Richard Briers
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1934-01-14 (79 years old)
Deathday
2013-02-17
Place of Birth
Raynes Park, Surrey, England, UK
Also known As
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Richard Briers
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 ...
Acting
1994
as Grandfather
1996
as Polonius
1978
as Fiver (voice)
1993
as Signor Leonato
1995
as Henry
1967
as Flight Lt. Timothy Webb
2000
as Sir Nathaniel
1982
as The Husband
1995
as The Hon. Galahad Threepwood
2012
as Hamish
1964
as Tomkins
2012
as Newspaper Seller
1972
as Miles Gannet
2005
as Himself
1975
as Isambard Kingdom Brunel
1961
as Jamieson
1992
as Nikita
1988
as Malvolio
2003
as Sam "Smee" Smiegel
1958
as 'Popeye' Lewis
1970
as Nigel Hadfield
1983
as Bluntschli
1974
as Louis XIII (voice) (uncredited)
1973
as Louis XIII (voice)
2022
as (archive footage)
2017
as Narrator, Roobarb, Custard / lot of characters. (uncredited)
1964
as The Young Husband
1979
as A
1989
as Ted Washbrook
1983
as The Rector
2005
as Herbert Brush
1961
as 'Mrs Binster'
2013
as Mouse (voice)
1963
as Medical Student (uncredited)
1994
as Rat
1998
as Dr. Corbitt
2005
as Larry James
1992
as Lord Morton
1989
as Lieutenant Bardolph
1960
as Colbourne
2009
as Roobarb/Custard (voice)
2010
as Mr. Adolphus Spanker
2016
as Acting Role (archive footage) (uncredited)
1997
as Bishop
2006
as Adam
1976
as Himself - Commentator
1994
as Old Arthur/George
1977
as Mr. Smythe
1995
as Rat
1964
as The Husband
2002
as Barry Moore
1962
as Eustace Hignett
1981
as Jack Broome
1996
as Rat
1987
as The Chief Caretaker
2001
as Joseph Paxton
1994
as Narrator (voice)
2003
as Robert (voice)
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