Richard Briers
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14 gennaio 1934 — 17 febbraio 2013 (79 anni)
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).
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).
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Filmography
| 2023 | One Foot in the Grave: 30 Years of Laughs · as Tom Good |
| 2022 | Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem · as Stephen Wentworth |
| 2017 | Roobarb and Custard: The Complete Collection · as Narrator, Roobarb, Custard / Lot Of Characters. (uncredited) |
| 2013 | Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time · as Mouse (voice) |
| 2012 | Cockneys vs Zombies · as HamishSu Plex |
| 2012 | Run for Your Wife · as Newspaper Seller |
| 2011 | The Only One Who Knows You're Afraid · as Narrator |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Sonnet 155 · as Performer |
| 2010 | National Theatre Live: London Assurance · as Mr. Adolphus Spanker |
| 2009 | Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley · as Roobarb/custard (voice) |
| 2008 | Bob the Builder: Race to the Finish · as Robert |
| 2008 | Little Whispers · as Stranger |
| 2007 | Bob the Builder: Scrambler to the Rescue · as Robert |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | Kingdom · as Jim Wright |
| 2006 | Torchwood · as Parker |
| 2006 | As You Like It · as Adam |
| 2005 | Our Hidden Lives · as Herbert Brush |
| 2005 | Dad · as Larry James |
| 2005 | Bob the Builder: Chip Off the Old Block · as Robert |
| 2004 | Bob the Builder: When Bob Became a Builder · as Robert |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple · as Wilson |
| 2003 | Peter Pan · as Sam "smee" Smiegel |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | More Great Comedy Moments · as Martin Bryce |
| 2003 | Bob the Builder: The Knights of Fix-A-Lot · as Robert (voice) |
| 2003 | New Tricks · as James Farlow |
| 2002 | Top Gear · as Sat Nav |
| 2002 | Unconditional Love · as Barry Moore |
| 2001 | Victoria & Albert · as Joseph Paxton |
| 2001 | Victoria & Albert · as Paxton |
| 2000 | I Love the '70s (UK) · as Narrator |
| 2000 | Love's Labour's Lost · as Sir Nathaniel |
| 2000 | Doctors · as Jack Roberts |
| 2000 | Monarch of the Glen · as Hector Macdonald |
| 1999 | The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything · as Highway Robbery Victim |
| 1999 | Watership Down · as Captain Broom (voice) |
| 1999 | Holby City · as George Woodman |
| 1998 | A Respectable Trade · as Sir Charles Fairley |
| 1997 | Spice World · as Bishop |
| 1997 | The Prince of Hearts · as Dr. Corbitt |
| 1997 | Bob the Builder · as Robert |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders · as Stephen WentworthSu Plex |
| 1996 | Hamlet · as Polonius |
| 1996 | The Adventures of Toad · as Rat |
| 1995 | Heavy Weather · as The Hon. Galahad Threepwood |
| 1995 | The Adventures of Mole · as Rat |
| 1995 | A Midwinter's Tale · as Henry |
| 1995 | Down to Earth (1995) · as Tony Fairfax |
| 1994 | Mole's Christmas · as Rat |
| 1994 | Mary Shelley's Frankenstein · as Grandfather |
| 1993 | If You See God, Tell Him · as Godfrey Spry |
| 1993 | Much Ado About Nothing · as Signor Leonato |
| 1993 | Little Red Tractor Stories · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1992 | Peter's Friends · as Lord Morton |
| 1990 | Mr. Bean · as Mr. SproutSu Plex |
| 1989 | Henry V · as Lieutenant Bardolph |
| 1989 | A Chorus of Disapproval · as Ted Washbrook |
| 1988 | Twelfth Night, or What You Will · as Malvolio |
| 1988 | Children's Favourites - Volume 1 · as Alias (voice) |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse · as Sir Clixby Bream |
| 1986 | Lovejoy · as Raymond Doncaster |
| 1985 | All in Good Faith · as Reverend Philip Lambe |
| 1985 | Alias the Jester · as Alias |
| 1984 | Screen Two · as Old Arthur/george |
| 1984 | |
| 1983 | |
| 1982 | It's Your Move · as The Husband |
| 1979 | Minder · as Col. Caplan |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected · as Albert Dobson |
| 1978 | Watership Down · as Fiver (voice)Su Plex |
| 1977 | The Other One · as Ralph Tanner |
| 1977 | The Norman Conquests · as Reg |
| 1977 | The Galton & Simpson Playhouse · as Henry Fairlane |
| 1977 | The Galton and Simpson Playhouse · as Henry Fairlane |
| 1975 | The Good Life (1975) · as Tom Good |
| 1975 | Noddy · as Narrator |
| 1975 | Great (Isambard Kingdom Brunel) · as Isambard Kingdom Brunel |
| 1974 | The Four Musketeers · as Louis Xiii (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1974 | |
| 1973 | The Three Musketeers · as Louis Xiii (voice)Su Plex |
| 1972 | Rentadick · as Miles GannetSu Plex |
| 1970 | The Goodies · as Narrator |
| 1970 | Play for Today · as Commander Jack Broome |
| 1970 | All the Way Up · as Nigel Hadfield |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre · as Ronald |
| 1968 | The Morecambe and Wise Show (1968) · as Theatre Patron |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse · as A |
| 1967 | Fathom · as Flight Lt. Timothy Webb |
| 1967 | NBC Experiment in Television · as (voice) |
| 1965 | Jackanory · as Storyteller |
| 1965 | Play of the Month · as Sandy Tyrell |
| 1964 | A Home of Your Own · as The Husband |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 · as David Prentice |
| 1964 | The Bargee · as Tomkins |
| 1963 | Doctor Who · as Chief Caretaker |
| 1963 | The V.I.P.s · as Met. Official |
| 1963 | Doctor in Distress · as Medical Student (uncredited) |
| 1962 | The Girl on the Boat · as Eustace Hignett |
| 1961 | The Seven Faces of Jim · as Ricky Groin |
| 1961 | A Matter of WHO · as Jamieson |
| 1961 | Murder She Said · as 'mrs Binster' |
| 1961 | Survival · as Narrator |
| 1960 | Bottoms Up · as Colbourne |
| 1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play · as Edward Kinnerton |
| 1959 | Probation Officer · as Ralph Baker |
| 1959 | Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens · as Mr. Winkle |
| 1958 | Girls at Sea · as 'popeye' Lewis |
| 1957 | Theatre Night · as Joseph Field |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre · as Stanley Frelaine |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week · as Bombardier Owen |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse · as Charlie Wilson |
| 1955 | Dixon of Dock Green · as Ken Tracey |