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Richard Briers

Acting
Known For

79 Years Old

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).

Born

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

Died

17th February 2013

All Credits

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