N/A
1983 The Rector
N/A
Bluntschli
1982 The Husband
Self
N/A
1981 Jack Broome
1979 Albert Dobson
1978 Fiver (voice)
1977 Ralph Tanner
Reg
N/A
Mr. Smythe
1976 N/A
Himself - Commentator
1975 Tom Good
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
1974 Louis XIII (voice) (uncredited)
N/A
1973 Louis XIII (voice)
1972 Miles Gannet
1971 N/A
1970 N/A
N/A
George Lemon
Nigel Hadfield
1968 N/A
1967 Flight Lt. Timothy Webb
1964 The Young Husband
Tomkins
The Husband
1963 Chief Caretaker
Medical Student (uncredited)
1962 Eustace Hignett
N/A
1961 Jamieson
'Mrs Binster'
N/A
1960 Colbourne
1958 'Popeye' Lewis
1955 Ken Tracey
voice
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

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