Norman Bird

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-10-30 (85 years old)

Deathday

2005-04-22

Place of Birth

Coalville, Leicestershire, England, UK

Norman Bird

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 Lauren...

Acting

1978

The Lord of the Rings

as Bilbo (voice)

1965

The Hill

as Commandant

1972

Doomwatch

as Brewer

1962

In Search of the Castaways

as Senior Yacht Guard

1963

Maniac

as Salon

1961

Cash on Demand

as Arthur Sanderson

1962

1963

1993

Shadowlands

as Taxi Driver Witness

1960

1972

Ooh...You Are Awful

as Warder Burke

1960

Man in the Moon

as Herbert

1962

Term of Trial

as Mr. Taylor

1961

The Secret Partner

as Ralph Beldon

1964

1964

The Bargee

as Waterways Supervisor Albert Williams

1966

Sky West and Crooked

as Mr. Cheeseman - undertaker

1968

A Dandy in Aspic

as Copperfield

1964

The Beauty Jungle

as Mr. Edward Freeman

1963

80,000 Suspects

as Harold Davis

1963

The Cracksman

as Policeman

1969

Run a Crooked Mile

as Sgt. Hooper

1984

1970

1961

Victim

as Harold Doe

1969

All at Sea

as Mr. Danvers

1966

The Wrong Box

as Clergyman

1976

Pot Luck

as Farmer

1969

Oh! What a Lovely War

as Training Sgt (uncredited)

1973

Elementary, My Dear Watson

as Inspector Street

1976

The Slipper and the Rose

as Dress Shop Proprieter

1982

1963

Bitter Harvest

as Mr. Pitt

1971

Hands of the Ripper

as Police Inspector

1996

Crossing the Floor

as Grandfather

1964

Hot Enough for June

as Employment Exchange Clerk

1954

An Inspector Calls

as Jones-Collins - Foreman

1961

1992

Born Kicking

as Mr Radley

1971

The Raging Moon

as Dr Matthews

1963

The Punch and Judy Man

as Reginald Fletcher

1978

The Medusa Touch

as Major Henry Morlar

1981

The Final Conflict

as Dr. Philmore

1971

Please Sir!

as Reynolds

1986

Buddy

as Mr Normington

1984

Black Carrion

as Henry Bircher

1992

Miss Pym's Day Out

as Man on Bus

1972

Young Winston

as Party Chairman

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