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Richard Briers

Acting
Known For

79 Years Old

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).

Born

Raynes Park, Surrey, England, UK on 14th January 1934

Died

17th February 2013

All Credits

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Midsomer Murders
Stephen Wentworth
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Agatha Christie's Marple
Wilson
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Doctor Who
Chief Caretaker
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Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
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Wogan
Self
Mr. Bean Image
Mr. Bean
Mr. Sprout
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Torchwood
Parker
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Parkinson
Self
Play for Today Image
Play for Today
Commander Jack Broome
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Play for Today
Mr. Smythe
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BBC Play of the Month
Sandy Tyrell
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Tales of the Unexpected
Albert Dobson
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New Tricks
James Farlow
Natural World Image
Natural World
Extras Image
Extras
Richard Briers
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Theatre 625
David Prentice
Screen Two Image
Screen Two
Old Arthur/George
Watership Down Image
Watership Down
Fiver (voice)
Hamlet Image
Hamlet
Polonius
Doctor in Distress Image
Doctor in Distress
Medical Student (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers Image
The Three Musketeers
Louis XIII (voice)
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Great
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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Monarch of the Glen
Hector MacDonald
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Bottoms Up!
Colbourne
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Fathom
Flight Lt. Timothy Webb
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Lovejoy
Raymond Doncaster
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Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self
Peter's Friends Image
Peter's Friends
Lord Morton
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The Adventures of Mole
Rat
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Unconditional Love
Barry Moore
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Peter Pan
Sam "Smee" Smiegel
Brass Eye Image
Brass Eye
Self
Kingdom Image
Kingdom
Jim Wright
Henry V Image
Henry V
Lieutenant Bardolph
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Children's Favourites - Volume 1
Alias (voice)
The Adventures of Toad Image
The Adventures of Toad
Rat
The Good Life Image
The Good Life
Tom Good
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In the Bleak Midwinter
Henry
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Comedy Connections
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Rentadick
Miles Gannet
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Ooh La La!
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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Grandfather
A Small Miracle Image
A Small Miracle
Himself - Commentator
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Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Malvolio
The Girl on the Boat Image
The Girl on the Boat
Eustace Hignett
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Dixon of Dock Green
Ken Tracey
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Much Ado About Nothing
Signor Leonato
Ever Decreasing Circles Image
Ever Decreasing Circles
Watership Down Image
Watership Down
Captain Broom (voice)
Murder She Said Image
Murder She Said
'Mrs Binster'
The Four Musketeers Image
The Four Musketeers
Louis XIII (voice) (uncredited)
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Mole's Christmas
Rat
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The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Himself
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Our Flesh and Blood
Mr. Smythe
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The Bargee
Tomkins
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NBC Experiment in Television
(voice)
Marriage Lines Image
Marriage Lines
No Image
Arms and the Man
Bluntschli
Dad Image
Dad
Larry James
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Spice World
Bishop
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Cockneys vs Zombies
Hamish
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Skallagrigg
Old Arthur/George
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Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
The Chief Caretaker
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From a Bird's Eye View
George Lemon
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As You Like It
Adam
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A Bucket O' French and Saunders
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P.Q. 17
Jack Broome
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The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
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A Respectable Trade
Sir Charles Fairley
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Love's Labour's Lost
Sir Nathaniel
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The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
Henry Fairlane
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The Norman Conquests
Reg
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Tall Stories
Girls at Sea Image
Girls at Sea
'Popeye' Lewis
Armchair Theatre Image
Armchair Theatre
Stanley Frelaine
Roobarb Image
Roobarb
No Image
Down to Earth
Tony Fairfax
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Ben Travers Farces
Charlie Tutt
All in Good Faith Image
All in Good Faith
Reverend Philip Lambe
Victoria & Albert Image
Victoria & Albert
Joseph Paxton
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Heavy Weather
The Hon. Galahad Threepwood
Bird Bath Image
Bird Bath
Narrator
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That's What I Call Television
Self
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Brothers In Law
All the Way Up Image
All the Way Up
Nigel Hadfield
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The Student Prince
Dr. Corbitt
Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk Image
Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk
A Home of Your Own Image
A Home of Your Own
The Husband
Run For Your Wife Image
Run For Your Wife
Newspaper Seller
If You See God, Tell Him Image
If You See God, Tell Him
Godfrey Spry
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Little Red Tractor Stories
Narrator (voice)
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A Chorus of Disapproval
Ted Washbrook
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Birds On The Wing
Charles Jackson
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Swan Song
Nikita
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Bob the Builder: The Knights of Can-A-Lot
Robert (voice)
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves Image
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
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One-Upmanship
A Matter of WHO Image
A Matter of WHO
Jamieson
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Alias the Jester
Alias
National Theatre Live: London Assurance Image
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
Mr. Adolphus Spanker
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley Image
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
Roobarb/Custard (voice)
It's Your Move Image
It's Your Move
The Husband
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Village Wooing
A
Geoff Hamilton: a Man and His Garden Image
Geoff Hamilton: a Man and His Garden
Narrator
Roobarb and Custard Too Image
Roobarb and Custard Too
Narrator
The Other One Image
The Other One
Ralph Tanner
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Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
Mouse (voice)
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Goodbye Mr Kent
Travis Kent
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The Good Life: Secret & Scandals
(archive footage)
All in Good Time Image
All in Good Time
The Young Husband
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My Appalling School Report
No Image
Our Hidden Lives
Herbert Brush
Noddy Image
Noddy
Narrator
The Good Life: Inside Out Image
The Good Life: Inside Out
The Aerodrome Image
The Aerodrome
The Rector
Horror on the High Rise Image
Horror on the High Rise
All About The Good Life Image
All About The Good Life
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Frances the Firefly
Narrator (voice)
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Roobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection
Narrator, Roobarb, Custard / lot of characters. (uncredited)